Kagi Search Update Log

Below is a comprehensive rewrite of the recent Kagi Search changelogs, detailing the evolution of the search engine and its AI Assistant.

📅 August 21st, 2026: Financial Tools & Assistant Refinements

Kagi has introduced significant upgrades to how financial data is presented and how the AI Assistant handles complex formatting and organization.

📈 Enhancing the Stocks Widget

The Stocks widget has undergone a complete overhaul. It is no longer limited to individual stocks; it now supports Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs).

The standout feature is the new animated price chart. These animations provide immediate visual context, allowing users to see how current price swings relate to broader historical trends across various timeframes.

The stock widget showing animated transitions between 3 month, 1 year, 5 year, and 1 day price charts

🚫 Paywall Filtering

In a move to improve search quality, Kagi added a specific setting that allows users to automatically strip paywalled links from their search results.

🤖 Kagi Assistant: A More Powerful Experience

The Assistant is becoming more versatile for "everyday" utility:

Enhanced Rendering: User messages now support:
- Hyperlinks
- Markdown formatting
- $\LaTeX$ math (e.g., $\int_{a}^{b} x^2 \,dx$ )
Advanced Thread Management:
- Global Search: Find specific content across all your threads.
- Organization: Sort threads alphabetically or by the most recent.
- Filtering: Use the / command to filter by specific folders.
Retention Control: Users can now define the lifespan of temporary threads:
- ~~24 Hours~~ $\rightarrow$ Customizable
- 7 Days
- 30 Days

🛠️ General Improvements & Technical Fixes

Kagi has streamlined the use of "Lenses" by replacing numeric IDs with readable names in URLs. Example: https://kagi.com/search?lens=forums

Bug Fixes & Patches

Category	Issue Addressed	Reference/User
Search	Modifier keys no longer trigger shortcuts	#9385 @poacher2k
Security	Fixed XSS vulnerability in tags	#10767 @unknown
Assistant	Added "Select text and Search" functionality	#11242 @mb
Assistant	Fixed code fence syntax highlighting	#4775 @slater
API	Fixed empty data returns during page timeouts	#11176 @fredcy
UI	Fixed "CHATGPT" Wikipedia slop flagging	#10192 @fxgn
Mobile	Fixed Android back-swipe gesture interference	#11126 @mb
Translate	Fixed 503 errors in RSS feed	#10831 @Albi

📅 July 30th, 2026: Mobile Expansion & UI Polish

The late July update focused on bringing the Assistant to mobile devices and refining the core search interface.

📱 Kagi Assistant Goes Mobile

The official Kagi Assistant apps are now live on both iOS and Android.

Key Mobile Capabilities:

Conduct deep research and work with files on the go.

Access leading AI models directly from your phone.

Full synchronization of Custom Assistants and existing threads.

Download Links:

🛡️ Feedback & Data Sovereignty

Kagi has implemented new tools for user feedback and data management:

The Reporting Process:

Data Controls: Within Settings $\rightarrow$ General, users now have the ability to:

Export all conversation threads.
Permanently delete all threads in one click.

Kagi Assistant settings panel in dark mode showing the General settings tab, with a modal dialog open asking with Cancel and Delete all buttons.

🔍 Search Experience Refinements

The search results page received a visual polish to make the filter bar and domain menus more intuitive. Additionally, a new Currency Conversion widget was integrated directly into the results.

Kagi search results page for the query displaying an inline currency converter showing 100 ISK equals 1.12 Canadian dollars. (Note: Using provided image context)

Additional Fixes

Accessibility: Animations now correctly honor the prefers-reduced-motion system setting.
Accuracy: Removed a fake 1337x domain from results.
Shortcuts: Fixed an issue where the "Open first result" shortcut mishandled double-quotes.

🖼️ Gallery of Updates

Below are additional visual references from the changelog: