Changelog: Bug fixes & improvements

Help Center

• Refreshed the help center top to bottom: Getting Started, Choosing an AI Model, AI Chat, and Home & Library all now cover the recent product changes — the Home chat box model picker, provider logos in the model menu, inline file preview, the All Content tabs, and the new folder tile grid.
• Updated the landing page and FAQ to highlight worksheets, mind maps, study guides, infographics, editable library files, video modes (Standard / Math / Kids), and the new ability to pick which AI model generates your content.
• Cleaned up dead and inconsistent help URLs across the blog and sitemap so links no longer 404, and help articles use one canonical address each.

Improvements

• The “Create” shortcuts on your home screen have a fresh look, and every content type — podcasts, slides, study guides, worksheets, mind maps and more — now has its own distinct color so they’re easier to tell apart at a glance.
• Studying flashcards feels much snappier — flipping a card and moving to the next or previous one is now instant, with no built-in delay between actions, and the progress bar above the card is now green.
• The attached-source chips in the chat box now fully respect your system's “Reduce Motion” setting — they fade in and out instead of springing when it's on.
• Notes and other text files now make better use of a wide screen when reading or editing — the document widens automatically as you open or close the chat and sidebar, instead of being squeezed into a narrow column with empty space on either side.
• Files linked in a chat (notes, code, CSVs, text, images, and more) now open in the preview panel right next to the conversation — the same way PDFs do — instead of opening in a new tab, so you can read them without leaving the chat.
• The upgrade and warning banners while studying, on files, and in research now look cleaner in dark mode — a softer, more legible amber with a clearer icon instead of a muddy fill.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the quiz upgrade notice sitting off to one side with empty space next to it on the Questions tab once you've used your daily quiz questions — it's now centered.
• Studying no longer interrupts you partway through — flashcards and quizzes won't take over the screen with an upgrade prompt mid-session anymore; any prompts now wait for a natural stopping point.
• Fixed creating flashcards from an image opened in the document viewer — it no longer fails with a confusing “not a PDF” message, and your image is used as the source instead.
• Fixed flashcard generation occasionally failing after a long wait when the chosen AI model couldn't handle your sources — it now automatically falls back to another model so your cards still get created.

Improvements

• Billing and cancellation screens now use your account's saved plan details directly, so they open with fewer extra subscription checks.
• Home now loads the Jump back in flashcard review shortcuts faster by only loading the few decks shown there.
• Redesigned the All Content page with a single tabbed header (All, Pinned, Shared, Deleted) that now filters your folders too — so the Pinned, Shared, and Deleted views no longer show folders that don't belong, and deleted folders now appear under Deleted.
• Moved the content type filter next to the tabs and added a badge showing how many filters are active.
• The Slides view now has zoom controls — zoom in and out (or pinch / Ctrl+scroll) to read fine detail, and click the percentage to snap back to fit. You can also collapse the slide thumbnail rail for a wider slide.
• Simplified AI Slides and AI Video Lecture setup by keeping model choices inside the regular AI Model selector.
• Redesigned folders on the All Content page to match Home — a clean grid of folder tiles with an AI Organizer shortcut and a quick “New folder” tile that's always available, replacing the old list view and empty “No folders yet” placeholder.
• You can now pick which AI model to use right from the Home chat box, and the model picker now shows each provider's logo so models are easier to tell apart at a glance.
• Modals, tabs, and menus across the app now open and close more smoothly — their animations are lighter and GPU-accelerated, so they feel snappier with less stutter on lower-end devices, and they now fully respect your system's “Reduce Motion” setting.

Bug Fixes

• Create with AI (flashcards, quizzes, slides, podcasts, video lectures, and more) now opens to your Library so you can pick existing material right away, instead of always starting on the Upload tab. It only opens on Upload when your library is empty.
• Fixed the AI model picker in chat feeling laggy — it now opens and, especially, closes instantly and smoothly.
• Fixed the flashcard autoplay scrubber knob always showing — it now appears only when you hover the progress bar.
• Fixed AI video lectures that wouldn't play — longer videos in particular now stream and start faster, with an automatic retry if a video has trouble loading.
• Podcasts, recordings, PDFs, images, and file downloads now load directly and noticeably faster, and large files (longer podcasts and bigger PDFs especially) that previously failed to open now work, with an automatic retry if anything has trouble loading.
• Fixed creating a folder occasionally failing silently (the folder wouldn't appear) when a sync retried or you had Scholarly open in two tabs.
• Fixed flashcard generation sometimes failing right away on large or dense documents instead of automatically retrying with smaller sections.
• Fixed file uploads occasionally erroring with a “still processing” or “processor busy” message — these temporary conditions now retry automatically instead of showing an error.
• Fixed adding a private, deleted, or unavailable YouTube video showing a generic failure — you now get a clear message explaining the video can't be accessed.
• Fixed the “Generate audio again” button on a research report, which previously always failed — it now regenerates just the narration for that report.
• Retrying a research report that grew too large now explains why and suggests starting a more focused session, instead of silently re-running and failing again.
• Fixed podcasts that could finish as a very short, near-empty clip while still showing as “completed” — the app now detects this and regenerates the episode instead of leaving you with an unusable file.

