Use it or keep it

In months where you don’t utilize any searches on your plan, we will automatically apply a full credit to your account for that month. This credit will be applied to your next billing cycle, effectively covering your subsequent month’s subscription at no additional cost.

We have implemented this for the simple reason of being kind to our users. We understand some months you may forget to use Kagi or do not need it, so when you do, you can rest assured that we haven’t charged you for that.

This change is effective immediately, no forms to fill, no requests to make.

Improvements and bug fixes

Search

• Elevated ranking adjustment can be too aggressive #4986 @jose-elias-alvarez
• Allow ‘Search Options Always Open” on mobile! #5999 @igak_revol
• Images footer is visually inconsistent and other fixes #5489 @Keli
• Option to disable snaps #6030 @Boomkop3
• Duplicate YouTube Results in Video Search with &pp links #6130 @Replica6
• When Kagi is in verbatim mode, make it more obvious #5871 @tome
• When answering my question, Quick Answer text exceeds the screen real estate #5520 @santiii
• Videos: duplicates in result when url slightly different #5827 @Thibaultmol
• No amount of current or date in billing #6153 @jainkila

Assistant

• Assistant switches model on edit #4685 @Value7609
• Info panel not visible for new Assistant UI #6143 @azdanov
• Add lenses to Custom Assistant feature (when based on Research) #3338 @mchsxxpryr
• Assistant is repeating itself for no apparent reason #5802 @agustinfitipaldi

Kagi on Socials

Here is this week’s featured social media post.

Tag our accounts or use #Kagi when mentioning us in your posts!

Kagi in the News

Fast Company just published an article highlighting how Kagi is redefining search by prioritising users over ads and clutter. It’s a good in-depth read, perfect for sharing with anyone curious about a better way to search!

(define) scrappy: Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive. (informal)

Yep, sounds about right!

Spreading the Kagi idea

We partnered with illustrator Chaz Hutton to capture what makes Kagi different. Share and engage with the artwork on your favorite social platform – Mastodon, Bluesky, Pixelfed, Instagram, X, Nostr, LinkedIn, and Threads. Expect more to come!

A fresh Assistant experience

We’ve launched a major redesign of the Assistant interface, featuring:

• A cleaner, text-editor style layout
• Improved message flow and readability
• Streamlined controls and interactions

This update is part of our vision to create a distinctive LLM interface. Stay tuned for more improvements, including sidebar integration and new thread management features.

In the meantime, please let us know what you think!

Kagi Translate evolves

It’s now localized itself into 20 new languages, so it truly speaks your language.

The settings panel lets you customize translations and add context effortlessly.

And the history panel keeps track of everything you’ve translated. buttons are now grouped for easier navigation.

Plus, long translations are up to 3x faster, and we’ve relaxed content filters for more flexibility.
It’s faster, smarter, and more intuitive.

Don’t take our word for it – try Kagi Translate and see for yourself!

SVG Search

Finding vector graphics is now easier with our dedicated SVG filter – perfect for discovering icons, logos, and illustrations.

Safari native integration

Unfortunately we can’t do this without your help. Share your feedback directly with Apple to help make it happen.

Improvements and bug fixes

Search

• Add SVG filter to image search #6021 @brner69420
• When answering my question, Quick Answer text exceeds the screen real estate #5520 @santiii
• Searches showing incorrect dates? #2327 @Repacking6528
• “Showing results for” is cut off sometimes #5865 @Boomkop3
• Pressing the currently active option in search options shouldn’t trigger a reload #5934 @Thibaultmol
• Incorrect handling of number localization in calc widget #5377 @asander
• Copy link not working when lens is active #6044 @paradx
• Search options menu closes if results weren’t loaded yet #5941 @Thibaultmol
• Hex Color Selector widget should pop up when searching for “hex color selector” #6010 @RoxyRoxyRoxy
• Agnes Summarizer model struggles to identify key timestamp moments in a video document #6091 @achilles
• Broken HTML: Status Bar Theme Color #6070 @bcooper
• Clicking around a pop out drop down menu should close it #5900 @Thibaultmol
• Podcast episode thumbnails: aspect ratio not respected #5897 @Thibaultmol
• Stats page country comparison is incorrect #5874 @RemcoRijnders
• Ensure Summarizer answers the question asked in an articles headline #5928 @andelink
• Autosuggest doesn’t update on iOS when swiping to type #5693 @Jesal
• Searching for “create file python” returns unrelated stuff #5988 @Jose
• ‘Site:’ operator unreliable in image searches #6052 @edapstah

Assistant

• Kagi Assistant “sees” earlier reply after you edit your message. #4699 @Value7609
• Share assistant threads without requiring account #5256 @snowytrees
• Recent (seemingly) versions of Claude are getting stuck with their own XML data attributing it to the user #5960 @WhatMatters
• Universal Summarizer: Consistently never completes (via web or API) for a specific video #6111 @sentry
• AI Assistant “Stop” button doesn’t provide feedback #6022 @tboby
• Make the entire assistant window “hot” for drag and dropping files #6023 @RoxyRoxyRoxy
• Real-time render of Latex block #5579 @oxlvlnle

Kagi Translate

• [Fixed] Infinite loop in Kagi Translate causing freeze #5952 @TrevorAC99
• Don’t refresh page to load translation #5427 @Thibaultmol
• Enable a delete button to translate section #5502 @RobyTalent007
• Kagi Translate incorrect ‘width’ on iPhone mini #5991 @dartcircle
• Have Translate’s proofread mode take origin language into account #6024 @Thibaultmol
• Optimize translation results – in 2 lines #5413 @DayuGuo
• Kagi Translate: Paste text button for moblie #6066 @carl
• Translate model is censored #5666 @httpjames

Share Kagi with the World 🌍

With this release, we’re excited to introduce changes that allows you to share all your searches and Assistant threads with everyone.

You can now easily share image, video, news, and podcast searches by clicking the share icon.

Additionally, any Assistant threads you share will be publicly accessible to others!

Video search, leveled up

We’ve refined our ranking system to bring you sharper, more relevant results. We think this sets a new standard — try it and let us know what you think.

Plus, you can now see detailed channel statistics such as subscriber count, creation date, and total videos, right in your search results.

Pro tip: to avoid clickbait, you can customise your experience by selecting a random screenshot as the thumbnail or modifying video titles in your search settings.

Assistant

We’re working on exciting updates to the Assistant experience! The model picker is now located in the top menu bar, making it easier to select a model for your next action. Plus, we’ve added two new models for you to explore: Deepseek R1 and Deepseek v3, both using a privacy respecting provider (see our LLM privacy guide).

• Upgrading claude haiku 3 to haiku 3.5 in assisant. #5374 @JJ
• Consider adding Deepseek v3 for Assistant #5798 @Nashwan
• When using Assistant to generate code, it is outputting encoded entities #5169 @beetstabasco
• Assistant fails to generate a relevant title with longer inputs #5880 @coreyward
• Make the ‘internet’ option in the url for Assistant accept both true/false and on/off #5885 @CrunchyFritos
• Desktop Kagi Assistant PWA: Opens External Links in the PWA Instead of the Default Browser #5749 @mackid1993

Improvements and bug fixes

• “Share this search” for images, videos, news, podcasts, maps, etc… #4599 @leftium
• Universal Summarizer: Reliably extract file types to support more websites #5799 @tauon
• Image previews not filtered #5751 @dix
• Weather for US zip code returns france #750 @devusb
• TED video filter not finding every video #691 @Browsing6853
• Inconsistent language in Quick Peek. Unnecessary Google Translate #5046 @adikso
• If the ‘Domain for Snaps’ has spaces in it, it won’t render on the settings page #5947 @Thibaultmol
• Image search: problems with id= url parameter #5986 @Thibaultmol
• Website Security and Configuration Check #3013 @ianonymous3000
• Timer should start immediately #5966 @zachary
• Bring back domain ranking for video search #5948 @Thibaultmol
• Site ranking buttons displayed incorrectly #5963 @Temanor
• Upgrade -> select team -> signup page -> back to home page?? #5936 @mateothegreat
• 2 problems with adding Kagi as a search engine via Onion address #5939 @zer0
• Text box of summarizer shouldn’t get cut off on mobile app #5662 @Thibaultmol

Kagi Translate

• Translations now sync scrolling between original and translated pages for smoother navigation
• We’ve implemented several changes to enhance translation speed, accuracy, and quality while reducing latency
• Unable to scroll when showing original translation #5964 @Temanor

Use Kagi Translate to translate search results

You can now use Kagi Translate to translate search results directly from the search results page. An icon will appear if we detect that the search result is in a language other than your interface language (inspired by #5809 @KamilKurde)

Click the icon and we will open Kagi Translate to translate the search result.

Ever since we launched Kagi Translate last month we’ve been getting nothing but praise for the service. It exploded in use, especially in Asia.

And we truly see the value of high quality, privacy respecting translation. So we continued building upon it.

• We’ve introduced speech input, making it easier to use Kagi Translate on the go or when navigating unfamiliar languages
• We introduced romanization for non-Latin languages as well as pronounciation for all supported languages
• The new Proofreading feature helps identify spelling and grammar issues in any text or even web page !

Just prefix any URL with translate.kagi.com/proofread to proofread any web page. Try it here on a random Kagi Small Web page.

New user onboarding experience

We’ve reintroduced our onboarding experience to help setting up Kagi to your liking. I guess you already went though onboarding so it won’t matter as much to you, but it will to friends and family you send our way.

We also added some helpful tips to help maximise key features.

New model and LLM privacy guide

With this release, we’ve introduced the Deepseek v3 model to the Assistant. Alongside it, we’ve published a new privacy guide to provide full transparency about the LLM providers used by the Assistant and their data privacy policies. Check it out!

You can share your Kagi searches with anyone!

Simply click the share icon in the search options bar to share your search with anyone when you post online or in an email, even for people without a Kagi account!

Search improvements and bug fixes

• The weather widget now includes Kelvin as an additional temperature unit
• Summarizer now uses Kagi Translate for translation
• Verbatim search ignores keywords #5777 @buherator
• IOS app uses FastGPT/Translate signed out #5660 @utopia
• Maps search/selection broken (e.g. Grocery) #4271 @cardinal086
• Quick answer mixing up jaguar (cat) with jaguar (car) halfway through the answer #3688 @Dumb
• Broken UI on smaller screen size #5861 @loloriz
• Twitter status ID in URL gets treated as date #5820 @Value7609
• Min/max image sizes in image search, in the wrong order #5655 @Thibaultmol
• Improve error message summarizer #5511 @Thibaultmol
• Plus (+) search operator does not function properly #5744 @flamboyantup
• Add interface language to onboarding #5584 @Thibaultmol
• Closing the image preview sometimes causing blue highlighing to get stuck #5824 @Vapid
• Cannot search for “!?” #5740 @tschoesi
• Ranked channels show the title of the video you happened to use for setting up the ranking, instead of the channel name #5759 @miicat_47
• Negative date in results #5821 @Scaarus
• Firefox logo outdated in onboarding #5805 @keunes
• Change “ask questions about page” to “ask questions about video” on a video search result #5612 @Thibaultmol
• Dropdown items overlap #5746 @kimdre
• Verbatim search ignores keywords #5777 @buherator
• Raise video channels rather than videos #5783 @chreliot

Assistant

• We’ve added the Deepseek model to the Assistant
• No daily AI token usage counter shown on jan 1 #5834 @daffodil
• Assistant ‘Show Keyboard Shortcuts’ Keyboard Shortcut Doesn’t Work #5842 @forward
• Providing image without prompt on a customer assistance is broken #5663 @Thibaultmol
• Assistant does not remember custom assistant settings when changing threads #5813 @theDoctor
• Assistant copy mouseover not appearing or cut off #5781 @Thibaultmol
• Kagi assistant is unusable on my iphone se3 #5779 @Lees
• Assistant Scroll Bar Regression #5588 @emptyjar

Kagi Translate

• Added 5 new “fun” languages – Pirate speak, Elvish, and a few more… see if you can find them!
• Add Pinyin to Mandarin Chinese translations #5311 @cas9

Kagi for Android

We crossed 5,000 installs goal and we submitted a request with Google to add Kagi to the Android choice screen in EU!

• Password field on mobile app is not detected bitwarden #5262 @Arnaud
• Android assistant doesn’t allow downloading conversations #5715 @sapourli
• OAuth login does not work on android mobile app #5428 @awfixer
• Mobile app: selecting text and sharing to kagi (translate) doesn’t auto select origin language #5642 @Thibaultmol

Kagi on Socials

Here is this week’s featured social media post.

Tag our account or use #Kagi when mentioning us in your posts!

Smarter video search is here

We’ve redesigned video search to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. With one click, you can now see detailed channel information – just like how we show website authority in regular search.

Want to fine-tune your results? You can now:

• View a channel’s reputation at a glance
• Adjust how often you see videos from specific creators
• Make future searches more relevant to your interests

This update brings more context and control to help you discover videos you’ll love.

To fine-tune your channel lineup, navigate to Settings > Search > Personalized Results. You can easily create or modify rules, just like managing domains.

This update empowers you to prioritise trusted sources and remove unwanted content, improving the quality of your search results.

This was inspired by user suggestions on Kagifeedback.org, specifically from submissions #3936 @katana and #4806 @tea

Take control of your video search experience

We’ve added new video controls that put you in charge. Now you can:

• Replace misleading thumbnails with real video screenshots
• Choose how titles appear (title case or lowercase)
• Focus on content, not clickbait

These simple settings help you see what’s actually in each video, making it easier to find what matters. No more bait and switch – just honest previews of the content you care about.

Find these controls in your search settings.

Example (click to enlarge):

Improvements and bug fixes

Find Kagi services you love like Summarizer, Translate and more with a new easy access menu:

• Translation widget inside Kagi search results now uses our own recently launched Kagi Translate technology.

• Focus doesn’t move down to “More Results” #5737 @expurple
• AI summary for search has weird output #5558 @backyardwoodworksla
• Kagi Search as a search result #5388 @Buffalo_Tree
• The Analytics section shows only Zeros. #5713 @bsun
• Untranslatable strings in Kagi Search #4142 @giorgiobrux
• Mobile Website – White Line on the top #5692 @YuriySamorodov
• Paypal window closes very quickly and transaction doesn’t complete #5723 @timmooney
• Customisation of space separator on bangs #4172 @howie
• Mobile app widget speech recognition is worse than iOS built-in #5565 @eggnog_90241
• Use !in as a regional bang for India #4132 @–
• Redirect rule gets deleted if invalid #5638 @Thibaultmol
• Make the button on the custom css page ‘save changes’ instead #5658 @Thibaultmol
• Add reverse image search button to homepage on mobile. #1461 @VIEWVIEWVIEW
• Option to not have verbatim setting saved between sessions #5104 @sud0Nym
• Summarizer doesn’t work well on Discourse forums #5488 @Thibaultmol
• Give more date options when searching news #5449 @Thibaultmol
• Sort news results by time #5371 @dreifach
• Plan info page not formatted correctly on mobile #5486 @shortwavesurfer2009
• Kagi Maps directions redirect to Google Maps #5447 @Reuzehagel
• Incorrect introduction ‘Voici la traduction en français’ for summaries in the Universal Summarizer #5473 @Elias
• Move baselayer buttons away from search #5246 @Thibaultmol
• Irrelevant news headline with search query “OnePlus” #5443 @Philippe_Choquette
• News tab and new widget show completely different articles #5444 @tschoesi

