What's new - Bravo Guide

September 1, 2026: Claude Fable 5.1 replaces Claude Fable 5 in the model picker, at the same credit cost. It is stronger on long, multi-step research and document work, and refuses far fewer requests it shouldn't. Learn how choosing a model works. Read Anthropic's announcement.
August 30, 2026: Bring a topic into a chat as you type. Type @ in the message box, pick a topic, and Bravo reads it before answering. See how topics work in chat.
August 28, 2026: Ask Bravo where your credits went. It can now look up your balance and your credit history in the chat, so you can ask what a conversation cost or what has been using your credits this month. Learn how usage history works.
August 28, 2026: Keep Bravo on your phone's home screen. On iPhone, open the dashboard in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and Bravo opens full screen like any other app. On Android, Chrome's menu offers Install app. Learn how Bravo works on your phone.
August 27, 2026: Bravo can now build high-quality PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets, complete with tables, numbered lists, and rich text formatting. Learn how Bravo works with files.
August 26, 2026: Effort now changes how long Bravo can work and how many research steps it can take. Low prioritizes a quick response, Medium balances speed and depth, and High can spend up to 10 minutes on harder work. Choose an effort level.
August 25, 2026: Your messages can now have formatting. Press Cmd+B or Cmd+I on Mac, or Ctrl+B or Ctrl+I on Windows and Linux, for bold and italic, and start a line with a dash or a number to make a list. Sent messages show the formatting in the chat. Learn how to format your message.
August 25, 2026: Bravo now creates polished infographics with crisp text and precise layouts. Ask it to visualize a topic, compare options, or turn the page you're viewing into an infographic. Learn how Bravo works with images.
August 24, 2026: GPT-5.6 Sol is cheaper to use. OpenAI dropped Sol's prices through at least November 21, 2026, so model usage on Sol now costs over 20% fewer credits. Learn how choosing a model works. Read OpenAI's announcement.
August 21, 2026: Connect your Dropbox and Bravo can search and read your files in chat, with source links back to the original file. Like the other connections, it is optional and read-only. Learn what each connection can do.
August 20, 2026: You can now change the model or the effort partway through a chat, and it applies from your next message. The chip in the composer sets how much time Bravo spends thinking, researching, and verifying, with the full model list behind Advanced. Auto is gone, and new chats start on a recommended model. Learn how switching models works.
August 18, 2026: Bravo can now read comments in your Word documents and notes in your Excel spreadsheets, including files attached in email and Drive. Learn how Bravo works with files.
August 14, 2026: Grok 4.6 is now available in the model picker, at Low, Medium, and High effort. It is a strong pick for digging through long documents and finding the evidence that answers your question. Learn how choosing a model works.
August 14, 2026: Web search just got smarter. Bravo now answers web questions with Perplexity's new Agent API, the next generation of their answer engine. Answers come back faster and more accurate, and source links still let you check every claim. Read Perplexity's announcement, or see how sources work.
August 13, 2026: Gemini 3.7 replaces Gemini 3.6 Flash as the Google option in the model picker. It answers faster, handles multi-step and document work more reliably, and costs about half as much. Pick it from the model menu in the sidebar, or read more in the models guide. Read Google's announcement.
August 12, 2026: Search results now open the chat at the exact message that matched, with the matching text highlighted. See how search works.
August 10, 2026: Meet Bravo Topics: living pages Bravo builds from your chats and keeps current. Each focuses on one subject, such as a project, person, customer account, or competitor.
August 9, 2026: Pin the chats and topics you keep coming back to. They gather in a Pinned section at the top of your dashboard sidebar, and pinned groups sit at the top of your chat library and topics pages. Pin or unpin from a row menu, the chat title menu, or a topic's page. Your go-to models pin the same way now, replacing stars in the model picker. Learn how the chat library works.
August 5, 2026: Ask Bravo for a downloadable PDF of a Word document, presentation, or diagram and get one back. Older spreadsheets and Apple Numbers files can come back as Excel files. This works on files you attach, files from Gmail and Drive, and documents Bravo just wrote for you. Learn how Bravo works with files.
August 4, 2026: Clicking any web link in a reply now opens it in its own tab with the sidebar showing the same chat, just like source links. See how sources work.
August 3, 2026: Chats on Auto now run on a new default model, GPT-5.6 Luna at maximum reasoning effort. It came out ahead in our testing, and its model prices are 90% lower, so you get better answers while your chats use far fewer credits. Learn how choosing a model works. Read OpenAI's announcement.
August 1, 2026: Drag the right edge of the dashboard sidebar to make it wider or narrower. Bravo remembers the width you pick. Learn how the dashboard works.
July 30, 2026: GPT-5.6 Terra and Luna are cheaper to use. Model usage now costs 20% fewer credits on Terra and 80% fewer on Luna. Learn how choosing a model works.
July 24, 2026: Claude Opus 5 is now available in the model picker, replacing Claude Opus 4.8. It is stronger on deep reasoning and long, multi-step work, at the same credit cost. Learn how choosing a model works. Read Anthropic's announcement.
July 22, 2026: Gemini 3.6 Flash is now available in the model picker, replacing Gemini 3.5 Flash. It handles multi-step tasks in fewer steps, so replies come back faster and use fewer credits. Learn how choosing a model works. Read Google's announcement.
July 22, 2026: Bravo now reads many more document types, including older Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, OpenDocument formats, Apple iWork (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), and Visio diagrams. Attach them like any other file. See the supported file types.
