New
- Reworked first-run setup — setup is now a single language choice with everything else configured automatically, followed by a short guided introduction to your first capture. Quick Start's fixed-region capture is now available in the free version and the demo.
- Save phrases and idioms — select a span of words in the session review to save a multi-word phrase or idiom, browse them in your wordbook under their own label, and choose whether they appear in quiz practice.
Improved
- More reliable model downloads — if a download source can't be reached, Playto now falls back to mirror sources automatically instead of failing, and a stalled download can be retried cleanly. This helps in regions where the main download host is hard to reach.
- Overlay placement for Quick Start — Quick Start now remembers your overlay placement across restarts.
- Streamlined Practice — a more compact Practice header so cards show up sooner.
Fixed
- Steadier latency reading — the on-screen translation time no longer drifts upward over a long session.
- Fewer false "engine stalled" prompts — the status indicator no longer suggests a restart during quiet periods.
- Startup recovery — a slow first launch is given more time to finish instead of being declared failed prematurely.
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