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This matrix describes the officially supported direct-download path for the current stable macOS release. The public runtime support floor remains macOS 14+.
Platform
Area
Support
Runtime floor
macOS 14+
Recommended hardware
Apple Silicon
Intel
Smoke-test before every final release as long as Universal Binary support is advertised
Distribution
Stable via direct download and Homebrew, preview builds via direct download only
Feature Matrix by macOS Version
Feature
macOS 14
macOS 15
macOS 26+
Notes
System-wide dictation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Core workflow in the current stable release
File transcription
Yes
Yes
Yes
Core workflow in the current stable release
Workflow processing
Yes
Yes
Yes
Core workflow in the current stable release
Workflows, History, Dictionary, Snippets
Yes
Yes
Yes
Core workflow in the current stable release
Notch, Overlay, and Minimal indicators
Yes
Yes
Yes
User-facing status surfaces in 1.3
Widgets
Yes
Yes
Yes
Supported advanced surface
HTTP API
Yes
Yes
Yes
Loopback-only, disabled by default
CLI
Yes
Yes
Yes
Requires the local API server to be running
Apple Translate integration
No
Yes
Yes
Advanced surface
Apple Intelligence provider
No
No
Yes
Optional provider surface
SpeechAnalyzer engine
No
No
Yes
Optional engine surface
Engine Notes
Surface
Support in the current stable release
Notes
Local engines
Yes
Recommended default path
Cloud engines
Yes
Require valid API keys
Bundled MLX engines
Yes
Qwen3, Granite, Voxtral, and Gemma 4 are bundled. Qwen3, Granite, and Voxtral support an optional HuggingFace token for higher download rate limits. Gemma 4 prompt processing is currently limited to the E2B/E4B 4-bit variants
Bundled plugins
Yes
Part of the tested product path
External third-party plugins
Best effort
Not a stable-release blocker for the current stable release