Changelog

New

• Help Centre: 48 articles with screenshots, covering getting started, recording, editing, screenshots, meetings, sharing and Watch, guides and AI tools, plans and storage, and troubleshooting. Search from the top of any page.
• Redesigned homepage: see BestShot's real screens, how it works in three steps, and the Free and Cloud plans. The download button picks your computer.
• Feature requests: suggest an idea or report a bug, vote for what you'd like next, and follow along on the roadmap as we plan, build and ship. Sign in with your BestShot account to post.
• This changelog, so you can see what's new in one place. Follow it with the RSS feed.

New

• "Hey BestShot": say "Hey BestShot, take a screenshot", "record the screen", "start meeting notes" or "stop". Captures start after a 3-second countdown you can cancel by saying "cancel". Off until you turn it on in Settings → Voice. Listening stays on your computer and no audio is saved.
• Your own wake phrase: Hey BestShot, OK BestShot, Hey Shot, or type your own.
• Write with Claude Code or Codex: if you have either app, Write can use your own subscription for messages and rewrites.
• Write remembers: say "remember that Jim prefers short emails" and it's used the next time you write to Jim.
• Write and Obsidian (optional): Write can pull in your notes about the person or project you mention. Read only.

Fixed

• Meeting notes no longer count as screen recording on Mac, so Netflix and other protected videos keep playing during calls.
• No more crash when quitting on Mac.

Windows

• Same features as Mac, with Windows shortcuts. AI tools can read your meetings and guides but can't control the running app yet.

New

• Write: hold fn + Control on Mac (Win + Ctrl on Windows), speak, and BestShot writes it in your style and pastes it where you're typing. Ask it to draft a whole message ("tell Reggie his game is working"). A card lets you insert, copy, rewrite, or make it shorter or friendlier.
• Full editor: open any recording in a multitrack editor that looks exactly like your preview, then export a new copy. Your original is never changed.
• Import: bring in videos, images and audio from the Import button, the File menu (⌘I or Ctrl+I) or by dragging files onto the window.
• Watch shots in your library: shots you've shared on Watch show up in BestShot, ready to download to this computer.
• Transcripts on Watch: your edited captions show in the Watch page's Transcript tab, with timestamps you can click.
• Details for recordings: change the title, description and who can watch without re-rendering.

Fixed

• Meetings longer than about an hour and a half play again.

Improved

• Grey and disabled buttons are easier to read in both light and dark mode.
• Meeting audio takes about a quarter of the space, so shares upload faster.

New

• BestShot for Windows: the same app on 64-bit Windows, with Windows shortcuts and wording.
• One main window: a sidebar for Home, Recordings, Screenshots, Meetings, Guides and Settings, with everything you open as a tab. Pop a tab out to work side by side.
• Guides: turn a recording into a step-by-step guide, one step per click, with screenshots, suggested blurs for private details, and export to Markdown, HTML, PDF, Word or Google Drive. Share a guide as a Watch link.
• AI tools connection: Claude, Codex and other AI tools can read and control BestShot, with access levels you choose and a confirm card before any capture.
• Local notetaker (beta): BestShot can join a Google Meet, Zoom or Teams call as a guest and take notes.
• Your own wallpapers as recording and screenshot backgrounds.

Improved

• Shortcuts start captures straight away, and BestShot's windows stay out of the way while you pick an area.

Fixed

• Old screenshot windows reappearing, Help & Tour doing nothing, and the notetaker recording silence.

BestShot 2 is a fresh start: one app to record your screen, polish the result, take screenshots and keep notes from your meetings.

New

• Record · Link · Shot: record a video, record straight to a Watch link, or grab a screenshot, from the menu bar or a shortcut.
• Editor: trim, zoom, add backgrounds and captions, and export.
• Screenshot Studio: annotate and frame screenshots.
• Meetings: record calls on your computer, get a transcript with speakers, an AI summary and title, and ask questions about what was said.
• Watch sharing: share recordings as a link with comments beside the video.
• Automatic updates: BestShot keeps itself up to date.

See Getting started in the help centre.