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What changed. What it can do. What we need you to test.
Major product updates now get a real user-facing release article—not just a version number—so beta testers can understand the benefit, the current boundary, and the exact workflow worth testing.
LMOS VOID Beta 0.49.0: OS Core Stabilization
Genesis Feature Freeze continues with OS-only repairs: one hosted/native/remote runtime truth, one system-capability registry, safer remote package isolation, and broader production smoke coverage.
See what changedLMOS VOID Beta 0.45.0: Easy Mode Gets Bigger Controls and Only Four Visible Voices
LMOS tightens the one-glance creator experience with larger shared controls, an Easy / More tools switch, plain next-step navigation, and one approved visible voice set: Samantha, Tessa, Rishi and Moira.
See what changedLMOS VOID Beta 0.44.0: Easy-First Design + Local-Only Working Files
LMOS now defaults to a simpler one-glance workspace, moves advanced tools behind one More tools door, enforces device-local working-file storage, and adds OPFS, hardware and local-tool foundations without pretending the hosted web build is already a fully offline native OS.
See what changedLMOS VOID Beta 0.43.0: Local Voice Engine Architecture and License-Safe TTS
LMOS adds one governed local text-to-speech layer for device voices and future native Kokoro, Chatterbox, Qwen3-TTS and Parler engines, while keeping Piper behind an explicit GPL review boundary.
See what changedLEARN LM BY DOING
Step-by-step guides for the tools, not a mystery manual.
Each LM App Guide starts with the outcome, walks through the real workflow in plain language, answers common questions, and sends you directly to the right app when you are ready to build something.
How to Use LM Script: From First Scene to a Production-Ready Draft
Move from idea and story foundation into a flexible outline, draft scenes, track characters and production facts, revise safely, and carry the story forward into LM Film Studio.
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How to Use LM Film Studio: From Script Breakdown to Production and Post
Turn a script into practical production work: scenes, shoot days, departments, dailies, post tasks, reviews, collaborators, and a recoverable project history.
Follow the workflowLM Video Workflow Guide: What to Expect When the Editor Reopens
LM Video is temporarily closed while the rebuilt timeline is tested. Here is the intended workflow from media and timeline work through audio, graphics, credits, review, and export.
Follow the workflowHow to Use LM Live: Prepare, Preview, and Run a Live Broadcast
Set the broadcast source, schedule, public destinations, rights readiness, operator notes, and truthful live status while keeping provider credentials and stream keys out of LMOS.
Follow the workflowHow to Use LM Book: Plan, Write, Design, and Export a Complete Book
Choose a book path, build the structure, write chapter by chapter, organize front and back matter, set interior design, preview the reading order, and export PDF or EPUB.
Follow the workflowHow to Use LM Song: Turn a Lyric Idea Into an Organized Song Project
Capture lyrics, song sections, key, tempo, meter, arrangement notes, tags, and status without turning a songwriting idea into an audio-engineering project.
Follow the workflowCREATE · PUBLISH · CONTINUE