Help Center

• Added two new help guides: Library Files (saving and editing the text, notes, code, CSVs, and diagrams you create with AI) and Worksheets (printable practice sets, quizzes with answer keys, and blank student handouts).
• Refreshed several existing guides for recent product changes: Deep Research can now use recordings, podcasts, prior reports, and library files as sources; Quizzes and Exams now run as quick 10-question rounds with a recap; Folders now show how to spin up study guides, mind maps, infographics, and worksheets from a folder's contents; Flashcards covers the paid model selector; Uploading Content lists the new editable text and data file types.
• Refreshed the Video Modes guide to match the simpler three-mode picker (Standard, Math, Kids), and tightened the matching copy on the AI Video Lectures landing pages.
• Mistyped or short help URLs (for example /help/practice-exams or /help/notes) now resolve to the right article instead of a not-found page.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed AI video lectures and longer podcasts/recordings failing to play (showing an error) when the file was larger than about 32 MB.
• Fixed shared content links sometimes redirecting logged-out viewers to the login page.
• Fixed the flashcard study summary showing the full deck size for “Cards Reviewed” (and a wrong average time) when you studied a filtered set of a deck.
• Fixed flashcard answers occasionally rendering a stray red error instead of a dash in number ranges (for example 13–14%).
• Fixed sharing to WhatsApp or X from the share menu on mobile, which could silently fail to open.
• Fixed video chapters that could point past the end of a video, and stopped the post-study feedback prompt from reappearing after a page refresh.
• Fixed making flashcards from an uploaded image using up your daily upload twice and then failing.
• Fixed the quiz upgrade prompt appearing on your last free question before you could answer it.
• Fixed the “Get Ultimate” button on the pricing page doing nothing for signed-in users.

Improvements

• The app now feels faster when opening pages, switching routes, searching your library, selecting page blocks, and following along with long video transcripts.
• Startup now shows your workspace sooner while larger library data continues loading in the background.
• Flip-mode flashcard study now reliably counts toward your streak and study stats, even if you close the tab mid-session.
• Added Mind Map to the “Create with AI” options shown after you add your sources.

New

• Editable library files. Text and data you create — notes, outlines, CSVs, JSON, code, diagrams, and more — can now be saved as real files in your library instead of one-off downloads. Each file gets its own page where you can preview it, edit it inline, download it, or restore it if you delete it.
• Chat with any file. Open a saved file and a side chat lets you ask questions about it, summarize it, or have it cleaned up — and edits the assistant makes are saved straight back to the file.
• Files you generate in chat and Deep Research can now be saved to your library in one click, and show up everywhere your other content does — Home, search, the sidebar, folders, and pinned — each with an icon that matches its type.
• Turn any saved file into anything. A saved file can now be used as a source for every AI tool — flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, video lectures, slides, study guides, worksheets, infographics, and mind maps — right from the file's own “Create with AI” menu or any create modal.

Improvements

• Every file type now has its own clear icon and color — spreadsheets, CSVs, JSON, code, diagrams, calendars, and more are instantly recognizable at a glance across your whole library.
• You can now upload many more file types directly (SVG, LaTeX, calendars, and a wide range of code and data files), and uploading a text file in any create flow saves it to your library automatically.
• Text and data files you attach in chat (notes, CSVs, code, and more) are now saved to your library as editable files and linked as sources — so they stay around and you can open, edit, or reuse them later, instead of being one-off attachments.
• Deep Research can now use far more of your own material as context: link your saved files, recordings, podcasts, and even previous research reports — not just pages and PDFs — so a report can build directly on your notes, lectures, and earlier work.
• Paid users can now choose the AI model for flashcard creation, with Gemini 3 Flash as the default and GPT 5.4 Mini available as an alternate.
• The whole app now respects your system Reduce Motion setting, with smoother, more consistent modals, buttons, menus, and page transitions throughout.
• Pages now load with content-shaped placeholders instead of a blank spinner — across Home, PDFs, videos, Deep Research, podcasts, recordings, and folders — and no longer flash a wrong “empty” state before your content appears.
• Clearer feedback in the moment: error messages stay long enough to read, can be dismissed, and offer a retry; the Create with AI panel now focuses the right field and tells you exactly what’s needed instead of a greyed-out button; the page editor shows a Saving/Saved indicator; and the video transcript follows along as the video plays.
• Refreshed the upgrade screen with a larger, easier-to-read layout, clearer plan benefits, and a tidier header.
• The “what’s included” hint on the upgrade screen now shows a clean checklist of everything your daily AI creations cover.
• The Create with AI panel inside a folder now includes AI Study Guide, AI Infographic, and AI Mind Map, so you can build them straight from your folder's sources.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a rare blank screen that could appear right after we ship an update — the app now reloads itself to the latest version instead of getting stuck.
• Fixed links and newly-created content that could occasionally fail to open — they now open reliably, with a copy-link fallback — plus the page editor’s “Type / for commands” hint not appearing and a flashcard flip/keyboard shortcut glitch.
• Fixed the Create shortcut buttons on Home looking washed-out when hovered in dark mode — they now highlight cleanly instead of showing a bright, mismatched border.
• AI video lectures now stream more reliably, especially larger generated videos on mobile and desktop browsers.
• Flashcard decks with math now load their formulas without occasionally showing a false “deck not found” error.
• Deep Research drafts no longer appear as stuck “Researching…” tasks before you submit a real research question.
• Bulk uploads now stop at your remaining daily upload slots instead of reading every extra file before showing the limit message.
• AI video lectures, infographics, mind maps, podcasts, and Deep Research now count as created only after the finished content is ready.
• Imports, source links, and research audio errors now show clearer recovery messages instead of misleading or blank error details.

