(tagging the buddy life bookkeeper Ben)

Throughout the day, you might need different buddies—for example, checking the weather with the Weather Girl before heading out, listening to music with the Oldies DJ while commuting, discussing an English essay with an English tutor in the afternoon, and tracking your expenses with a bookkeeping assistant at night.

Now, Zigi lets you interact with multiple buddies on a single page, with each buddy having its own independent conversation thread. To use this, simply type @buddy name or title in the journal editor and then start a new line—this signals the budy to focus only on that specific part of the entry. With this approach, a single journal entry can interact with multiple buddies. If you want a section to be seen by multiple buddies, just put multiple @mentions on the same line.

Meanwhile, when there are multiple buddies on a page, you can tap the other buddies to the right of the current one to switch to each buddy's conversation thread.

The calendar in the Zigi app now highlights "today + seven days before" in pink. Dates without diary entries are shown in a semi-transparent style, making it easier to see which days you have written or not.

Photo in the Zigi app now supports annotation. When uploading a photo from places you visit, you can use this feature to annotate where the photo was taken. (Tap the annotation area at the bottom-right of the photo to edit.)

Role development on Zigi is now easier. With the new prompt script debugger, developers can track script execution step by step, gaining a clearer understanding of when to use PAL for logic control and when to let the LLM take over. Check the developer documentation for details.

Zigi now offers three handwritten fonts. Writing a diary feels much more personal now.
- Yozai
- Jason Handwriting
- PingFang ShiGuang

This version greatly improves operation speed — swiping the cover image is three times faster than the previous version, giving it a silky-smooth feel. Please restart to update.

Zigi used to only allow one image per page, which was a bit inconvenient since there can be many different things worth recording in a single day. Now it's been expanded to allow uploading up to 5 images. In the lower-left corner of the cover area, you'll see an indicator like ○○○●○, and by tapping it, you can cycle through these images to set the page's cover. To remove an image, click the [Image Info] section at the bottom right, then click [Drop]. If the page applys to an image from repository or generated by AI later, the uploaded images won't be affected (you can always pick it back);

If you're interested in developing AI roles, you can start designing now — the developer documentation is ready, covering interface operations, the PAL design framework, functions, and RAG services, among other resources.

Although writing a diary is a private matter, sometimes you just want to share a particular entry with others—this feature makes that possible. First, navigate to the page you want to share and tap the [ShareLink] button on the right below the cover image. A settings screen will appear, showing the shareable URL of that page. Tap the [Share this page] button; when a checkmark appears, the page is shareable (tap again to cancel). Then tap [Copy link], and paste the link on Facebook or Line. That is it ! When someone clicks the link, they will view that diary page (view only, no actions allowed). BTW, the [ShareLink] button is blue for any page set to be shared, and black otherwise.

Sometimes your phone might be accessed by others—like your partner, family members, or kids—and it can be a bit awkward if they see your personal diary. The Screen Lock feature is just for this. After setting a password in [Settings], you can tap the [Lock screen] button to lock the app screen (it stays locked even if the app is restarted). This feature is device-specific, which means you need to set a password on each device where the app is installed. To set the lock screen password, you'll need a security code which is contained in the email sent to you when you first installed Zigi app.

Now you can write diary through speech! This voice input feature, known as ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), runs directly on your phone. Because of that, it requires a moderately powerful CPU—most phones from the past two years (like the Samsung A54) should work fine.

You can check your device’s performance by going to [Settings] → [Others]; ASR will only activate when performance reaches 100%. If it doesn't activate automatically, you can try tapping (Force Start). The first ASR startup takes about 1 minute, but after that it only takes around 15 seconds.

Once ASR is active, tap the microphone button at the bottom, then tap the diary text area to begin speaking. When Zigi detects keywords like “comma,” “question mark,” or “newline,” it will automatically insert the correct punctuation or action. When there is a pause in your speech, ASR will output a period(.). You can speak naturally and continuously without needing to wait. Besides, you can call the AI buddy when you speak "Hi buddy" or "Hey buddy".

Additionally, during voice input, you can only move the cursor but cannot edit the text. Editing will be restored once the microphone is turned off. If you wish to make changes, first tap the desired position, then tap the [Delete] button above the microphone button to delete the character in front of the cursor.



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ASR voice input offers two modes. The one described above is the [Punctuation Mode], which is ideal for diary writing. In addition, there is the [Transcript Mode], where each pause in speech results in a new line of text, making it suitable for recording events or meetings. Users can switch between modes in [Settings] → [Misc].