VibeTutor changelog

Reduced Gemini Live to one lightweight classroom delegation tool while Gemini Flash-Lite selects and prepares whiteboard, doodle, workspace, document, code, SVG, lesson, resource, and practice actions.

Live-initiated visual inspection and custom doodle planning now stay on Gemini Flash-Lite, with every selected browser action checked against the local classroom tool catalog before execution.

Expanded the one-time close-code 1007 recovery path to resume an active lesson after recent client or service activity when Gemini has supplied a valid session handle.

Microphone and screen frames now use the shared validated Live message sender, so diagnostics identify the true latest outbound payload instead of an older tool response or whiteboard update.

Expanded custom Gemini drawings to five bounded detail levels from 24 to 96 paths plus an Unlimited option. Unlimited uses the maximum 48k response budget without browser or whiteboard stroke-count truncation, while preserving up to 64 exact points per path from preview through playback, Notebook, and saving.

Fixed classroom Notebook LaTeX previews so explanatory prose can be combined with inline or display formulas using dollar, parenthesis, or bracket delimiters, while direct formula-only blocks continue to render as display math.

Added a Drawing AI selector above the whiteboard for choosing fast Gemini Flash-Lite plans or higher-detail Gemini Flash plans when included with the learner plan.

Added an AI Draw toolbar action with a two-step Generate and Draw workflow, including an optional safe SVG preview built from the exact validated Gemini paths before live whiteboard animation begins.

Successfully generated AI doodles are now saved automatically as sanitized SVG blocks in the classroom Notebook for later review, editing, or deletion.

Learner-generated AI doodles no longer create chat activity entries, while tutor-triggered sketch activity remains visible in the conversation.

Added five object tabs to Doodle Studio with 19 live-sketched templates for common technology, school, everyday, nature, and transport drawings, including a laptop, mountains, and a car.

Added five selectable custom-drawing detail budgets from 8 to 48 validated paths, with up to 32 points per path, for faster sketches or richer recognizable detail.

Custom Gemini doodles now follow the generated points in exact order without automatic curve fitting or smoothing; curve algorithms remain available only for explicit algorithm lessons.

Changed the Pro voice allowance into an included-minute meter: it still reaches zero as a visual usage cue, but Pro members can keep starting and continuing calls.

Made completed tutor doodles select as one group with rotation, proportional corner scaling, independent width and height handles, and direct W/H fields.

Kept the same handwriting font on doodle labels after the live drawing animation is committed to the whiteboard.

Hardened voice lessons against rejected classroom text updates by repairing malformed browser text, identifying each update source in diagnostics, and automatically resuming once when Gemini provides a usable session handle.

Lesson recaps now choose a varied reward that stays stable on refresh and avoids immediately repeating the learner’s previous reward.

Lesson-end screens now hold one calm anticipation state, then reveal the final tutor review and stable reward together after at least one second instead of replacing placeholder feedback.

Added a prominent first-person introduction to every published tutor profile, with a tailored introduction for Amara and profile-aware defaults across the directory.

Connected each introduction to chat and first-call context so the tutor learners meet in a lesson matches the personality presented on the profile.

Added introduction editing to the tutor admin workflow while preserving administrator-written text through later seed updates.

Added a visible tutor-fit comparison with best-for goals, strengths, specialties, teaching approach, an example lesson, and the learners who benefit most.

Added editable example conversations that demonstrate each tutor's correction style, explanation depth, and learner participation before a lesson begins.

Added transparent tutor quality signals for learner satisfaction, completed lessons, conversations, average session length, and privacy-safe common learning goals.

Strengthened tutor profile calls to action with free text-lesson prompts, real five-minute call presets, and a clear next-step panel after the detailed profile.

Added a personalized first-lesson preview to every tutor profile, with subject-aware phases, preparation guidance, and a flexible lesson expectation.

Added transparent Week 1, Week 2, and Week 4 tutor progress roadmaps with subject-aware targets, outcome disclaimers, and an action to adapt the roadmap in chat.