Assistant

• New models available in the assistant: QWQ, Amazon Nova, LLama 3.3
• Assistant References – Reversed Show More / Less #5700 @widow5131
• Unable to extract source for PDF (summarizer + assistant) #5527 @crentist
• Quick Answer cuts off long sentences #5721 @luc
• Assistant can’t horizontal scroll (or do wrapping of long strings) #5683 @Thibaultmol
• File upload limits have conflicting amounts in ui #5679 @Thibaultmol
• Code assistant doesn’t know the date? #5682 @Thibaultmol
• Youtube short urls can’t be transcribed #5709 @Thibaultmol
• One specific image giving the error “We are sorry, this input is not supported. (Invalid Input)” #5616 @i_forgor_my_password
• Bang of custom assistant sends me to last assistant used #5456 @mixchiev
• Remove clickabilty from assistant info dialog #5633 @Thibaultmol
• GPT 4o in Kagi will Refuse My Request, ChatGPT GPT 4o Honors it #5702 @mackid1993
• Nested bullet points not working in Assistant #5582 @lolrepeatlol
• This bang interpration doesn’t make sense for Assistant #5609 @Thibaultmol
• Custom Assistant name dissapears on reload #5576 @Thibaultmol
• Assistant page don’t load correctly on Firefox ESR 115, librewolf #4726 @Sevenn
• Clicking on the custom assistant gets overwritten by default assistant #5574 @Thibaultmol

Kagi Translate

Two new features to help you explore

Text to speech is here! Listen to search results and articles when reading isn’t convenient.

Plus, we now show romanized versions of non-Latin text, making it easier to understand and pronounce content in unfamiliar scripts.

Check out Kagi Translate, the highest accuracy translation service out there.

Post of the week

Here is this week’s featured social media mention:

Tag our account or use #Kagi when mentioning us in your posts!

Kagi for Teams

We’re excited to announce Kagi for Teams, bringing our unmatched search quality and AI tools to organizations worldwide. Whether you’re leading a research team, running a startup, or managing enterprise knowledge workers, you can now equip your entire organization with ad-free search and AI capabilities that respect both your time and privacy.

Visit kagi.com/teams to get started.

End of year community event on December 20th

As we conclude a remarkable year, we invite you to join our End-of-Year Community Event 2024 on December 20th at 09:00 PST. This 90-minute session will feature a “Year in Review” presentation followed by a Q&A session with our community.

• The event will be hosted as a Zoom webinar. You can register in advance for a reminder or join the webinar on the day of the event

• Please submit and upvote questions in advance for the Q&A portion of the event

We look forward to sharing this special event with you. See you on December 20th!

Kagi Search

We’ve introduced a debug tool for everyone helping localize Kagi into as many languages possible and contributing Kagi translations. This toggle is located at the bottom of your Settings > General page and displays string IDs across the UI, providing better context for translations.

We grant official contributor status to our translators, providing access to early products and features. Thank you to all who have contributed.

Improvements and Bug Fixes

• GIF images filtering includes non-gif images #5564 @Thibaultmol
• Searching using quotes in images, and then switching to google img using bang results in incorrect search #4182 @Thibaultmol
• Wikipedia dates shown twice + not following same style #3703 @yeri
• Automatic quick answers not working for queries with trailing search operators #5112 @Jesal
• Public records widget shows even on search constrained to single site. #5376 @tschoesi
• “usage limits are exceeded” when searching flight numbers #5524 @EarthlikeOutpour
• Define Widget Hard to Read #5463 @silvenga
• Suggestion: More / favourite recent regions #5402 @ctolsen
• Advance Search Wonky on Larger Monitors #5344 @silvenga
• Englisch language at different language set #5134 @greyfivenine8244
• Kagi search results in kagi seach results? #5429 @Thibaultmol
• Two results link to the same page #5500 @YizhePKU
• Questions and Answers Don’t Expand when using Mobile Search Bar At The Bottom #5452 @otaviocc
• Ability to scroll further on news results #5392 @dreifach
• Text sometimes overlaps with info box elements #4609 @sw
• There are two different kagi pricing pages #5298 @Thibaultmol
• Kagi returns results from the AI image generator idyllic.app when “No AI” is selected. #5522 @Thaliak
• Several fixes and improvements to our Kagi Bangs (& Snaps). You can read the full changelog here
  • Regional Bang Missing for Country (Argentina) #5540 @Timmy256
  • Search suggestions for snaps replace @ with ! #5187 @KamilKurde

Assistant

• ‘searching with kagi’ in Assistant #5552 @Thibaultmol
• Kagi Assistant fails to parse pdfs which render in viewers and other libraries support #5052 @tboby
• Latex block is not correctly rendered in Kagi Assistant #5483 @oxlvlnle
• When asking for markdown formatting advice, it does not display the markdown code block at all #5390 @IsaacThoman
• Unclear max characters in custom assistant context #5526 @jvo
• Unable to upload files on Kagi Assistanct macOS Web App #5280 @dreifach
• Assistant fails to summarize YouTube video #5421 @azdanov
• Assistant can’t access website #4809 @azdanov
• Add exact citation text tooltip to Quick Answer citations #4309 @Prostagma

Kagi for Android

We’re just under 1,000 installs away from being eligible for inclusion in the Android Choice Screen. Help us reach this milestone by downloading the Kagi Android app and sharing it with your friends and family!
You can download the app here: Kagi Android App.

An iOS app is also in development, stay tuned for updates!

With this release you can now hold the Kagi Android icon to add shortcuts for Assistant, Translate, Smallweb, or Universal Summarizer directly to your home screen ( #5014 @Thibaultmol)

• Location Permission not available for android app #5313 @1j4lzsjs
• We’ve tweaked a few things to ensure password managers work in the Kagi Android app
• When you select text or a URL, you now can (a) Summarize with Kagi, (b) Discuss with Kagi Assistant, or (c) Translate with Kagi
• Mobile app flashes yellow on launch #5147 @Jesal
  Plus we fixed several other bugs and improved performance for a better mobile experience!