New

• You can now create Mind Maps and Study Guides from Home. Both generate PDFs from your uploaded material, library sources, Drive files, links, or prompts.
• You can now create Worksheets and problem-set PDFs from Home, folders, uploads, or chat source actions.

Improvements

• Quiz sessions now run as quick rounds of 10 questions with a recap after each round — see your score, redo what you missed, or jump straight into the next round.
• Quiz questions for new decks are ready much sooner — the first batch appears while the rest keep generating in the background.
• When cards in a deck are due for review, the deck now shows a one-tap “ready to review” shortcut that starts a quiz on just those cards.
• Get an inline quiz question right while flipping cards, and Scholarly now offers to keep the momentum going in full quiz mode.
• When you reach your daily free limit, Home now shows a clear banner telling you exactly what's maxed out (chat, uploads, creations, and more) with a one-tap way to upgrade for unlimited access.
• Deep Research now draws from your daily AI creations — the same shared allowance that powers flashcards, podcasts, video lectures, slides, and more — instead of a separate research limit, so you can spend your free creations however you like.
• Locked AI models now show a lock badge for free users, and the upload window's Upload and Google Drive tabs now include icons with cleaner queued-item spacing.
• Home now keeps your recently opened generated PDFs visible in the Content list, even when they also appear in Jump back in.
• Your library looks consistent everywhere now — the All Content page and search use the same content rows as your Home page, with colored type icons and a cleaner, more readable layout.
• Mind Maps and Study Guides now appear in the create (+) menu and are included everywhere we list what your daily AI creations can make.
• Clearer messaging when you reach your daily AI creation limit — it now explains the limit and the upgrade without implying your in-progress content won't finish.

Bug Fixes

• Math and formulas now display correctly in in-video quiz questions and the focus-mode question review (no more raw text like “d_model”).
• Deep Research no longer shows a “limit reached” message while a report is still running, and a fast double-tap can no longer start two reports at once.
• Completed flashcards, mind maps, study guides, and research no longer appear twice in your Home list once they’re ready.
• Generated PDFs like study guides and mind maps no longer show a stray “.pdf” in their title.
• Fixed the Study Guide theme picker mislabeling its themes as “slides”.

Mobile

• The menu drawer is friendlier one-handed — bigger New and Search buttons and larger Home and Chat tap areas, and long content, folder, and pinned-chat names now truncate cleanly instead of running under the actions button.
• Settings, Billing, and Connected Apps now open full screen on phones instead of a cramped floating box — with your account shown for context, the Upgrade card moved to the top, a collapsible usage breakdown, and a bigger Google Drive on/off switch.
• Chat works much better on phones: the web sources panel slides up as a full-width sheet, the drawing Canvas opens full screen with larger pen, eraser, and color tools, long chat titles no longer push the toolbar off-screen, and the Copy, Listen, and Retry buttons are bigger.
• Search opens full screen with results filling the screen, and every content row now shows its type and last-opened time (not just the title), with bigger pin and options buttons and long-press to open an item's menu.
• Deep Research switches between a report and its sources with a simple Report / Sources tab instead of a floating overlay, with bigger report action buttons (extras in a More menu), larger audio controls, a collapsible in-progress plan, and a full-screen Link Content window.
• Studying is smoother: tap the deck progress bar for your Mastered / Learning / Unseen breakdown and spaced review, the Filter & Sort, Analytics, and Create Exam windows open full screen, the exam question mix has quick percentage buttons, and the quiz Back / Next and flashcard create flow are easier to tap.
• Media is easier to play and read on phones: the PDF toolbar tucks zoom, download, and full screen into a menu, Slides mode adds tap-to-jump and a flip hint, the podcast play button is within reach with top-to-bottom chapters, video chapters peek to show you can swipe, and all playback controls are bigger.
• The create-with-AI and Import windows fit phones — tabs lay out as a clean grid, the Import button is pinned to the bottom, source buttons are bigger, and prompts use a shorter placeholder. Opening a folder that already has content now lands you straight in Chat.
• The page editor gives every block a tap-to-open menu (insert, change type, color, delete, and move up or down) so you can edit and reorder without a mouse; embedded images and PDFs no longer overflow the page; and Explore and generated charts use the full width with more readable layouts.
• Tooltips no longer flash and stick when you tap a button on a touchscreen, and tab switchers no longer overflow or clip their labels on small screens.