Added compact tutor comparisons that place the current profile beside relevant published alternatives using real specialties, teaching focus, and direct profile links.

Strengthened tutor personality with a memorable, editable signature learning experience on every profile and carried it into text-chat and live-call behavior.

Added tutor-aware profile FAQs covering beginner fit, grammar correction, lesson memory, speaking exercises, and writing practice, with matching visible FAQ structured data.

Added a rich, tutor-specific character persona to every profile, carried it into text and live lessons, and made the complete behavior prompt editable in admin without overwriting custom versions.

Clarified the live-call start dialog with an explicit input-choice instruction, stronger green start actions, directional cues, and clearer optional classroom wording.

Made tutor conversations more immersive and relatable with profile-fitting natural speech, specific emotional responsiveness, fewer generic assistant phrases, contextual identity disclosure, and direct honest answers whenever a learner asks whether a tutor is AI.

Focused the shared header by moving Courses to footer navigation and added an always-visible, theme-aware voice-credit meter with live remaining-minute updates and a clear Free-plan upgrade path.

Put the unused side of public breadcrumb bars to work with the live tutor-directory count, Free text-chat availability, and a direct Browse action.

Added private, revocable lesson-calendar subscriptions for Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook, and other iCalendar-compatible apps, with read-only event details and automatic schedule updates on provider refresh.

Added an extensible classroom tutor-skill registry and progressive doodle studio with reusable educational templates, tutor freehand sketches, narrated drawing cues, playback controls, reduced-motion support, editable layer persistence, and one-step undo.

Added algorithmic tutor drawing with Bresenham lines, midpoint circles and ellipses, De Casteljau Bezier curves, Chaikin smoothing, regular and star polygons, parametric spirals, and L-system trees.

Added original concept doodles: tutors can ask Gemini Flash Lite for SVG-style line art of objects that are not in the library, then sketch the validated paths live with the animated marker in typed or voice lessons.

Added profile-specific guide pages built from each tutor's subjects, learner level, personality, specialties, lesson rhythm, custom tools, and responsible-use boundary.

Added tailored workflows for text chat, voice calls, Whiteboard, Practice, Notebook, Document, adaptive Subject, Pronunciation, or Code Lab, Review Cards, Transcript, and SVG Studio where relevant.

Added a paginated tutor-guide directory, direct guide actions on tutor profiles, breadcrumbs, Article and LearningResource data, tutor portraits, and complete sitemap coverage.

Kept the existing guide to choosing an online AI tutor as the general comparison resource and linked it alongside the new tutor-by-tutor playbooks.

Expanded the catalog to 260 topics across 26 balanced categories spanning education, work, business, technology, health, finance, practical life, media, entertainment, games, sports, travel, hobbies, sustainability, and community.

Each topic page now brings together learning outcomes, tutor prompts, matched AI tutors, related courses, assessments, revision resources, and nearby topics.

Related tutors now appear directly after each topic overview, with topic-aware chat and voice lesson actions.

Topics are available from the footer and site search, with breadcrumbs, structured data, and complete sitemap coverage.

The main directory now uses linked category tiles with visible topic counts, responsive layouts, search filters, and 24-topic pagination.

Added indexable category landing pages, self-canonical pagination, richer topic breadcrumbs and learning-resource metadata, plus clearer paths from organic topic visits into free tutor chats and learner profiles.

Reorganized help around tutor discovery, text and voice lesson modes, scheduling, learning paths, collaborative classrooms, progress, account data, plans, and troubleshooting.

Added current guidance for calendar rescheduling, standalone lessons, classroom sharing, rich documents, code and SVG tools, self-tests, certificates, messages, themes, and plan changes.

Expanded visible FAQs and matching structured data for hosted AI access, sign-in requirements, live-call errors, classroom sharing, paid learning paths, and scheduled downgrades.

Expanded the guide with practical criteria for subject fit, learner level, language, tutor personality, lesson format, tools, and responsible AI use.

Added current interface screenshots for tutor discovery, full tutor profiles, and live lesson options.

Added an on-page contents menu, comparison tables, a first-task framework, continuity guidance, a decision checklist, and direct next steps.