Kagi Translate

• Translate as you type for Ultimate members
• Instant translation without page reloads
• Added language search to Kagi Translate, no more scrolling through the list

Visit translate.kagi.com to try Kagi Translate!

This week on social media

Join the growing Kagi community online! Follow us and use #Kagi to share your experience and connect with fellow users.

Here is this week’s featured social media mention:

Announcing Kagi Translate

Never get lost in translation again. Today, we launch Kagi Translate, offering superior translations across 244 languages.

Key features:

• Higher quality translations than Google Translate and DeepL
• Zero tracking, no apps needed
• Free for everyone (Kagi members get captcha-free access)

Try it now at translate.kagi.com or read the announcement post.

Kagi on mobile

We’ve added search buttons to our homepage to make it easier for you to choose your search type on mobile:

Install Kagi for Android and help us reach 5,000 installs needed for Kagi to submit application for Android choice screen.

Kagi iOS app is currently pending Apple review.

What else are we working on?

We are currently working on Kagi for Teams plan. This will allow you to bring your entire team or organization to Kagi. We’ll have two options available: Professional and Ultimate tier, with fair and flexible pricing (inactive team members do not pay). We expect to launch in two weeks. Let us know if you would like to test this earlier by emailing support@kagi.com.

Improvements and bug fixes

• Text overlay on the result page #5060 @kagibacklit007
• Hyperlink directly to specific assistants #5254 @theDoctor
• Possible issue with site searches #3680 @kagi-nulvoid
• Shield icon shows tracker warning, but popup does not. #3177 @Value7609
• Search suggestions for snaps replace @ with ! #5187 @KamilKurde
• Make it more obvious that lenses can be reordered by dragging in the settings #4607 @laiz
• The movie/TV show widget has an unnecessary tooltip for the Rotten Tomatoes icon #4605 @laiz
• Allow different URL for snaps and bangs #5224 @wigwagwent
• Maps Infobox shows incorrect information #4950 @xjc
• Typing “bala” surfaces Wikipedia suggestion with NSFW image #4650 @tuesday
• Poor iPadOS search results page scaling when multitasking #4582 @Jake-Moss
• Unclosable error dialog breaks android app #4977 @onlymee
• Search engine bangs don’t work in Safari #5144 @Ninja
• Unsaved prompt #5195 @2STI
• Add images to chat’s in Assistant #4728 @Thibaultmol
• Kagi assistant – LLM choice in the URL #4680 @Krmloo
• Can’t stop autoscroll while Assistant is generating #5116 @artemvmin
• Kagi Assistant “Remove Quick Access” button is not translated #5286 @MonoMatrix
• Can’t stop autoscroll while Assistant is generating #5116 @artemvmin
• New Assistant Sometimes Switches to the Code Custom Profile #4808 @silvenga

Bangs

This release includes several new bangs and a significant cleanup of older ones. You can read the full changelog here. These changes were driven by our community, and we appreciate all contributions to our open source Bangs repo!
Here’s a preview of our latest additions:

• !attack: search site:attack.mitre.org
• !jsr: jsr.io
• !fast: moved to FastGPT
• !javadoc: Java 23 API docs, docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/23/docs/api/search
• !startech: startech.com
• dropout: dropout.tv

Kagi in the wild

Here is this week’s featured social media mention:

Tag our account or use #Kagi when mentioning us in your posts!

Leveling up our infrastructure

This Sunday at 6am UTC, we’re making a step forward on our production infrastructure.

After years of faithful service, our original database server is being replaced with significantly more powerful hardware.

Expected downtime: 10 minutes

Protecting young minds: Enhanced video safety for families

Your children deserve better than clickbait and shock value. We’re making it happen with advanced video controls.

Family account owners can now shape a safer, cleaner video experience for family members:

Authentic thumbnails

• Replace misleading clickbait with actual video screenshots
• See what you’re really getting before clicking
• End the bait-and-switch

Clean video titles

• Choose between title case or lowercase formatting
• Create a consistent, distraction-free experience
• Focus on content, not hype

Example (click to enlarge):

To access these options, navigate to: Settings > Parental Controls (section: Video Search Settings) or click here.

Why this matters

Recent research confirms a disturbing truth: children’s video searches frequently expose them to inappropriate content, violence, and frightening images. We believe our children deserve better. Kagi’s new parental controls help parents better manage the video content their children are exposed to, reducing the risk of exposure to inappropriate content and creating a safer online experience for them.

Help us protect more young minds – share your thoughts on making this protection available more broadly to all plan types. In case you wonder why we did not make this option enabled by default – video thumbnails and titles serve as a marketing tools for content creators, and changing them unilaterally would introduce us as a biased intermediary on a matter that is still in the air. This could have a negative impact for publishers and potentially conflict with our mission to “humanize the web”. It is a delicate issue, and this is why we had propagated the control over this to the user level, as with all personalization features in Kagi.

Custom Assistant Bangs

Launch your Custom Assistant instantly from anywhere with a Bang shortcut. Simply set your preferred command and you’re ready to go.

This seamless integration means your Assistant is always just a keystroke away, whether you’re researching, writing, or exploring new ideas.

