What's new in Ponta

Each time we update Ponta, the changes you might notice are listed here, newest first.

Your PCs update themselves. If you are on the Test build, the Ponta phone app also shows what is being tried there.

Version 1.26.0

New

  • A PC shown as Disconnected on Your PCs now has a Reconnect button.
  • A new What's new page on ponta.ai lists the changes in each Ponta update. The Ponta phone app shows them too, under What's new.

Improved

  • The help and security pages now explain why answering on your phone is safer than answering on a PC.
  • Before you add a PC, your AI app now gets the setup steps and the download link. It can talk you through them.
  • Your Ponta connector now offers its tools in packages, such as Mail, Web and Power tools. Every package is on, and you can switch any off on Your PCs.
  • The ponta.ai home page now shows how Ponta works and how to add it to your AI app. It also answers common questions. Join the beta now takes you to sign-in and the waitlist.
  • A paused PC now tells your AI app to right-click the Ponta icon to resume it.

Removed

  • Your AI app now sees 23 fewer tools, so it has less to read in each chat. Rarely used tools are gone, and some pairs are now one tool.

Version 1.25.1

Improved

  • The Ponta icon now shows on the taskbar by the clock, not hidden behind the arrow. Ponta does this once, so if you hide it, it stays hidden.

Version 1.25.0

New

  • You can now let your AI app work as administrator on a PC. It is off unless you turn it on, and each change asks you on your phone first.
  • Your AI app can now use more than one browser profile on your PC, each with its own sign-ins. Ponta's browser window now shows the Ponta name, colour and logo.
  • A new help article explains the Ponta icon by the clock. It covers what the icon shows, pausing Ponta and its browser.
  • When you pause Ponta from the icon by the clock, Your PCs and the phone app say so. Calls to a paused PC do not count towards your monthly actions.
  • Ponta now has an icon by the clock on your PC. It shows when Ponta needs you, and lets you pause Ponta or open its browser.

Improved

  • The Ponta installer now shows the Ponta app icon, and Ponta artwork on its pages.
  • The installer, the Start menu shortcuts and the Ponta browser window now use the new Ponta logo.
  • The installer's last screen now shows how to add Ponta to your AI app. The Start menu has a shortcut to the steps too.
  • Approval requests on your PC now show as Ponta, with the Ponta logo, instead of Windows PowerShell.
  • The privacy notice now says that your phone's push service delivers Ponta's notifications, and that it cannot read them.

Fixed

  • Proton Pass logins now work when a site's sign-in page sits on another part of the same site. Ponta also reads the login's own web address and username to pick the right one.
  • Updating Ponta on a PC where it is running could stop halfway. The installer now pauses Ponta first and starts it again if anything goes wrong.

Version 1.23.0

New

  • A new help article, Your first jobs, gives five small jobs to try once Ponta is set up. The free trial article now matches the Free plan.
  • If you get stuck setting up Ponta, we send a short email to help with the step you are on. Each one has a link to stop them.

Improved

  • More requests now offer Approve and always allow, such as spam clean-ups and changing one tool setting. Each rule stays narrow.
  • The list of your mailboxes no longer shows each mail server's name and port. Your AI app sees each mailbox's name and address.
  • Your account pages, the phone app's tab and the Ponta connectors in your AI app now show the Ponta icon.
  • After you pair a PC, the page now tells you how to add Ponta to your AI app. It shows the address to paste.
  • After you pair a PC, the page links to some small first jobs to try. So do the first-PC steps.

Fixed

  • The links at the bottom of the phone app now have space between them. Each one is easier to read and tap.
  • Tapping around the Ponta phone app now keeps it open. Approve no longer asks for your fingerprint or face again while you are still using it.
  • Signing in with Google now tries again by itself if Google is slow to answer, so fewer sign-ins fail.

Security

  • The Ponta phone app now locks after 2 minutes away, even when the phone pauses it.

Version 1.22.0

New

  • One address now gives your AI app every tool set your PCs have. Each tool's name says which set it uses. You can leave a set out on Your PCs.

Improved

  • The help centre now gives one connector address for all your tools. It also shows how to choose which sets your AI app gets.
  • The phone app has the new Ponta logo in a header that stays at the top. It gets smaller as you scroll down. A phone that already has the app may show the old home-screen icon for a while.
  • The Ponta logo has a fresh look, with softer brackets, and it is a little larger. You will see it across ponta.ai, your account pages and link previews.

Fixed

  • On the Auto-accept page, the support email address under Always asks is now a link you can tap.

Version 1.21.1

Improved

  • Your account pages now look like ponta.ai. Every page has a menu of your account pages and a Sign out button.
  • Each browser profile's window now shows its name, for example "Ponta Browser - personal", so you can tell them apart.

Fixed

  • Manage billing no longer fails for accounts that subscribed while Ponta was in testing. The page now explains what happened.

Version 1.21.0

Improved

  • The Windows installer now sets up agent 1.11.2. From this version, Ponta can update itself once updates are signed.
  • The Ponta app now asks for your fingerprint or face once when you open it, not for every approval. It locks again when you close it, switch away for 2 minutes or leave it for 15 minutes.
  • The download is easier to find. After you sign in, the first step shows how to download Ponta, and every account page links to it.
  • The help article on phone approvals now says the fingerprint or face check happens once each time the app opens. It also says when the app locks again.
  • The "Install the Ponta agent" help article now shows where to download Ponta, in three steps.

Version 1.20.1

New

  • You can now pay for Ponta or Ponta Pro on your Plan page, monthly or yearly. Payments are taken by Paddle.

Version 1.20.0

New

  • The Ponta app has a new Decisions tab. Answer your AI app's questions with one tap. Confirm or reject the decisions it recorded for you.
  • Your AI app can now look up your decisions before it relies on one. It can see if you confirmed a decision, or if an AI app only recorded it.

Version 1.19.2

Fixed

  • When a result is too long, Ponta now names itself in the note it adds. Error messages now use Ponta's own words too.