New

• You can now create AI content from Google Drive. Connect Drive in any create window, pick the exact files you want Scholarly to read, and turn docs, sheets, slides, PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoints, or text files into flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, AI video lectures, AI slides, AI infographics, and more — no downloading and re-uploading required.

Improvements

• Your connected Google Drive is easier to manage — settings now show at a glance when Drive access is active or needs reconnecting, with per-account disconnect.
• Adding Google Drive files to chat is now one click — the Drive picker opens straight from the content menu, and your picked files appear in the message box right away.
• You can now link Google Drive files directly in Deep Research — pick your docs, sheets, slides, or PDFs and Scholarly reads them as grounded sources for your report.
• Deep Research now opens to your past research — the question box sits up top and your previous reports are listed right below, ready to jump back into.
• The selected-text menu in chat is simpler now: it shows Ask, Copy, and Speak without the extra Cards action.
• Removed redundant AI shortcut buttons from file previews, exam results, focus-mode results, and the post-purchase resume flow so study screens stay focused on the primary action.

Bug Fixes

• Chat answers stream in live again — tool results, created content, and each part of a multi-step answer now appear as they arrive instead of all at once when the whole reply finishes.
• WPS Docs links now import from the actual document preview instead of the WPS loading page.
• Podcast generations with unusable prepared source text now fail quickly with clearer guidance instead of retrying the same empty script.
• Browser pop-up blocker messages for opening share windows and sources no longer count as app error alerts.
• File uploads, Google Drive connection denials, and flashcard creation failures now show clearer recovery paths instead of generic error messages.
• AI infographics now prepare their PDF study guide before completion, so summary generation no longer gets stuck on newly created infographic PDFs.
• Deleted research sessions now disappear from your library right away instead of lingering until you refresh.

Improvements

• You can now pick the video quality for AI Video Lectures — 480p for faster, smaller videos, 720p (the default), or crisp 1080p Full HD on paid plans.
• Improved text contrast and dark mode colors across the recording, video, podcast, and PDF pages.
• Text contrast across the app has been improved — buttons, menu items, tab labels, and table headers are now sharper and easier to read in both light and dark mode.
• Improved text contrast and card borders throughout Settings, Billing, and the sign-in pages for better readability in both light and dark mode.
• Study mode and quiz question text now renders correctly in dark mode, with proper contrast across all question types.
• Content lists, folder panels, and the source picker now have better text contrast and more consistent borders, making items easier to read and distinguish.
• Improved text contrast in the research report viewer, page editor, and website builder for better readability in both light and dark modes.

Bug Fixes

• Uploading a link that looks like a PDF but downloads a web page now shows a clear invalid-PDF message instead of failing like a server error.

Improvements

• Quiz sessions now ease you in: they open with a few easier questions, start each new card with multiple choice or true/false, and only move to written answers once you’ve gotten that card right before.
• Exams now open with a short warm-up and place written-answer questions earlier, while you’re still fresh — no more hitting the hardest questions right at the end.
• Flashcard decks now always play in the order of your material — your very first deck no longer jumps to the hardest cards first.
• The Full Exam preset is now 30 questions in 30 minutes — long enough to be thorough, short enough to actually finish. You can still build a bigger exam with custom settings.
• Create a full study kit from one upload: choose flashcards, video lecture, podcast, quiz, slides, and infographic together, and Scholarly will generate them from the same material.
• You can now continue from a flashcard deck more naturally — queue a related video lecture or podcast while it generates, or start one after finishing a study session.
• AI Video Lectures are back on the free plan! Creating a video now simply uses one of your daily AI creations, just like flashcards, podcasts, and slides.
• Scholarly Ultimate is now much more affordable in 17 countries, including India, the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Vietnam — prices are now adjusted to local purchasing power instead of a straight currency conversion.
• Failed or stuck generations now explain what happened more clearly, return any eligible AI creation credit, and follow up by email when a credit is restored.
• Dark mode is easier to find: there’s now a dedicated Theme tab in Settings where you can switch between Light, Dark, and System.
• You can now create an AI Infographic straight from the “Your content is ready” screen after uploading, alongside flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, and slides.
• The video style picker in the AI Video Lecture creator has a cleaner layout — Standard is featured as the default, with Math, Storybook, Doodle, and Kids below it.

