v2.1August 28, 2026

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Your favorite emojis are now just a : away. Type : followed by an emoji name to open the Inline Emoji Picker and insert emojis without breaking your flow.

Inline Emoji Picker works across text fields throughout Raycast, including AI Chat, Notes, Snippets, Quicklinks, and AI Commands. Suggestions follow your preferred emoji skin tone.

โœจ New

  • Emoji: Added Inline Emoji Picker. Type : followed by a name in any text field to search and insert emojis.

๐Ÿ’Ž Improvements

  • AI Chat: Fixed run errors rendering above tool calls in some situations
  • AI Chat: Fixed failed image generations and remote tools appearing as completed
  • AI Chat: Fixed the collapsed reasoning-effort icon being pushed to the right by accident
  • Applications: App icons now follow the light/dark appearance, so monochrome icons like ChatGPT's are no longer invisible in dark mode
  • Quick AI: Added support for dropping files from File Explorer directly into Quick AI to attach them, including while revealing the window with the global hotkey mid-drag
  • Root Search: Improved icon rendering of Quicklink favourites in compact mode
  • Root Search: Tab now performs primary action if AI or Tab to Quick AI is disabled
  • Updater: Raycast now relaunches itself after an update installed by the Microsoft Store or winget, instead of staying closed until the next logon
  • Windows Settings: Settings are now filtered by your device's capabilities, so entries like lid actions only show up on laptops
  • Windows Settings: Settings are grouped into browsable sections instead of one flat list
  • Windows Settings: Settings have shorter, more searchable names, and irrelevant Windows entries like "Set up a kiosk" are gone.

๐Ÿž Fixes

  • Applications: Fixed duplicate search entries for some winget-installed apps
  • Applications: Fixed placeholder icons for shortcuts whose icon file no longer exists, such as uninstalled Steam games
  • AI Chat: Fixed a text scaling issue in โ€œAsk Questionโ€ tool
  • Capture Window: Fixed captured screenshots getting a dark one-pixel border, which made them fail the extension store's image check.
  • Clipboard History: Fixed an issue where selecting all content would also select list items
  • Clipboard History: Ensured pasting non-full entries can still correctly update history (ie. paste as plain text)
  • Dictation: Fixed dictations losing audio or failing on stop during long sessions.
  • Dictation: Fixed context-aware paste inserting wrong spacing and hanging on slow apps.
  • Dictation: Fixed auto submit missing the keyword when quoted or punctuated.
  • Emoji Picker: Fixed emoji jitter when moving selection
  • Emoji Picker: Fixed an issue where saving keywords on an AI suggested emoji would fail
  • Extensions: Fixed an issue where pressing Escape from an extension subview would mistakenly discard Raycast
  • Extensions: Restored @raycast/api 1.x compatibility
  • File Search: Fixed an issue preventing file index compaction causing elevated disk space utilization
  • File Search: Fixed an issue causing files and directories to not be properly excluded due to case mismatch
  • File Search: Fixed an issue where directories matching a term and containing many children would be hidden from results by its contents
  • My Schedule: Fixed an alignment issue when the time of event was formatted with a 12h clock
  • Notes: Fixed inline code background in completed todo items
  • Notes: Fixed empty list items being dropped when pasting markdown
  • Notes: Fixed checklist structure being lost when copying and pasting
  • Root Search: Fixed a regression that brought back tab to browse files
  • Settings: Fixed script command icons being cropped
  • Settings: Fixed slow bulk enable/disable in Shortcuts settings.