Changelog

A record of what ships, when, and what changes. Every version is a free update for existing customers unless noted.

v1.0 — Launch release

Coming soon

Core

•Local AI butler for Windows
•Voice-first interaction (Kokoro TTS, faster-whisper STT)
•Stop button for interrupting responses
•Butler persona with British tone

Integrations

•Gmail: check inbox, search, count unread, read, send
•Google Calendar: today, this week, next event, create events
•Spotify: play, pause, skip, volume, play specific tracks
•78 total tools for time, weather, web search, file operations, system info, memory

Technical

•Runs entirely on your hardware (NVIDIA RTX GPU, 8 GB VRAM minimum, 12 GB recommended)
•Data never leaves your computer
•License covers up to 3 simultaneous computers
•Automatic background updates
•Code-signed installer (no “Unknown Publisher” warning)

Known limitations

•Outlook integration shipping in v1.1
•Wake word shipping in v1.1
•macOS/Linux versions not yet available

Coming soon: v1.1

Expected within weeks of v1.0 launch

•Outlook integration (Microsoft 365 accounts)
•Wake word — “Hey Sterling” hands-free activation
•Volume tool rewrite for Windows 11 stability
•Performance improvements (faster cold starts, GPU-accelerated TTS)

Customers who purchase v1.0 receive v1.1 as a free update.

Further out

See the roadmap for Sterling Orchestra (multi-device coordination), distributed inference across your hardware, and phone-as-conductor capabilities coming in v1.2 and v2.0.