Bug Fixes

• Reviewing a specific set of cards (like “redo missed”) now finishes when you’ve been through those cards, instead of quietly continuing with the rest of the deck.
• Practice rounds started after finishing a quiz session (such as “Redo missed” or “Review cards”) now count toward your study history and stats.
• Submitting an exam with unanswered questions is now noticeably faster — blank answers are marked as unanswered instantly instead of being sent for grading.
• Multiple-choice answer options are now shuffled evenly, so the correct answer no longer appears in some positions more often than others.
• AI Video Lectures now avoid a rendering path that could leave new lectures generating for far too long.
• The PDF viewer’s Flashcards tab now shows live progress when a deck is being generated from that PDF, instead of offering to create another one.
• Email sign-in now sends already logged-in users back into their account instead of leaving them on the recovery form, and missing-account messages include a direct support path for billing issues.
• Fixed PDF pages sometimes rendering partially cut off (for example a table missing its lower half) after zooming in or out — the viewer now always finishes drawing the page at the latest zoom level.
• Practice quizzes, exams, and answer checking now focus more reliably on understanding your material instead of trivia or unverifiable guesses.

New

• AI Infographics: turn your PDFs or a study prompt into a beautiful one-page visual summary. Pick from four visual styles — Editorial, Bold & Vibrant, Sketchnote, or Minimal — add custom instructions, choose the output language, select your AI model (paid plans), and get a poster-style PDF you can study, download, or share. Find it under "AI Infographic" on your home screen.

Improvements

• AI Video Lectures are far more reliable now — longer and more detailed lectures no longer get cut off partway through generating, and if a video hits a temporary snag it now recovers and finishes on its own instead of failing.
• Diagrams the AI makes for you — flowcharts, timelines, mind maps, and more — now open in a full viewer instead of being squeezed into the chat. Click the diagram to open it on the side, then zoom and pan to read it, switch to the source, or download it as an image. Your diagrams are also saved to your library.
• AI Video Lectures generate faster. The lecture builder now reads through your sources more efficiently and only takes a closer look at pages with diagrams, figures, or equations that it needs to see.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where editing a larger flashcard deck — deleting several cards, or refining a deck with AI — could fail to save and appear to revert or disappear after a reload. Your edits, deletions, and AI-refined decks now save reliably.
• AI page edits and saved answers are more reliable, including answers that contain diagrams, code snippets, or sections the AI removes for you.
• Submitting a timed exam after the timer ran out (for example when your laptop went to sleep) no longer throws away your answers — the exam is graded with your time capped at the limit.
• Asking the chat assistant to make flashcards from an image attachment no longer fails after starting — the assistant now reads the image and builds the deck from its content.
• AI Video Lecture styles, Deep Research starts, study answer checking, onboarding, and complex PDF processing are more resilient.

Improvements

• The app should feel noticeably snappier across Home, chat, folders, and content pages — faster navigation, smoother AI streaming, and quicker loading when you open your library.
• Dropping multiple files into a folder now uploads them in parallel instead of one at a time.
• Blog posts load instantly when you navigate between articles instead of freezing on the previous page.
• The Home page got a cleaner, calmer redesign. Quick-create tiles sit right up top, a new Jump back in section resurfaces the cards you have due for review and your most recent work so you can pick up where you left off, and every piece of content now has a colorful icon so you can spot its type at a glance.
• Your library looks consistent everywhere now — the content pickers in the create menus and the “Select Content” picker in chat match the new Home, with the same colorful type icons and cleaner rows.
• The Help Center got a refresh. Guides for AI Video Lectures, Video Modes, PDF flashcards, Plans & Limits, Quizzes, and the AI Assistant are updated to match the latest product — including the new Auto and Doodle video styles, the higher 32-page PDF-to-flashcards limit on Free, the post-session quiz review, and downloading your finished video as an MP4.
• AI Video Lectures are easier to understand before you generate: the landing page shows all teaching styles, the upload flow sets clearer expectations, and every lecture now covers the full source instead of asking you to choose a length.
• Practice quiz and exam questions now focus on understanding concepts and relationships rather than memorizing dates, years, or specific percentages.