Improvements and bug fixes

• We fixed many issues causing interruptions with the Assistant. please let us know if you see any further issues.
• Standalone bang shortcut ignores snap #5083 @tuesday
• Timer shown for unrelated query #4103 @azdanov
• Duplicate video results #4306 @loloriz
• Z-index on icon covers tooltip #4849 @bebowilson
• Custom bangs that override builtin bangs no longer work #5148 @avkiselev
• Focus address field after clicking reverse image search button #4906 @tuesday
• Override the ai downranking if you are searching ai images #5082 @Thibaultmol
• Quick answer weird code block formatting #4770 @timo
• Background for Advanced search in dark mode is too light #4586 @eirk
• Keep focus on the search field upon accepting suggestion #4973 @xdc
• Pricing page translation typo #4596 @Albi
• !gflights incorrect target #5132 @Connor
• Untimely redirect when typing a verse #5107 @X145678908765
• Assistant: Option to use Shift+Enter to send prompt instead of just Enter #2121 @Value7609
• Enhancement Request: Customizable Multiple AI Assistant Prompts with User-Defined !bang Commands #2183 @ZarK
• Assistant input text box stubbornly places itself under the keyboard #4902 @gunslingerfry
• New Assistant – Touch Issues on Mobile (Dynamic Viewport Resizing, Covering Sources) #4835 @silvenga
• Microphone on assistant doesn’t work #5105 @sleepysnooze
• Assistant web search gets stuck #5025 @azdanov
• Typo in the FAQ #5079 @duck

Join the Kagi revolution in the wild!

Here are all the cool places you can find us at:

• KagiHQ on X
• KagiHQ on Mastodon
• Kagi.com on Bluesky
• Kagi.com on Threads
• KagiHQ on Instagram

Use #Kagi when mentioning us in your posts! Which brings us to this week’s featured post from social media:

We also have a Kagi Community Discord server where you can join our community for real-time discussion about the product and chat with other Kagi users. There is also /r/SearchKagi on Reddit – steadily growing unofficial community.

Thank you for being a vital part of our journey – your support inspires us every day, and we can’t wait to see where this adventure takes us next! 🙏

Better image search with AI-generated images detection

Last week we got quite clear and direct feedback that we need to do something about AI-generated images that started creeping up in the image search.

You asked for it and we delivered!

We are enhancing our image search with a new ranking algorithm and an AI image filter. These updates prioritise authentic, human-created images and downrank AI-generated content. Users can also opt to exclude AI-generated images entirely.

Learn more about Kagi’s AI image filter here: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/features/exclude-ai-images.html

We will continue actively improving this feature based on your feedback.

Improvements and bug fixes

• Ability to filter out obvious ai image websites from Image search #4972 @Thibaultmol
• Snaps not working with automatic quick answer #5022 @Jesal
• No margin between clear and question mark #5031 @azdanov
• Link for most blocked domains missing in new kagi website #4746 @sw
• Quick answer #5061 @TheBOT
• Dark mode doesn’t adapt #5013 @greyfivenine8244
• Support time shorthands on timer widget #3444 @sefidel

The Assistant

• We’ve enhanced the Assistant mobile experience with several updates, including improvements to the thread view and header navigation
• Kagi Assistant v2 mobile threads menu #4725 @frin
• Kagi assistant gpt LLM not working #5055 @ash
• Assistant Tooltips are Hard to Click #5037 @silvenga

Celebrating Our Community

At Kagi, we’re all about community, and nothing has made us prouder than seeing the incredible photos our members are sharing online of their Kagi swag! Whether you’ve posted a picture of your free t-shirt or a sticker proudly displayed on your laptop, we want to take a moment to say thank you. Your support means the world to us.

The story:

We were thrilled to celebrate our first big milestone: reaching 20,000 loyal members who’ve stuck with us through this adventure. To show our appreciation, we’ve sent out free t-shirts and sticker packs to those first 20,000 supporters. Earlier this month, these members started receiving their packages and excitedly shared photos across various socials. Here’s a snapshot of just a few:

For anyone who missed out, don’t worry! You can head over to the Kagi Store and snag your first-edition Doggo t-shirt. We’ve got four fantastic designs, each one representing our determination to build a better, more ethical and more human web.

Help us reach our next milestone: 50,000 members

As we gear up to reach 50,000 members, we’d love your help in spreading the word!

We don’t rely on ads to drive our growth; instead, we depend entirely on word-of-mouth marketing and community recommendations. This grassroots approach means that every conversation you have about Kagi, every post you share showcasing your swag, and every mention you make to friends and family has a real impact. Your enthusiasm helps us reach new members who share our vision for a better web. Let’s make our next milestone one to remember.

Where to find and tag us on the social web:

• KagiHQ on X
• KagiHQ on Mastodon
• Kagi.com on Bluesky
• Kagi.com on Threads
• KagiHQ on Instagram

We also have a Kagi Community Discord server where you can join our community for real-time discussion about the product and chat with other Kagi users.

As we move forward, we want to reiterate our commitment to continuously improving Kagi for all our members. Your feedback and engagement are invaluable as we strive to create an even better experience. Thank you for being a vital part of our journey – your support inspires us every day, and we can’t wait to see where this adventure takes us next!

Hello, Kagi Fans!

We know it’s been a few weeks since our last update, and there’s a good reason for that. The entire company took a break from the usual routine to fly to Barcelona, Spain, for our annual retreat – a chance to reenergize and refocus for the exciting journey ahead.

But don’t worry, it wasn’t all fun and no work. In fact, we’ve got a pretty exciting update for you today. The retreat gave us fresh inspiration, and we’re ready to bring some of those new ideas to life starting right now.

Launching the official Kagi Android app

We’re delighted to announce the launch of the official Kagi Android app! This marks an important milestone in our mission to make Kagi Search more accessible and encourage more people to try it out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kagi.search

The app allows users to begin using Kagi Search immediately right from the first launch (no account needed!). For those with existing subscriptions, signing in is seamless, enabling access to all Kagi features.

Additionally, the app includes native homescreen widgets, providing one-click access to search directly from your homescreen.

If you use an Android device, go check it out! We’ve simplified the process of sharing Kagi with your network.

Additionally, a recent EU ruling presents a significant opportunity for Kagi. Google is now required to include any search engine that meets specific criteria, such as having an app with over 5,000 installs, in the default list for Android and Chrome — install the app today and help us meet the criteria!

Stay tuned for more exciting updates coming soon!

Introducing Snaps

Snaps are an innovative search operator that allows for site-specific searches directly from the search bar. By simply typing @ followed by the designated site bang, you can limit your search results to a specific website. For example, to search on Reddit or HackerNews, you can enter:

• @r winter boots which translates to winter boots site:www.reddit.com
• and @hn vim emacs to vim emacs site:news.ycombinator.com

This feature was made possible thanks to the contribution of our user @tuesday ( #1231) on Kagifeedback!

This will work with any bang that Kagi support, including custom bangs you define. Kagi Bangs are open source, we welcome your contributions!

Universal Summarizer for Chrome

Universal Summarizer is one of the most-loved Kagi treats. The extension is now available for Chrome – Download it here!

We had to split it out of Kagi Search extension for Chrome due to rules of the Chrome store. Kagi Universal Summarizer is available to Firefox users via Kagi Search for Firefox and is natively built into the Orion browser.

The Assistant – 30 day update

It’s been 30 days since we launched the Assistant, and we’re excited to share a range of new updates with you.

Upload functionality:
We’re excited to announce that you can now upload a variety of local files directly to the Assistant! This new feature allows you to add multiple files in a single prompt. Here’s a list of supported file types:

• Text files: .txt, .md
• Rich text documents: .pdf, .docx, .pptx
• Tabular data files: .json, .csv, .xlsx, …
• Images: .jpeg, .png, .webp, …
• Audio files: .mp3, .wav, .m4a, …
  

Additionally, you can add a URL to have its contents summarised or to pose questions about it.

Stop button
We’ve introduced a Stop button that allows users to immediately halt the Assistant’s streaming output.

Mobile improvements
And also made several enhancements to our mobile experience, and there’s even more on the way!

Plus many other Assistant improvements

• Give assistant a PWA manifest #4734 @Thibaultmol
• Add Stop button for AI assistants #4034 @andrew-rivera
• Multiline assistant queries on mobile #4693 @fxgn
• Added Llama405b model to the list of available models in the Assistant
• Assistant v2 Text Input Form increases with use #4799 @DaJonas
• Session Link for Kagi Assistant #4772 @melomac
• Assistant V2 initial prompt text field doesn’t scroll #4739 @Thibaultmol
• Kagi Assistant UI Issues #4729 @emptyjar
• Browsing to https://kagi.com/assistant when not logged in results in 404 #4765 @cmart
• [firefox] text box in assistant text box can display funny at wrap point #4002 @sbeckeriv
• Universal summarizer can’t find transcript: yet finds transcript for slightly different URL edition #4451 @leftium
• Assistant history vanishes temporarily after branching #4686 @Value7609
• Assistant v2. Custom LLM settings not persistent. #4672 @flokerama
• New Assistant Beta looks bad in Safari #4675 @Rudotel
• Assistant does not respect lens when searching #4756 @double
• Assistant – Broked Fonts #4837 @silvenga
• Assistant not respecting multiple lines. #4764 @tombert
• Opus 3 interacting poorly with internet access #4804 @artemvmin
• Assistant (V2): make the ‘send’ button in the chat gray as long as the llm is still ‘typing’ #4738 @Thibaultmol
• Claude models are confused about internet access in Assistant with Web Access #4843 @Nashwan
• Model name is intersecting the assistant answer on mobile #4694 @fxgn
• Completely innacurate assistant context #4667 @tinkling6961
• Assistant – Inconsistant “New Tab” Behavior #4909 @silvenga
• New Assistant – Asking to Search #4794 @silvenga
• New Kagi Assistant has lost the ability to parse line breaks #4778 @orb
• Impossible to copy the code while the response is still being displayede #4848 @kfbme
• Assistant.v2 firefox issues with scrolling to bottom #4662 @zut
• Assisant ‘internet=off’ is ignored #4965 @Thibaultmol
• The buttons on the bottom of a thread (copy, regenerate, info) shouldn’t be inactive depending on how far you scrolled #4831 @chris_20017
• Assistant v2 Text Input Form increases with use #4799 @DaJonas
• An unknown error has occured in assistant #4988 @oNco
• Assistant mode adding redundant newlines on paste #4845 @pravinxor
• Code font is giant on phone for assistant #4797 @tombert
• Universal Summarizer dropdown values unreadable in Dark mode #4749 @Christoph
• Assistant V2beta character display error #4673 @OxygenX
• Assistant thread UI buttons on Firefox mobile don’t work #4805 @tinkling6961
• Paste an image in research assistant to chat about it #4028 @hadario
• The Assistant input box isn’t cleared when submitting a prompt using the microphone if the device keyboard has been used #4923 @laiz
• Copy the search prompt to the assistant prompt when “The Assistant” button is clicked on the search page #5005 @webwalrus

