v14

• The app now supports automatic recognition (speech-to-text) for providing queries to the model.
  The speech-to-text capabilities are powered
  by Moonshine and the packaged models could be found
  on HuggingFace.

  • The speech is transformed into text during an on-device ASR model provided by Moonshine. Users
    will only require an internet connection when downloading the ASR models from the abovementioned
    HuggingFace Models repository.
  • Currently supported languages are English (en) and Chinese (zh). Although Moonshine supports
    more languages at the moment, SmolChat will add support for them in the future.

• UI enhancements when downloading models from HuggingFace. Thanks to Gemini in Android Studio, the
  UI of the HuggingFace model browser screens has been improved and modernized.

• A bug causing the app to crash after modifying model settings has been resolved (#114). Thanks to
  @jkkj for the contribution.

v13

• The app allows benchmarking the model used in a chat. Go to Settings > Benchmark Model in any
  chat and click 'Start Benchmarking'. The benchmark results are pp (tokens/sec for prompt
  processing) and tg (tokens/sec for token generation).

v12

• Add support for Portuguese language (alongside existing support for English and simplified
  Chinese).
• Clear model context/memory when clearing the chat i.e. deleting all messages from the current
  chat.
• Avoid model reloading when screen is rotated.

UI Improvements

• Earlier, the user had to click on the folder name to expand it. Clicking on the chevron icon now
  also expands the folder.
• Task names are now appended with [Task] in the chats list to distinguish them from other chats.

v11

• Fixed a bug where the app's memory usage kept increasing after switching models i.e. the memory acquired by the previous model was not 'released' when selecting a different model
• Sync with upstream llama.cpp
• Align default inference parameters with those found in llama executable

UI Improvements

• Chat message actions like share/copy/edit are now available in a dialog which appears when the message is long-pressed
• Fix misleading/overflowing icons to enhance UX
• Preserve query text in the search box when a model is opened while browsing HuggingFace

v10

• Sync with llama.cpp upstream
• The app now uses a new set of icons for a more aesthetic/refreshed look
• Fixed a bug where the app's memory usage kept increasing after switching models i.e. the memory acquired by the previous model was not 'released' when selecting a different model

v9

• fix bug in ChatActivity causing a NullPointerException when the app is launched (this is the bug causing most crashes according to Google Play)
• make 'Download Models' screen scrollable to make sure it works correctly on small screen devices
• add support for 16 KB page sizes
• improve the SmolLM API and document its methods

v8

• Allow grouping of chats into folders
• Add an option to show device RAM usage on the chat screen
• The app can now run on emulated Android devices
• Sync with upstream llama.cpp

UI/UX changes

• Improved wizard for adding new models (easy to follow for beginners and non-technical persons)
• Improved top app bar in the chat screen
• Improved chat list drawer with a 'marker' to indicate the currently selected chat
• New app icon
• New color scheme for the app, new font (San Francisco)

v7

• Add CPU extensions for armv7 architecture (32-bit Android devices) to improve inference latency
• Allow editing the last 'user' message in the chat
• Add 'Copy' and 'Share' actions for messages posted by the user (#68)
• Sync with upstream llama.cpp

Minor UI changes

• Show model size in GBs upto 2 decimal places in HuggingFace model explorer
• Check if the selected file is a GGUF
• Show model name in model delete dialog
• Fix rendering the model's thinking response

v7-fdroid

• Add CPU extensions for armv7 architecture (32-bit Android devices) to improve inference latency
• Add 'Copy' and 'Share' actions for messages posted by the user (#68)
• Sync with upstream llama.cpp

Minor UI changes

• Show model size in GBs upto 2 decimal places in HuggingFace model explorer
• Check if the selected file is a GGUF
• Show model name in model delete dialog
• Fix rendering the model's thinking response

v6

• The app can now receive the text of the query from other apps (on clicking 'Share' in other apps, SmolChat will be listed as one of the options).
• The app can create dynamic shortcuts for specific tasks. These shortcuts can also be added to the home screen for quick access. (#2)
• Migrated from ObjectBox to Room (particularly for #58)
• The app now has a custom icon (do let me know if it can improved)
• There was issue with the CI that caused the build process to not strip symbols from native libraries, increasing the size of the APK. This has been fixed, thus reducing the size of the APK.