Bug Fixes

• Images attached to Research requests are now used correctly, so reports stay grounded in the material you uploaded.
• The AI Assistant no longer leaves stray code-like text under interactive widgets.
• Math and chemistry now display properly when you review quiz or exam answers, instead of occasionally showing raw formatting.
• Pressing Submit on an exam before answering any questions now asks you to confirm, instead of appearing to do nothing.
• Making flashcards from a video we can’t transcribe — one with no spoken audio, or one too large to transcribe — now tells you exactly why and points you to a usable source, instead of repeatedly failing with a confusing “needs a transcript” message no matter how many times you tried. If a video is simply still being transcribed, you’ll now be told to give it a moment and try again.
• Downloading an image now saves reliably instead of being caught by your browser’s pop-up blocker — the download no longer opens a blank tab that can be blocked.
• Home page row actions now work correctly: pinning content and opening the three-dot menu no longer opens the item, and recent chats now have a Rename action from their own menu.
• AI Video Lectures no longer occasionally finish as a too-short, silent, or incomplete video. We now catch a broken render and retry it — refunding the attempt if it can’t recover — instead of delivering a stub.
• Auto-generated flashcard deck titles now keep apostrophes and hyphens — you’ll see “Newton’s Laws of Motion” instead of “Newtons Laws of Motion.”

Improvements

• AI video lectures now default to a new Auto mode that reads your material and picks the best style for it — so you get a great-looking video without choosing one yourself. You can still pick a style by hand.
• Added a new Doodle video style — hand-drawn sketch notes that build up on screen as the narrator explains, great for big-picture ideas, processes, and trade-offs.
• When you ask the assistant about something time-sensitive — like today’s weather, current prices, or live scores — it can now fetch the latest information from the web instead of relying on cached results.

Bug Fixes

• You can now review your quiz answers. When you finish a study session — or reach your daily quiz limit — you’ll see each question you answered in one list, marked correct or incorrect, with your answer and the right answer side by side.
• Newly created flashcards, quizzes, summaries, slides, and AI videos now open more reliably without false “couldn’t open” messages.
• Starting a new chat now updates the address bar cleanly instead of showing a false URL error.
• Fixed a crash that could happen while taking a flashcard exam.
• Your recent chats now appear on Home instead of Home showing an empty “upload your materials” screen when a chat was all you’d created.
• Uploading a corrupted or unreadable PDF now shows a clear message instead of a generic failure.
• AI video lectures and slides built from scanned or photographed notes (e.g. CamScanner PDFs) now use your actual pages instead of occasionally generating generic content from the web.
• AI chat no longer says it can't find your uploaded PDF (or other content) when you ask it to use “the pdf” — it now correctly looks up content by type.
• Finished Deep Research reports no longer stay stuck showing “Researching…” on Home — a completed report now flips to ready right away so you can open it.

Improvements

• Refreshed the Home page with a calmer, more focused layout — one clear place to ask AI or add a source, your study reviews and recent work brought to the top, and much less on-screen clutter.
• Free accounts can now turn up to 32 pages of a PDF into flashcards at once, up from 8 — so longer lecture decks and textbook chapters work without upgrading.

Bug Fixes

• Switching between study modes, video/PDF views, and Explore filters is instant again instead of reloading the page.
• Video references in AI chat now appear as clickable badges that jump to the exact moment in the video.
• When you ask the assistant to save an answer as a page, tables save properly and source references stay out of the final page.
• Flashcard decks created from website links now open reliably as soon as they finish generating, instead of occasionally showing that the deck could not be found.
• Flashcards now generate more reliably from image-only, low-text, or long files, with clearer guidance when a source genuinely needs to be changed.
• The “Prompt AI” tab now generates a flashcard deck from a topic you type, even without uploading a file, instead of failing.
• Study questions, deck chat, and PDF chat now stay grounded in the actual material you are reviewing.
• AI video lecture captions and the transcript no longer run past the end of the video, so clicking a transcript line always jumps to the right place.

Improvements

• AI video lectures are now fully usable on a phone — drag the progress bar to scrub, larger tap-friendly playback controls, and proper full-screen on iPhone.
• The Create with AI flow is smoother on phones — action buttons fit on screen, queued files and sources are easier to remove, and you can browse through folders without the path running off the edge.
• AI Chat is easier on mobile — a tidier input toolbar, a bigger button for attaching your own sources, and the model picker (including premium models) now opens with a tap.
• Studying on your phone is more comfortable — Focus Mode hints fit the screen and the next/previous buttons are easier to tap.
• AI video lectures can now finish at the length that best fits your material instead of being padded to hit a hidden minimum duration.
• Visual polish across study, upload, chat, and post-upgrade screens — calmer, more consistent icons and text, and tidier spacing in both light and dark mode.

