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App releases, research notes, engineering deep-dives and team announcements from the xinghzhe studio in Stirling, United Kingdom.

RELEASE

Estate Vault 4.0 — full rewrite to SwiftData

After eight months of engineering, Estate Vault 4.0 lands on the App Store: SwiftData persistence, biometric re-entry, on-device OCR for new scans and a brand-new document timeline. All data stays on-device, encrypted with AES-256-GCM.

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RESEARCH

Toward an on-device neural reverb for iOS

We open-source our first procedural audio plugin: a lightweight convolutional reverb running in a Core ML model. Inference runs in < 1.5 ms on an A17 Pro, with zero cloud round-trips.

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COMPLIANCE

Flow Automator completes the EU DSA audit

Our flagship automation app has been audited under the European Digital Services Act risk-assessment framework, with zero high-risk findings and a public transparency report now available.

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RELEASE

Posture Studio picks up visionOS support

Version 3.1 brings the studio's first spatial session-recording surface — see your form from every angle, hands-free, fully on-device. visionOS-ready widgets included.

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STUDIO

Joining the University of Stirling Innovation Park

The xinghzhe studio expands into a 1,400 sq-ft lab space at the University of Stirling Innovation Park. Two new engineers join the audio and ML research desks in August.

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RESEARCH

How we built a real-time valuation engine

Engineering notes on the algorithms behind Collectible Index — an on-device time-series model that forecasts asset values without ever leaving your phone.

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COMPLIANCE

Updated Privacy Policy (May 2026 edition)

We've refreshed the xinghzhe Privacy Policy to incorporate 2026 ad-network disclosures, Japan's APPI amendments and the US Colorado Privacy Act expansion. Read the full diff.

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STUDIO

Hiring: Senior Privacy Engineer

We are recruiting a senior privacy engineer with experience in threat-modelling large codebases and a passion for shipping tools that respect users. Stirling or fully-remote within the EU/UK timezones.

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RELEASE

Fragment 2.0 — mood boards, macOS Sonoma

Fragment 2.0 introduces mood-board collections, on-device iCloud opt-in sync, and full macOS Sonoma layout. The capture widget is now on the Lock Screen.

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// what's next

Roadmap, Q3 2026 → Q1 2027.

Q3 2026

Cyclical Budget — Apple Watch Ultra compatibility

Native Ultra face complications, Live Activities for budget events, water-lock session scrubbing for heavy users.

Q4 2026

Estate Vault — Family Sharing vault (opt-in)

A long-requested feature: securely share specific encrypted folders with family members via shared recovery keys — entirely on-device with a non-custodial recovery flow.

Q4 2026

Flow Automator — public Markdown DSL

We're documenting and open-sourcing the script syntax behind Flow Automator so partner teams can build their own extensions on top of our automation runtime.

Q1 2027

A brand-new product line

Our 7th ship, currently codenamed "Aurora" — a generative ambient-soundscape app built on the open-source reverb model we released in July.

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