July 17, 2026: You can now press Cmd+Shift+O on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+O on Windows and Linux to start a new chat from the sidebar or dashboard. See all keyboard shortcuts.
July 17, 2026: Use Bravo from your phone at bravo.ai. The dashboard now works on any device, no extension needed. Learn how Bravo works on your phone.
July 16, 2026: Ask Bravo where it learned something about you, and it can check the conversation, email, or other source behind that memory. Learn how memory works.
July 15, 2026: Each Chrome tab now has its own sidebar and chat. Opening or closing the sidebar on one tab does not affect the others, and source links open with the same chat ready in the new tab. Requires Chrome 142 or newer. Learn how the per-tab sidebar works.
July 12, 2026: Ask Bravo to put something on your calendar and it gives you a pre-filled Google Calendar link to review and save, even when Google Calendar is not connected. Learn what Bravo can do with Google Calendar.
July 12, 2026: If you run out of credits during a reply, Bravo keeps the work completed so far. Add credits, then click Continue to pick up where it stopped. Learn what happens when credits run out.
July 10, 2026: You can now turn memory off from Personalization. While it is off, Bravo does not use memory in new chats or remember anything new, but it keeps what it already knows for when you turn memory back on. Learn how to turn memory off.
July 9, 2026: You can now select text in your memory and click Edit this, then tell Bravo exactly how that passage should change. Learn how to edit your memory.
July 9, 2026: In Memory settings, Not right? now places the change you flagged on a card above the text box. Type the correction directly so Bravo knows exactly what to fix, or remove the card to describe the fix from scratch. Learn how to review and correct memory changes.
July 8, 2026: Bravo now spends whichever credits expire first, so monthly plan credits are usually used before longer-lived credit packs and bonus credits. Learn which credits get used first.
July 7, 2026: Signing in from the sidebar now opens the Bravo web app in a new tab, then signs the sidebar in automatically. Extension versions 3.x and older must update to keep using Bravo. Learn how signing in works.
July 7, 2026: Highlight text on any webpage and click Ask to open the sidebar with that selection attached, ready for your question. The quote stays with the chat draft until you send or remove it. Learn how to ask about selected text.
July 6, 2026: Memory changes are now clickable. Open one to see the exact edit and its sources, then use Not right? to start a correction if something looks off. Learn how to review memory changes.
July 5, 2026: When the sidebar says Update available, you can now follow a step-by-step guide to install the latest version and get back to Bravo. Learn how to update the extension.
July 1, 2026: You can see everything Bravo remembers about you, review how it changed, correct details, and ask Bravo to forget anything from Memory settings. Learn how to manage your memory.
July 1, 2026: The sidebar Zoom setting changes text size in the chat sidebar only. Use your browser's built-in zoom to resize the dashboard. Learn how to change text size.
June 24, 2026: You can now choose the timezone Bravo uses outside chats, including for dates in your memory. Chats continue to use your browser's timezone automatically. Set your timezone.
June 10, 2026: Replies now link back to the webpages, emails, calendar events, Drive files, and past chats Bravo used, so you can open the original source and verify the answer. Learn how sources work.
June 5, 2026: New chats now start with Auto, which keeps you on a strong, current model without making you choose. Star your favorite models and thinking levels for one-tap switching. Learn how choosing a model works.
June 4, 2026: Dashboard chats can now work with related pages open across Chrome windows. Bravo can also read visible Gmail drafts and available YouTube transcripts from open tabs when you ask. Learn how Bravo works with open browser tabs.
June 2, 2026: You can now choose which supported GPT, Claude, or Gemini model handles a new chat, set its thinking level, and see which model answered each message. Learn how to choose a model.
May 28, 2026: If Chrome blocks site access or extension installation, or a Google Workspace account needs admin approval, the guide now walks you through the fix. Troubleshoot Chrome extension issues.
May 15, 2026: Work with files by uploading or pasting them, connecting Gmail or Drive, or dragging in a folder. Bravo can analyze the originals and return new downloads, including edited images and generated documents. Learn how to work with files.
May 12, 2026: Every reply now has buttons to copy it, flag a problem, and see which model answered, how many credits it used, and other message details. Learn about the reply buttons.
May 11, 2026: Sign in with Google or an emailed sign-in link. Both methods lead to the same account when the email address matches, and Google sign-in does not grant access to Gmail, Calendar, or Drive. Learn about signing in.
May 7, 2026: Bravo can now show quick replies when a short choice helps you answer faster. Click an option to send it, choose several when offered, or type your own response. Learn how quick replies work.
May 5, 2026: You can update the extension by restarting Chrome, refreshing it from chrome://extensions, or reinstalling it from the Chrome Web Store. Follow the extension update guide.
April 27, 2026: Press Cmd+B on Mac or Ctrl+B on Windows and Linux to open or close the Bravo sidebar from any webpage. You can turn the shortcut off in the extension options. See all keyboard shortcuts.
April 6, 2026: Connect Gmail, Google Calendar, or Google Drive so Bravo can find emails, check events, and work with files when you ask. Each connection is optional and read-only. Learn what each Google connection can do.
April 3, 2026: Free and Starter credits now reset on a clear schedule, add-on and bonus credits show when they expire, and you can reactivate a cancelled plan before the billing period ends. Learn how plans and credits work.
April 3, 2026: Bravo is live. Chat from the Chrome sidebar or dashboard, work with the page you are viewing, and carry your conversations and preferences across both. Get started with Bravo.