Search improvements and bug fixes

• New users can now register for Kagi using their GitHub credentials
• Sort news articles by time #142 @Kai
• “News” doesn’t use the browser preferred language #589 @cbaconnier
• Suddenly images are always using SafeSearch, even when disabled. #4560 @ShadowKGI
• Exclude site from search works very inconsistently #4627 @dantheman
• Inform user on misspelled words #3029 @null
• No code snippets in Europe #3559 @NevevrAlak
• Duplicate search results on case-insensitive sites (e.g. GitHub) #2071 @pawo2500
• Prefixing @ (the at symbol) to a query doesnt give a results page (redirects to home) #4951 @ChristenGottschlich
• Summarizer “ask questions about page” chat cannot determine authors of papers from PubMed #4594 @Nashwan
• Phone number recognized as a fedex tracking number #4541 @Ronzino
• Searching “Hunter S. Thompson” gives at-a-glance results for Oscar Zeta Acosta #4714 @UndarkAido
• Visit website button is not clearly visible in light mode #4550 @astronaut
• ‘Showing results for’ has weird padding #4644 @sefidel
• Language Error in Popup #4899 @greyfivenine8244
• Safe search and safe image search are not about privacy #4892 @slamor
• Add British English (en_GB) locale #4615 @sefidel
• IP Address Widget Fails to Resolve IPv4 Address #4239 @silvenga
• Wolfram info button goes on top of search suggestions #4678 @sefidel
• US news result mentioning Poland caused response to be in Polish #4589 @yokoffing
• Custom bang names with colons fail to render past the colon on the edit page #4777 @kenk
• Inform user on misspelled words #3029 @null
• FastGPT No Longer Cites Sources #4840 @fish
• Universal Summarize does not summarize Yahoo Finance article #4821 @yokoffing
• Summary bang for specific language #4954 @Albi
• Redirects parses URLs incorrectly when leaving out protocol #4619 @utopia
• Display title of summarized website #4834 @Wojtek
• Repeated podcast results #4683 @menturi
• Scroll bar stutters in Kagi Summarzier #4628 @Fracture
• Prefixing @ (the at symbol) to a query doesnt give a results page (redirects to home) #4951 @ChristenGottschlich
• Broken currency formatting Thai Baht (฿) #4970 @MX5
• Advanced Search info truncated on mobile #4779 @jessemerriman
• Select elements don’t work in Kagi settings (Safari 15.6.1) #4565 @carl
• Clickable images on Changelog #4691 @dix
• Quick Answer does not always link sources #4883 @menturi
• AI refers to system prompt #4942 @maskmonarch
• Ability to filter out obvious ai image websites from Image search #4972 @Thibaultmol
• Editing Custom Bangs cuts off value of Search Engine name field after first word #4886 @Christoph
• Line height not correct #4898 @greyfivenine8244
• Leaving the image gallery/view by pressing the X or esc requires several clicks/taps #4839 @laiz
• Searching with site:.TLD yields results from other TLDs #4880 @campfire
• The !scoop Bang has weird behaviour when left empty #4963 @LucasOe
• Repeated podcast results #4683 @menturi
• !cocoapods search is broken #5011 @sidwolf6583
• 502 Server Error whenever I try to modify a bang #4960 @umar
• Clear button doesn’t work on android app #5002 @agustinfitipaldi
• Viewing individual search usage in a duo/family plan #4597 @devilkin
• Dates are often wrong in search results & filters #2603 @Vapid
• Improvements to Kagi changelog #4913 @laiz
• Lenses description tweaks #4606 @laiz

Kagi Store

Kagi Store is live! Grab your first edition Doggo t-shirt while the stock lasts.

Getting this out of the door was quite a journey. We wrote a small blog post about it.

We moved mountains (of cotton) to deliver on our promise

The Assistant video commercial

🎬 Drumroll, please… Our first video commercial celebrating the launch of The Assistant is live, and we couldn’t be more thrilled and proud! Let us know what you think!

Check it out on YouTube!

Improvements and Bug Fixes (minor update post the Assistant launch)

• You can now open the Kagi Search that the Assistant performed throughout all different thread responses.
• Internet access is correctly set when the last used model is a Custom Assistant
• When branching, earlier messages no longer disappear
• Fixed an issue that disabled mouse scroll in the prompt box when large prompts were used
• Fixed an issue where using Assistant bangs such as !code with another Custom Assistant present prevented the model selection from loading
• While we finish implementing custom bangs for Custom Assistants, you can already create them manually by using the profile query parameter in the Assistant URL. For example: https://kagi.com/assistant?q=%s&profile=id
  You’ll find the Custom Assistant id in the URL when editing your Custom Assistant

The Assistant is here!

Today we’re excited to unveil the Assistant, a new powerful tool for information consumption that complements Kagi Search. Assistant features direct access to world’s best LLMs, grounded in Kagi Search, all in one place and for one price.

Read all about it in Announcing the Assistant blog post.

This update replaces the Beta version introduced nearly a year ago. It includes many new features, and we are working hard to bring back a few missing ones from the Beta, notably file upload, as soon as possible. You can still access the “old” assistant during the transition period using this link.

We also want to take this opportunity to extend a big thank you to our community, especially to our distinguished members and contributors, for all the feedback and testing that helped us create a better product.

Growing the Kagi community

We recently expanded our social presence on the wider web to include Mastodon, Blue Sky and Threads, so be sure to engage with us and follow our journey from the platforms of your choice!

• Mastodon
• Bluesky
• Threads
• X
• Discord
• Kagi Feedback

Improvements and bug fixes

• Some restaurant locations have