We have released a new online version of IWL with several new features and improvements.

Focus modes and settings improvements

The focus modes menu now applies changes to the current mode: normal or full screen, which means you can have different settings for different modes! It also looks better now, and includes a button to open the settings.

Updated focus modes UI in IWL

Speaking of Settings – you can now configure focus modes there, for both Normal and Full Screen modes.

Focus modes settings in IWL

Local model support in Chrome

Google Chrome browser is trialing a new feature that allows running AI models locally, without sending data to the cloud. I Write Like have joined this trial program, so now you can use local models in the Chrome browser. This means you can run AI tools like Edit with AI without sending your data to external servers, enhancing privacy and performance, and without spending money on API calls.

You can try it out by selecting “Local (experimental)” in the model selection menu in Edit with AI. (If you don’t see this option, your browser doesn’t support it yet.)

Local model support in Chrome

This will download a model to your device (it takes around 2 GB of disk space) and run it locally. The first time you use it, it may take a while to download the model, but subsequent uses will be much faster. Once downloaded, the model can be used on any web app that supports it, not just IWL.

Please note that this feature is experimental and may not be available in all regions or versions of Chrome. It may not work well, and it may disappear at any time, but we hope it will become a standard feature in all browsers in the future.

GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 support

We have added support for the latest GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 models in IWL. You can now use these advanced models in the Edit with AI tool, providing you with even more powerful writing assistance.

Specifically, the following models have been added:

  • GPT-5
  • GPT-5 mini
  • GPT-5 nano
  • Gemini 2.5 Pro
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite

These models can be used with your own API keys, so you control the cost and privacy of your data.

We also removed the following legacy models: GPT-3.5 Turbo, GPT-4, and Gemini 1.5. If you still need to use them, you can add them as custom models.

Other improvements

  • Fixed performance of analyzing text that contain large data-URIs (including word counter).
  • Tweaked some UI elements to improve usability.
  • Fixed keyboard navigation in a few places.
  • Added information about free text tools available on IWL.

These changes are now live on iwl.me and will be available in the macOS and iOS apps in the next release.

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