NEW LAYOUT PREVIEWMINIMAL + EXPANDED14 September 2026 · In development
A smaller island. The same everyday tools.
Fide Island now has a compact, focused layout alongside the existing expanded workspace. The new layout is in development and can be explored in the website demo before it reaches the public download.
- Choose your layout: a visual selection screen after trial or license activation, with a persistent switch in Settings.
- Minimal: a large media thumbnail, focused panels for calendar, Shelf, clipboard, calculator, currencies, Notes, AI and translation. Enabled features remain available.
- Expanded: keep the familiar side-by-side workspace.
- Navigation: compact dots and arrows, arrow-key control, deliberate trackpad thresholds, and one haptic response when a page settles.
- Motion: live swipe progress, soft blur and spring transitions, plus support for Reduce Motion and Reduce Effects.
- Try it here: switch between both layouts in the interactive website demo.
LATESTRELEASE 2026.095 September 2026
Notes + Translator
This release expands the island with two new everyday tools while keeping the app local-first.
- Apple Notes: added a Notes tab with recent-note browsing, search, create, edit, save, refresh, and Open in Notes actions.
- macOS Automation: Notes access is permission-gated by macOS and can be revoked in System Settings. Fide Island does not create a separate cloud copy of Apple Notes content.
- Apple Translator: added translation powered by Apple's Translation framework on macOS 15 or later, with automatic source-language detection and selectable source/target languages.
- Supported translator choices: Russian, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
- Privacy: translation content is processed on device; the website policies now separately explain Notes, Translation, and website-only analytics.
- Website: updated the walkthrough video, support address, privacy pages, and added an opt-in Microsoft Clarity cookie banner for website analytics/session replay only.
RELEASE 2026.0828 August 2026
Initial public release
The first public Fide Island release established the core notch utility and access flow.
- Dynamic Island-style surface for the MacBook notch and selected displays.
- System-wide media controls and calendar view.
- Temporary Shelf and local clipboard history.
- Calculator and currency conversion.
- Optional local weather and fluid brightness/volume/mute feedback.
- Optional Gemini assistant using a user-provided API key stored in macOS Keychain.
- Three-day no-card trial plus paid subscription access through Paddle and one-time email verification codes.
