hey everyone! sentient 3.0 is here :D
You can now touch your Mac’s notch to activate Sentient.
Reach up. Tap the notch with your finger. Sentient opens, ready to take over the boring task on your screen, draft that reply, or catch you up on what you’re reading.
We fused your MacBook’s existing ambient light, motion, and lid-angle sensors to recognize a physical tap. A little glow shows you where to touch. Your notch has a whole new job :)
And behind that tap is an AI that already has your context. Sentient’s on-device LLM builds an understanding of your projects, conversations, and commitments from the sources you connect. So when you hand something off, you can skip the long explanation.
Touch. Ask. Get back to your life.
Tap the glowing sensor area just left of the camera to open Sidekick. Tap again to close it, or assign your second tap to Take Over, Magic Reply, Summarize, or Proofread. It’s all in Settings → Notch & Shortcuts, with adjustable sensitivity and optional calibration for your lighting and laptop position.
There’s a lot more in 3.0, too:
- Four actions, one home. Take Over, Magic Reply, Summarize, and Proofread sit together in the notch. Hand off the task in front of you, draft a personal reply, get the gist, or clean up your writing.
- Hold to talk. Release to send. Hold your Sidekick key, right Command by default, and speak. Or use the microphone to record, edit, and send when you’re ready. You can answer Sidekick’s questions by voice too.
- Tell Magic Reply what to say. “Reply saying I’ll be there at three.” It uses your personal context and writing style to prepare a draft for you to review and send. The double-tap keyboard shortcut is still there, with more reliable requests and clearer feedback when a reply box can’t be found.
- Fresh context while you’re away. With automatic analysis enabled, Sentient can work while your Mac is plugged in and idle. It pauses when you return and resumes eligible work later.
- Jump straight to the work. Click Sidekick’s working status to bring up the window it’s using.
- Smoother from start to finish. Cleaner notch transitions, steadier app icons and progress, and clearer completion feedback. Dismissed questions stay tucked away until you explicitly reopen them.
- Better reading and editing. Larger summary windows, improved proofreading focus and clipboard handling, and corrections directly in your selected text or Sidekick draft.
thanks for all the feedback & bug reports. this one feels a little magical. can’t wait for you to try it :D
-- Jesai & Aditya
Sentient OS 3.0 (build 25). Requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 15.4 or later. Physical notch taps are available on supported MacBooks with compatible built-in sensors.