What’s new in 4.0, and what’s next

Shipped 6 November 2026

4.0 is here

The most stable KaDeep Studio Pro we have shipped, and the start of a new line. Here is what your team gets today.

Everyone

Two views of one workspace

Manage puts every page in a three-level sidebar, with nothing hidden in tabs. Hands-on puts your chats with the agent in front and opens pages as tabs beside them. Both show the same data, so switching never changes a number.

• Manage is the default; Hands-on is one switch away
• The agent’s work shows as a live thread
• The same frame in both views, so nothing moves

Manage and Hands-on views →

Switch between the Manage and Hands-on views0:10

TranscriptOpen your account menu and choose Switch to Hands-on view. The same page opens, with the agent beside it. Switch back the same way.

Managers

New: the Timeline

Handed-out work from testing and localization on one axis, by person or by project. A today line, LATE and AT RISK flags, sign-offs and milestones show what needs you. Open, reassign or message from any bar.

• This week, the next three weeks, or your own dates
• Due dates in Needs you, the bell and every task
• Testers and linguists see their own work

Read the Timeline guide →

Release owners

Go or Hold, by your own criteria

Set entry and exit criteria on the test plan. Release Ready and the ship gate judge each release by them, and every verdict lists each criterion a release misses before any top bug.

• Stakeholders sign off, or say why not
• Hold, lift and ship are signed entries
• Performance regressions show against their baseline

Release Ready: can we ship? →

Read the Release Ready verdict0:11

TranscriptRelease Ready gives each project a verdict, with the reason. Choose Review to read every reason, the decision, and who has signed off.

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  TestingResults that tell the truthStopped reads Stopped, an unsure agent says Inconclusive, and each run gets its own browser session and test login.
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  TestingWeb and phone in one testSuites target the web, the phone app or both, at the screen size you choose. Re-checks run where the fix shipped.
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  LocalizationGates that protect what shipsEvery plural form, do-not-translate terms, character limits and legal review hold approval until they are right.
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  Finance and complianceAsk the organizationAsk in plain words about spend, releases, approvals and the audit log, outside any one project. Read-only stays read-only.
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  SecurityTighter access, a complete recordTwo-step verification with passkeys, SCIM for leavers, retention and legal hold, and an audit log you can search.
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  Desktop appDesktop 4.0 for Windows and MacOne version at release, with an Android companion, now phone app 4.1. Every workspace links to its downloads, and installed apps keep updating.

See every change in 4.0, by role →

Release history

How we got here

From one agent with a live browser to a desktop app for every role on a release team. 4.0 starts a new line for KaDeep Studio Pro.

1. 4.06 November 2026Current
   KaDeep Studio Pro v4

   Two views, the Timeline, release decisions by your own criteria, localization gates, and one version, 4.0.0, across desktop, web and phone.

   Every change in 4.0 →
2. 1.1.1September 2026
   Pair this computer

   Desktop onboarding that matches the product: pair this computer from Settings, with no dead-end install loop.

   Release notes on kadeep.ai (version 1.1.1) →
3. 1.1August 2026
   Unified approvals, cleaner evidence

   One approval card for plans, campaigns and risk checkpoints. Interrupted runs are marked interrupted, not live.

   Release notes on kadeep.ai (version 1.1) →
4. 1.01 January 2026
   Quality operations on demand

   An agent with a live browser and virtual phones: state the outcome, and it explores, runs, files issues and remembers.

   Release notes on kadeep.ai (version 1.0) →

Release notes for earlier versions live on the kadeep.ai changelog.

Roadmap

Next

What we plan for the next release. Each line says what it means for your team.

Plans can change. Nothing on this page is a promise or a date.

• New since 4.0
  Phone app 4.1: the redesigned companion with live view

  Watch the agent live on the browser, phone or computer it tests on, answer it, approve its plans, and follow runs and bugs. Android now; iPhone is next.

  Read the guide: Phone app 4.1: the redesigned companion with live view →

• Desktop and phoneNext
  The iPhone companion app

  Watch the agent live, answer it and approve its plans on your iPhone, as Android users can with phone app 4.1.

  How it works today: The iPhone companion app →
• Desktop and phoneNext
  Signed desktop apps

  Install on Windows and Mac without the first-open security prompt.

  How it works today: Signed desktop apps →
• TestingNext
  Run a schedule after each deploy

  Start a suite when a new build goes out, right from Schedules, not only on a timer or from CI.

  How it works today: Run a schedule after each deploy →
• LocalizationNext
  XLIFF and TMX export, one click away

  Hand finished translations and memory to any translation tool from Deliveries, without asking your admin.

  How it works today: XLIFF and TMX export, one click away →
• EveryoneNext
  Plain words on every screen

  Runs, bugs and team activity name things the way your team does, never with technical ids.

• TestingNext
  Faster notes and workspace files

  What the agent wrote down for a project opens in a moment, however much there is.

  How it works today: Faster notes and workspace files →
• EveryoneNext
  Screen-reader names on every chat card

  Every card in a Hands-on chat announces exactly what it shows.

Exploring

Ideas we are weighing. We may build them, change them or drop them.

• LocalizationExploring
  Typeset text in translated pictures

  When a redrawn picture can't hold its text cleanly, KaDeep sets the translated text itself, so mixed-script text stays exact.

• LocalizationExploring
  A stricter picture gate

  Choose to hold approval whenever a translated picture could not be read back and checked.

• TestingExploring
  Faster cloud phones

  Smoother Android runs when many tests share the phones at once.

  How it works today: Faster cloud phones →
• Desktop and phoneExploring
  Graphics-heavy desktop software

  Let the agent test design and creative tools on more powerful cloud Windows machines.

  How it works today: Graphics-heavy desktop software →
• ManagersExploring
  See KaDeep as another role

  Check what a tester or linguist will see before you invite them.

  How it works today: See KaDeep as another role →
• EveryoneExploring
  A guided first few minutes

  A short tour in the product for anyone signing in for the first time.

  How it works today: A guided first few minutes →

Later · the vision

Release confidence, for everything you ship

Where KaDeep is going: intelligent testing, AI that does the manual work, and one clear, evidence-backed answer to “can we ship?” for every product, platform and language.

This is a direction, not a plan with dates. It will change as we learn from your team.

1. 01
   One quality picture across everything you ship

   Every product, release and language in one view, so leaders see readiness at a glance.

2. 02
   The AI provider your team already uses

   Run KaDeep on more AI providers, so you keep the models and contracts you already have.

3. 03
   You choose what the agent may do on your computer

   Set how much control the agent has on a paired computer, per project.

4. 04
   The iPhone app from the App Store

   Install the iPhone companion the way you install any app.

5. 05
   Agents that find more on their own

   Sharper bug finding with fewer false alarms, so your team spends its time on real problems.

Use 4.0 today

Your workspace is already on 4.0. Open it in the browser, or install the desktop app for local devices and desktop testing.

Open StudioInstall the desktop appRead the guides