Release roundup—February 10th, 2026

It has been awhile. Thank you so much for all of the feedback you gave in response to Laura’s letter. You can expect to see ideas taken directly from user suggestions throughout the year - including quite a few below! (Resizable sidebar, British English, better avatars.) Here’s what’s changed since we last posted.

We changed the Descript brand colors from blue to red. We know it might take a moment to adjust to looking for the red logo when you open Descript, but at least we didn’t do this. Instead, the logo is changing to honor the color of the record button.

You can now resize the sidebar in the editor. Just drag the edge of the sidebar to adjust its width. This makes it easier to read longer chat messages in Underlord and view other sidebar content more comfortably. The sidebar width is preserved while the app is open. When you resize your window, the sidebar maintains its width rather than scaling proportionally.

You now have more control when saving scenes as layouts. When you click "Save as new layout" from the scene sidebar or right-click menu, a new panel lets you choose what to do with each layer:

When you turn a layer into a placeholder:

You can now select Claude Opus 4.6 as your model in Underlord. Based on our internal testing, it’s much better especially when working with visual elements and complex multi-step tasks.

To use Opus 4.6, open the model picker in Underlord's settings.

You can now choose between three models when generating Avatars:

The Kling models are better at everything, just to be honest. They are clearer. Less twitching or eye melting. More expensive, but just do yourself a favor and try it. To select a model, open the model picker in Settings or the Avatar confirmation modal.

When using Kling v2 or Kling v2 Pro, you can now add an attitude prompt to guide your avatar's tone and expression. For example, you might describe the attitude as "friendly and enthusiastic" or "professional and calm."

Keep in mind that these prompts have a subtle effect. Audio remains the primary driver of your avatar's behavior.

You can now assign waveforms to individual speakers so they only animate when that person is talking. This can help you create audiograms where different speakers are repped by different waveforms. A customer asked for this and it was super easy to do. The waveform will only animate when that speaker talks.

When you translate and dub your videos, we now default to matching timing between videos. This means fewer videos where the audio feels weirdly sped up or slowed down. If a direct 1:1 translation is more important, you can choose “Direct translation” instead.

When creating a translation with dubbing enabled, look for the Style dropdown in the translation menu. You can select either:

This gives you much more flexibility to control the direction of your video. If you prefer to keep the lip sync consistent and smooth, use match timing. If the details of your content are more important, opting for direct translation will get you more accurate results.

We've also updated our lip sync model for translated videos. It’s hella good now. The new version delivers better visual quality and more reliable performance. The improvements are automatic when you add lip sync to translated videos. You don't need to change your workflow—just continue creating translations and adding lip sync as usual.

We've made it easier to undo unwanted edits, understand what the agent is doing, and view media when using Underlord:

These changes make it more obvious how to control the agent's work and recover from mistakes.

We’ve made viewing projects on mobile way better. This is a small update, but we expect it to be the first of many optimizations we make to accessing Descript across your many devices.

We've cleaned up the mobile experience to hide buttons that don't work on mobile, so you'll only see options that are actually available on your device.

Full editing capabilities aren't available yet, but you can now review and share your work wherever you are.

You can now transcribe audio in regional English (UK). This option appears in the language dropdown when you upload media or adjust transcription settings.

The transcription uses United Kingdom spelling and phrasing. For example, "colour" instead of "color." To use it, select English (UK) from the language dropdown in your transcription settings. You can also re-transcribe existing content between US and UK English.

English (UK) won't be automatically detected when using the "Auto" language option—you'll need to select it manually from the dropdown or set it as your default transcription language in User Settings.

You can now add verified Descript skills to your LinkedIn profile. Based on how you use Descript, you may qualify for a certification badge that displays on your profile.

There are three certification levels based on your feature usage and editing activity: Proficient, Advanced, and Expert. As you continue using Descript and exploring more features, your certification level may update automatically.

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