Kagi Maps
We're continuously improving Kagi Maps, and with the latest release we've added a new data layer: Popular Areas. It highlights the busiest and most frequented spots when you're exploring a new city.
New Global Map Layer:
- Highlights most popular areas where people congregate near Cafes/Restaurants/Shops/Cultural-Centers
POI Infoboxes have more 3rd party external links:
- OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Google Maps, Apple Maps
- Reviews on Yelp and TripAdvisor
- Social media profiles (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)
- Reservations via OpenTable
- easier-to-read opening hours with weekly schedules
- Direct links to restaurant menus when available
Strengthening ties to OpenStreetMap Community:
- with ability to Report Map Issues to OpenStreetMap directly. A new "Report an issue" option in Infobox connects you to OpenStreetMap's note system, where you can flag errors or suggest improvements to the underlying map data.
Additional Map Data:
- POI data now preloads in the background for faster navigation when clicking markers or search results
- Mobile-optimized zoom controls for smoother touch interaction
- Sorting preferences (distance, rating, price) now persist across sessions
- Faster POI on click load-times with use of shorterm caching
- Middle-click support on search results and sorting buttons
Various ad-hoc bug fixes and database improvements:
- Improved caching system for POI data reducing redundant API calls
- Better location cookie handling using
kagi_precise_location
- Various improvements to our POI-matching algorithms
- UI rendering fixes
Kagi Search
- Location management is now available in settings, where you can view and update your location at any time. Kagi uses either a coarse location estimated from your IP address or, if you opt in, your device's precise location. This is stored only on your device as a cookie. It supports local-intent searches (e.g. "petrol stations near me") and sets the initial map position in Kagi Maps.
- Incorrect geoip location #9194 @klandarey
- Searching for 'Pop! OS (System76)' redirects to incendar.com #9053 @gigabit-jack
- Summarizer fails on all YouTube videos, "Sorry, no transcript could be found for this video." #9278 @urrlich
- Kid accounts cannot select a companion. #9246 @leuchtthurm
- Quick answer responds in Indonesian, despite results being English #9237 @zq40000
- Can't get to the consumption page from a team plan account #7265 @Thibaultmol-kagi
- Add an indicator to the shield for websites marked by Surveillance Watch #8912 @pma_snek
- !tr as the regional bang for Turkey #6376 @GERGE
- Quick Answer shifts layout on mobile #9171 @hmnd
- Context menus for inline news and videos are stuck inside the frame #9127 @pma_snek
Kagi Assistant
You can now effortlessly navigate your threads and jump to specific messages with our new thread scrollbar.
- We've made the following model upgrades:
- Grok 4 Fast and GPT 5 have been updated to their latest versions
- Retired Mistral Medium in favor of Mistral Large
- Add a column to the Custom Assistants settings table that displays each assistant's associated bang #7440 @jogojapan
- Kagi Mobile Assistant: Tapping or holding a model name should prompt the model info box #8023 @__
- Claude output cut off around 6500 tokens #9265 @igakagi
- When using Web Access, Kagi Assistant searches too few sources #6149 @Mar
- Buttons to quickly jump between chats in an Assistant thread #9232 @brrrendan
- Right click on highlighted text cause thinking, search, plan and etc to expend #9117 @rxzlion
- Assistant using 2024 as the search year in 2025 #8350 @blackbird2150
- Update Grok Fast to 4.1 #9190 @ldmitch
- Sharing page for Assistant broken #9176 @catwars
- Research Assistant image generation should allow you to specify higher resolution than 1024x1024 #9156 @jmp242
- Navigating between versions of the same prompt is broken with 3 prompts after page reload in Kagi Assistant #7134 @bsamek
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End-of-Year Community Event
Join us tomorrow, December 19, at 09:00 PST (convert to local time) for Kagi's annual community event, covering major updates, launches, and what's next. Plus live Q&A with the Kagi team. Register via Zoom. Looking forward to seeing you there!