Bug Fixes

• File uploads are more consistent across Scholarly: Word, PowerPoint, PDF, image, audio, video, text, and code files are recognized correctly in more places.
• After upgrading, blocked files are re-checked automatically in creators like flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, slides, and AI Video Lectures, so you do not need to close and reopen the window.
• If something is created successfully but cannot open automatically, Scholarly now gives you a Home fallback instead of showing a misleading creation or delete failure.
• Upload errors are clearer for protected PDFs, unsupported Office files, oversized files, and files that need to be selected again.
• Long-running creations are cleaned up more reliably, with clearer status and credit handling when something cannot finish.
• PDF study guides, summaries, citations, Help Center pages, AI podcasts, and AI video lectures are more reliable.
• Timed practice exams now keep their paused state if you leave and come back, so paused time no longer causes a false time-limit expiration.

Improvements

• You can now download your AI-generated video lectures — open the video and choose “Download video” from the menu in the top-right.
• Word and PowerPoint files now convert more reliably — if the main converter is temporarily unavailable, the app automatically retries with a second method instead of failing.
• Improved light mode contrast across the app — text, cards, and interactive elements are now sharper and easier to read.
• Consistent design polish across all dashboard pages for a cleaner, more cohesive experience.
• Improved text readability in the flashcard creator, customization panel, exam screens, and study selectors — descriptions and helper text are now noticeably clearer in light mode.
• Fixed several dark mode rendering issues in the sidebar and shared UI components — headings, icons, and overlays now display correctly in both light and dark themes.

Bug Fixes

• PowerPoint uploads now respect the same file-size limit shown for your plan, so paid users are no longer blocked by a lower hidden conversion limit.
• Fixed a rare case where the AI assistant could finish a reply with a blank message — it now gives clear next steps, like rephrasing or breaking the request into smaller parts.
• Uploading a PDF for flashcards now retries automatically when the document service is briefly unavailable, instead of failing with a misleading “no study material” message — and explains clearly when a file genuinely can’t be read.
• Word and PowerPoint files that can’t be converted now show a clear message naming the file and the likely cause (corrupted, password-protected, or an unsupported format), instead of a vague error.
• Flashcard decks no longer include duplicate cards that repeat the same question.

Improvements

• Spot a bug, a rough edge, or something you wish Scholarly did? Just mention it to the chat assistant — even in passing — and it’ll log your feedback for our team and confirm it right there in the chat, so it actually reaches us without you leaving what you were doing.
• New for AI Video Lectures: tap “Plan with Chat” to talk it through with the assistant first — it asks what to cover (specific chapters, pages, or sections), how long and how deep to go, and what to emphasize, then builds the video to your spec instead of you guessing at the settings.
• The video lecture instructions box now shows tap-to-add examples like “Only cover Chapter 1”, “Focus on pages 10–20”, and “Skip the introduction”, so it’s clearer how much you can tailor your video.
• Videos now open instantly and show a loading spinner while the video loads, instead of a blank screen that could feel stuck on a slow connection.
• The Explore and Search pages now open immediately and show a spinner while results load, rather than pausing on the previous page before they appear.
• When a new version of Scholarly ships, you now get a dismissible “new version available” banner and choose when to refresh, instead of the page sometimes reloading on its own in the middle of what you were doing.
• Flashcard decks open faster — highlights are now generated only when you actually open the Highlights tab.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the Explore search page could get stuck on a loading spinner instead of showing your results.
• Fixed flashcard generation incorrectly reporting “no study material was provided” when your uploaded files couldn’t be loaded — it now clearly asks you to re-upload them.
• Chat now explains when a conversation has grown too large to send and how to continue, instead of showing a generic error.
• Fixed a rare crash in the notes editor while checking writing suggestions.
• Fixed AI image edits occasionally failing when based on an uploaded reference image.
• Fixed the “How was your voice session?” prompt appearing even when you only cancelled the microphone-permission popup.
• Flashcard highlights now retry automatically after a temporary generation hiccup instead of staying stuck.
• Adding YouTube or website links in the flashcard creator no longer counts against your daily file-upload limit, so the Create button stays available.
• Fixed the upload window getting stuck on the action screen after hitting your daily upload limit — you’re now taken back to the file step with a clear upgrade path instead of re-tripping the limit on every click.
• Fixed files that were too large staying blocked in the flashcard creator even after upgrading your plan in the same window — they’re now re-checked automatically.
• Fixed the “What’s New” popup appearing immediately after you closed the upgrade dialog.
• Fixed the feedback prompt reappearing on every visit even when you’d already seen and dismissed it.
• Fixed retrying a failed upload sometimes creating a duplicate copy of a file that had already uploaded successfully.
• When a PDF has more pages than your plan allows, flashcard creation now tells you exactly how many pages it could cover and how to unlock the rest, instead of a vague “content too large” error or a silently shortened deck.

