Oct 12th, 2025
This week marks a significant milestone with the official Windows release of 120 AI Chat, alongside new organization features that help users manage important conversations and messages. We've also expanded our Open Router integration to highlight the nearly 40 free models now accessible directly within 120 AI Chat.
120 AI Chat is now available for Windows users, bringing our native AI chat experience to a broader audience while maintaining the quality and performance standards established in our macOS version.
Consistent user interface: The Windows version mirrors our macOS design language, ensuring users switching between platforms experience the same intuitive interface, conversation flow, and feature accessibility without relearning the application.
Performance optimization: Speed and functionality match our macOS benchmarks, with responsive AI model switching, smooth multimodal content handling, and efficient conversation management optimized for Windows-specific performance characteristics.
Seamless auto-updates: The integrated auto-update system eliminates manual downloads and installations, automatically delivering new features, improvements, and security updates in the background without disrupting workflow or requiring user intervention.
Windows users now have complete access to local AI integration with Ollama and LM Studio, web search capabilities through DuckDuckGo, multimodal file attachments for PDFs and images, and the full range of AI providers we've built into 120 AI Chat.
We've introduced conversation starring functionality that enables users to mark frequently used conversations for instant access, eliminating the need to search through conversation history when returning to important threads.
One-click starring: Users can star or unstar conversations directly from the conversation list, creating a curated collection of essential threads that remain easily accessible regardless of when they were last active.
Priority organization: Starred conversations rise to prominence in the interface, allowing users to distinguish critical ongoing projects, reference conversations, and frequently accessed threads from general conversation history.
Flexible management: The starring system adapts to changing priorities—users can star conversations temporarily for short-term projects or maintain permanent stars for reference materials and recurring discussion topics.
120 AI Chat now offers granular message bookmarking, allowing users to save specific AI responses, research findings, or conversation moments for later reference through our new Bookmark vault.
Message-level precision: Unlike conversation-level organization, bookmarks capture individual messages that contain valuable information, creative outputs, or key insights that users want to preserve and revisit without reviewing entire conversation threads.
Bookmark vault access: All bookmarked messages gather in a dedicated Bookmark vault, providing centralized access to saved content across all conversations, AI models, and time periods without navigating through conversation history.
This feature particularly benefits users conducting research across multiple conversations, saving creative variations for comparison, or building reference collections from AI-generated content that they'll need to access repeatedly.
Since integrating Open Router in Week 27 for unified access to 500+ models through a single API key, we've optimized 120 AI Chat to highlight the nearly 40 free models available through the platform—making high-quality AI accessible without API costs.
Zero-cost experimentation: Users can explore nearly 40 free models through Open Router without any API charges, enabling extensive model comparison, testing different AI approaches for specific tasks, and discovering optimal models for various workflows without financial commitment.
Diverse model selection: The free tier includes models optimized for different purposes—coding assistance, creative writing, analytical reasoning, and general conversation—providing substantial capability without requiring premium model access.
This free model access complements our existing support for local models through Ollama and LM Studio, creating multiple pathways for cost-effective AI interaction within 120 AI Chat while maintaining access to premium models when advanced capabilities are needed.
I want to share something personal this week. Over the past two weeks, I've been dealing with cold flu symptoms that required antibiotics and regular paracetamol. The experience served as a stark reminder that our health underpins everything we do.
To fellow developers and to our users: please prioritize your health. The features we build, the conversations we have, and the work we accomplish all depend on our physical wellbeing. Without health, we simply can't do the other things that matter to us.
Rest when you need it, don't push through illness, and remember that sustainable productivity comes from taking care of yourself first. Our work will always be here—our health requires active protection.
Next week we're focusing on interface refinements and conversation control improvements that enhance the daily usage experience.
Table rendering improvements: We're overhauling how tables display within conversations, ensuring clear formatting, proper alignment, and easy readability for data tables, comparison charts, and structured information that AI models generate.
Stop responding button: Users will gain the ability to stop AI models mid-response, preventing unnecessary token consumption when they've received sufficient information or when a response diverges from their intended direction. This feature reduces costs while giving users more precise control over conversation flow.
These refinements continue our commitment to making 120 AI Chat not just feature-rich, but genuinely pleasant and efficient for daily use.