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Splice

Changelog

Version 1.4.1

Aug 15, 2026

New Features

  • Added a search bar to app settings
  • Added a global shortcut to toggle Splice on and off
  • Added a toggle in menubar dropdown to turn Splice on and off globally

Fixes

  • Fixed iCloud sync
  • Fixed trials not starting for new users
  • Updated app settings UI
  • Improved text clarity in emoji layout settings preview

Version 1.4.0

Jul 18, 2026

New Features

  • Added iCloud sync for settings and app data
  • Added device management to in-app settings

Version 1.3.3

Jul 8, 2026

Fixes

  • Fixed consecutive emoji inserts in web browsers and Electron apps
  • Fixed unreliable double-trigger detection in Chromium browsers
  • Fixed consecutive emoji insertion in Discord when using double-trigger mode

Version 1.3.2

Jul 6, 2026

Fixes

  • Fixed Chromium inline emoji replacement leaving :query behind when sites open their own emoji picker
  • Fixed Chromium inline GIF file insertion leaving part of the ;;query trigger in web text fields

Version 1.3.1

Jul 1, 2026

Fixes

  • Fixed emoji and GIF insertion on Discord website

Version 1.3.0

Jun 30, 2026

New Features

  • Added descriptive mode for inline emoji suggestions

Fixes

  • Fixed inline emoji suggestions panel rendering
  • Fixed padding inconsistencies in the inline emoji suggestions panel

Version 1.2.1

Jun 17, 2026

New Features

  • Updated onboarding animation

Version 1.2.0

Jun 15, 2026

New Features

  • Added inline GIF suggestions
  • Added double trigger mode for inline suggestions
  • Added gender customization to emojis

Fixes

  • Fixed inline emoji insertion in Safari Add to Dock apps

Changes

  • Depreciated per-app behaviour config

Version 1.1.0

Jun 13, 2026

New Features

  • Added symbols to the emoji board. Symbols now appear alongside emojis in the board and inline search
  • Added support for customizing symbols, including adding your own Unicode symbols
  • dded local usage statistics for emojis, symbols, and GIFs
  • Added up and down arrow navigation for inline suggestion pages
  • Added keyboard navigation to the GIF board

Fixes

  • Fixed up and down arrow keys leaking through to the host text field and moving the caret while inline suggestions are open
  • Fixed the inline emoji panel not opening in some web-based text fields
  • Fixed emoji insertion in Safari

Changes

  • Improved the settings UI
  • Depreciated the "auto send return action" feature
  • Depreciated the "hide menu bar icon" setting because macOS 26 and later support this natively
  • Depreciated the Fn/Globe key shortcut for opening the emoji picker
  • Depreciated keyword packs
  • Depreciated the option to clear history

Version 1.0.0

Jun 3, 2026

New Features

  • Introduced a brand new onboarding flow
  • Added menu bar actions to enable or disable Splice on a specific website or app
  • Added an option to stop suggestions from appearing on an empty inline trigger
  • Added tab key based navigation option to emoji panels

Fixes

  • Fixed inline suggestions not appearing in Equibop
  • Fixed inconsistent anchoring across Electron based apps
  • Fixed emoji insertion failing on sites like X and Reddit in Safari
  • Fixed the emoji search returning empty results
  • Fixed ignored sites changes not taking effect imediately after updating the block list
  • Fixed the inline suggestions panel disappearing on Discord and the Stickies app

Changes

  • Depreciated the "other browsers" allow list. Splice now manages this internally, with support for Arc, Dia, Firefox, Zen, Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Safari
  • Emoji and GIF insertion no longer requires the input monitoring permission from macOS
  • Launching Splice no longer opens the settings window automatically when Splice isn't already running
  • Refined the emoji board UI
  • Refined app settings UI
  • Minor improvements to the underlying emoji search engine
  • Improved emoji insertion speed in web browsers
  • Removed animations from the inline suggestions panel

Version 0.3.0

May 29, 2026

New Features

  • Added Sparkle update support with automatic update checks and a manual Check for Updates action.
  • Added a GIF search proxy for release builds.
  • Added broader browser support defaults for Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge, and Firefox.

Improvements

  • Refined the inline emoji panel with updated glass styling, smoother resizing, and stronger edge positioning.
  • Refreshed the Emoji Board and GIF Board visuals, scrolling behavior, and controls.
  • Improved panel anchoring so inline, emoji, and GIF panels track the active text field more reliably.
  • Localized the app interface and default emoji keywords.
  • Expanded and improved emoji search, including typo-tolerant matching and better handling for hyphenated and whitespace queries.

Fixes

  • Fixed insertion delays for Emoji Board and GIF Board results.
  • Fixed several insertion paths in Slack, Discord, Messages, browsers, and onboarding.
  • Fixed Safari browser panel anchoring scale.
  • Fixed Emoji Board category controls not responding in some cases.
  • Fixed fallback insertion after app focus or target-process changes.

Changes

  • Removed the inline GIF board mode and deprecated GIF Board keyboard navigation.
  • Removed bundled app-specific insertion profiles in favor of the newer insertion and anchoring paths.
  • Updated release identifiers, app category metadata, bundled extension assets, and beta expiration timing for the 0.3 release.

Version 0.1.0

May 2, 2026

  • First public release of Splice.