Improvements

• The app should feel snappier across chat, your library, folders, and search — especially while AI responses are streaming and when you have a large collection of sources.
• Long study pages with many blocks load faster — blocks outside the viewport stay lightweight until you scroll to them.
• Chat messages with math and code render more smoothly, with less stutter while the assistant is still typing.
• Website and PDF links now work in more create windows, including AI Video Lectures and AI Slides, with clearer guidance when a page requires sign-in or human verification.
• After adding website content, AI Video Lecture is now easier to start from the Add Content window, while quizzes live under More with the other secondary actions.
• The setup screens in the "Create with AI" windows (adding content, flashcards, quizzes, slides, podcasts, and video lectures) now share one consistent layout — the heading stays at the top and the Back and Create buttons stay pinned to the bottom, instead of the buttons drifting down the page.

Bug Fixes

• When a research report’s audio can’t be generated, the report now shows a short explanation instead of leaving a blank space where the player would be.
• Video transcription now tells you when a file is over the 25 MB limit, instead of a generic “failed to extract transcript” message.
• Fixed the upload window getting stuck after an upload failed — if your file couldn’t be added, you’re taken back to pick a different one instead of being unable to continue.
• Fixed a rare error that could interrupt starting a study tool from one of our tool pages.
• Deep Research that stalls during generation now ends with a clear message instead of getting stuck “In Progress” indefinitely.
• Improved the reliability of file uploads when the app is handling a lot of uploads at once.
• Website links are now rechecked before we turn them into PDFs, so protected or verification pages do not slip through from a recent browser cache.

AI Video Lectures

• A brand-new player for AI video lectures and uploaded videos — with playback speed, a volume slider, one-tap captions, fullscreen, chapter markers on the timeline, and keyboard shortcuts.
• Narration now sounds like a real teacher: clearer, studio-quality audio at a brisker, more natural pace, with better emphasis and timing.
• The interactive questions that pop up while you watch are smarter and better timed — they now appear right after a concept is explained (instead of before it), are spread across the whole video, and test real understanding instead of trivia.

Help Center refresh

• New step-by-step guides for connecting Google Drive & Calendar, requesting access to private shared links, and using Scholarly on your phone — three flows that were missing a clear write-up.
• The Sharing, AI Slides, Voice Mode, and Video Lectures guides have been refreshed to match the recently shipped Share window, AI Slides visual themes, voice mic primer, and non-intrusive video questions.

Improvements

• The PDF Study Guide now has copy and print buttons so you can take your generated notes anywhere.
• Connected Apps settings now update Google Workspace actions with live status so Connect and Disconnect feel more responsive.
• AI podcasts and the read-aloud for research reports now play in crisp, studio-quality audio.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed stale app versions after updates showing a 500 error on video and other app pages; Scholarly now reloads onto the latest version instead of getting stuck.
• Fixed generated AI podcasts and video lectures getting stuck on “Loading” and never playing — they now stream and play correctly in the app.
• Research that could get stuck on “In Progress” forever now ends with a clear message when a report grows too large to save.
• Clearer, more accurate messages when flashcard, video, podcast, slides, or recording generation fails — we no longer blame your source material for what was actually a timeout or a temporary service hiccup.
• Flashcards that take too long now say so (and retry automatically) instead of suggesting you “use different files,” and the “no cards” message now explains the real causes and lets you try again.
• Recordings with no audible speech now say exactly that, instead of warning that the file may be corrupted.
• Fixed an issue where a long Deep Research run could fail to save its report. Research that genuinely can't be completed now stops quickly with a clear message instead of silently retrying.
• Fixed the date shown in AI chat being incorrect for some time zones.
• Fixed a rare error that could interrupt loading the model picker on chat and video pages.
• Fixed a crash on the PDF to Flashcards tool page caused by unusual characters in sample cards.
• Oversized images in chat now show a clear “over the 5 MB limit” message right away (with a prompt to resize), instead of a slow generic error.
• When a file upload fails to convert (e.g. an unsupported Office document), the error now stays pinned to that file instead of flashing by in a disappearing toast.

Improvements

• Simplified the Pricing page to a clear Free vs Ultimate comparison, removing a confusing duplicate column.
• The Create with AI panel inside folders can now collapse into an icon-only rail on desktop, and Scholarly remembers your choice.
• Background music in AI video lectures is now much softer — a faint bed under the narration instead of competing with the voice.

Bug Fixes

• Generated images in AI chat now open full-screen when clicked, so diagrams and visuals are easier to inspect across every chat.
• Fixed a brief flicker on the Pricing and Website Summarizer pages when they first loaded.
• Fixed an error that could stop the Explore search page from loading.
• Fixed the Help Center showing an error for visitors browsing the Japanese version of the site.
• Your finished AI Research reports no longer show a misleading "daily limit reached" message — the limit now only applies when you start or continue a research, with a clear upgrade option.

Request access to shared links

• Open a private link someone shared with you — a flashcard deck, PDF, video, podcast, recording, research session, or chat — and you can now ask the owner for access right on the page instead of hitting a dead end. The owner gets an email and can approve in one tap, and the content opens for you as soon as they do.