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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.

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Reading & Annotation Improvements

Cubox app reading and annotation experience optimized! Simply restart the app for an automatic update, no app upgrade required.
Annotation Improvements
For iOS & macOS apps, the annotation menu will no longer poop-up after highlighting, providing a more immersive annotation experience without interruptions. This interaction will be updated in the Android client in upcoming versions.
iPad Reading Style Improvements
We’ve fixed the issue with the limited text width adjustment range in the iPad reader. Now, whether in landscape or portrait mode, you can adjust the text width through the style adjustment menu to your preferred width, complemented by various font sizes to achieve the best characters per line for an enhanced reading experience.
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• Fixed the issue where the annotation menu did not disappear immediately while scrolling through the reader’s pages.
• Corrected the display error of annotation icons in the phantom highlight pop-up menu.
• Other bug fixes and detail enhancements.

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Brand New Onboarding & AI Usage Increase

  • Brand new onboarding welcome page, with a more intuitive process to help new users quickly get started with Cubox;EN-Onboarding
  • The random reading widget, now supports "Refresh" button to quickly cycle through unread articles, you can access your different interesting articles right from the desktop;EN-Widget
  • AI usage increased! Pro members trial now get 50 requests per month, and Pro+AI members get 1000 requests per month.EN-AI
  • iOS Clipboard permission optimization, allowing Cubox to paste from other Apps without the need for system confirmation prompts each time.EN-Clipboard Save

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Browser Extension Updates 7.4.1

Fixed the issue that the history still being recorded after closing "Browser Cloud History".

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Browser Extension Updates 7.4.0

Welcome to the brand new version 7.4.0! We have revamped the logic of the extension to enhance experience.
  1. Optimized code logic to improve capturing speed and stability.
  2. Enhanced interface elements, adjusted the style of the “Insight” button to reduce distractions.1
  3. Removed the one-click getting insight feature, which is now automatically generated after saving, followed by a prompt to view after successful AI insight. The one-click feature will return for a better experience in future updates.
  4. Fixed issues that may cause duplicate bookmarks.
  5. Other known bug fixes and visual optimizations.
Next, Cubox will release more interactive and visual improvements based on this version, offering new capturing and annotation capabilities. Stay tuned for updates!
  1. Export Optimization: All cards can now be exported in bulk as HTML files. We have made adjustments to the export process to improve efficiency. Instead of waiting for the export to complete, you will now receive an email with the exported files. This optimization reduces waiting time, especially for large-scale data, and provides better support.EN-Batch Export-Web
  2. Ask AI adjustments: More key questions of Insight in Ask AI.EN-Ask-Web
  3. Ghost Highlight Support: The browser extension now supports clicking on ghost highlights to navigate and locate the text in reader.
  4. Other Known Issues Adjustments and Fixes.

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Apple 7.6.3 & Android 7.7.3 Updates:

  1. Reader rebuild: Boosted speed, animations, and stability.
  2. Support sharing AI Insight via Image.EN-Insight
3.Improved AI Insight and Ask AI.EN-Ask
  1. Improved reader menu for better usability.
  2. Other bug fixes and improvements.
  3. Some cached contents may become unaccessible due to the adjustment of cache, but it will not affect the caching of future articles. Article caching upgrade coming soon.
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  • Optimized the issue where some numbered lists in ASK AI answers could not break line properly.
  • Optimized the issue that related to account settings, making the
flow more reasonable;
  • Optimized some icons and other visual elements.

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Search Update

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Cubox Search Update:
Improved search matching logic:
Now search results will more accurately match the keywords you enter;
Improved Full-Text search logic:
Results that have a match in title or description will also be displayed;
Automatic correction:
Even if a few characters are input incorrectly or have no match, the expected search results will still be displayed;
Improved smart list matching logic:
The Keyword Match for titles and descriptions has been adjusted to exact match;
Cubox Search is continuously upgrading.
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  1. New support for Arc browser.
  2. Keyword highlighting support for segmented search in search results.
  3. Improved website info and cover image fetching speed.
  4. Other bug fixes.

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✨ The Brand New Cubox AI 2.0

🎉 Thank you for upgrading to Cubox AI 2.0!
This is a cross-platform update includes iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Android, Web, Windows, as well as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari browser extensions.
This AI is designed for reading and is equipped with multiple language models. It offers automatic summarization, key question insights, highlighting, and analysis. With this intelligent assistant, you can easily understand news and trends, filter articles, and experience advanced reading capabilities.
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Get a quick understanding of the article’s summary through summarization. Use key questions to understand the main points of the article and their answers. Automatically highlight with Ghost Highlight and mark your favorite sections with annotations.
No manual operation or waiting is required. When your saved articles or subscribed newsletters arrive in your inbox, Cubox will automatically process them and have them prepared on your reading homepage when you open Cubox next time. You can effectively judge whether to read the original article or mark the content as read by swiping left or right.
Ask AI
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The original Cubox AI reading assistant has been upgraded. If the answers to the questions in the Insight do not satisfy your curiosity, you can ask AI for more questions or requests in order to generate reading notes, translations, research, learning, etc.
Annotation Review
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In the app, you can review annotations by swiping through the cards, including the automatically highlighted text by AI. With buttons or gestures, you can decide whether to continue reviewing on the card. Whether it’s assisting in learning, deepening impressions, or discovering fascinating texts from unread articles, Annotation Review makes your learning process simpler and more engaging.
2023 Annual Review
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You can check your reading journey with Cubox on the app homepage or “More” page. Learn about all your experiences since using Cubox. Take a look at what you have gained through Cubox!
Other Upgrades
A brand new “My Reading” homepage to recommend unread content and review historical readings of the same day.
Browser Extensions
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Cubox's browser extensions, including Safari, now support the AI Insight feature of AI 2.0. With these extensions, when you're reading any content in your browser, you can simply click the floating Insight button to instantly get a summary and analysis of the article. The insight of each page will be saved in Cubox along with the page, allowing you to easily continue reading or revisit it later. Make sure to update to the latest extension available in every extension store.
If you love this update, please leave a five-star review on stores. It means a lot to us.
Happy reading!
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