Added a Certificates earned section with course completions and the latest saved result from each subject self-test.

Each learning record includes its earned date, result, issuer, stable reference, and a link back to the source course or assessment.

Kept certificate status derived from saved course progress and test attempts so learner records remain consistent with their source data.

Added a call-duration selector to direct tutor calls, with No limit as the default and choices from 15 minutes through 3 hours.

Scheduled lessons and learning-path sessions continue to use their saved duration without asking the learner to choose it again.

Clarified that an open-ended lesson timer does not bypass the voice minutes available on the learner account.

Added a Calendar tab to Lessons with local-time day and week views, tutor portraits, lesson types, and direct lesson editing.

Learners can drag lessons to a new time, resize them to change duration, or use the exact date, time, and duration editor.

Linked signed-in dashboard and profile shortcuts directly to the Lessons calendar view.

Added profile-specific personality traits and classroom-presence descriptions to tutor pages and AI lesson context.

First live sessions now include a formal personal introduction and call-mode guidance, while returning sessions resume with a shorter welcome.

Classroom tool activity now appears in chat history while tutors inspect or update whiteboards, documents, practice, code, and other lesson areas.

Added a dedicated minimize control that collapses chat to its tutor title bar and restores it without losing the conversation.

Minimized live calls retain the lesson timer, mute and end controls, connection indicator, and animated voice activity.

Classroom whiteboards and other workspaces now reclaim the chat column while the tutor window is minimized.

Added persistent lesson scheduling with local date, time, and timezone support from both the Lessons page and full learning-path session details.

Tutor profiles now include Schedule lesson beside Chat and Call, with an open-lesson picker when a tutor has multiple available sessions.

Scheduled lessons can be rescheduled or returned to an unscheduled state without changing their learning-path content.

The weekly planner now creates timed appointments from a preferred start time while preserving dates and times the learner scheduled manually.

Added a rich text Document tab with headings, fonts, text sizing, emphasis, colors, alignment, lists, links, indentation, undo and redo, clear formatting, copy, HTML download, local autosave, and tutor collaboration tools.

Document selections now remain visible and recoverable while using toolbar controls, dropdowns, color pickers, and inline link or table panels.

Expanded document tools with superscript, subscript, text case, line spacing, checklists, structured tables, date insertion, unlink, and select all.

Merged the Code Lab editor and syntax preview into one scroll-synchronized, highlighted editor and anchored the More workspace menu directly below its button.

Added responsive line numbers that remain aligned with the highlighted source while editing and scrolling.

Moved learner details, tutor context notes, and theme selection to a dedicated authenticated Settings page linked from the account menu.

Added a compact Settings shortcut beside the header account control, with a full-width labeled version in mobile navigation.

Added responsive tables, headings, lists, task lists, blockquotes, links, dividers, strikethrough, and sanitized rich formatting to tutor chat while retaining syntax-highlighted code blocks.

Added automatic GoAway handling and session resumption so the browser refreshes the Live connection before its roughly 10-minute connection limit instead of ending the lesson with a policy error.

Turned the compact header account control into an accessible dropdown for Profile, Settings, Messages, Lessons, Favorites, plan management, Admin access when available, and Sign out.

Replaced the multi-panel learner workspace with a clearer Lessons page for upcoming sessions, recent past lessons, voice allowance, and saved learning paths.

Weekly schedules now keep machine-readable lesson dates, ignore expired schedule entries, and fall back to the next unfinished session in each active path.

Renamed learner navigation and account shortcuts from Workspace to Lessons while preserving old workspace links through a compatibility redirect.

Classroom tutors can now inspect an on-demand rendered whiteboard view alongside structured notes and diagram geometry instead of relying on text-note metadata alone.

Improved classroom drawing with smoother pen strokes, true erasing, learner arrow and rectangle tools, and explicit local-save and tutor-sync states.

Added a searchable classroom library with premade shapes, subject icons, emoji, and reusable SVG teaching diagrams for flow charts, graphs, cycles, timelines, biology, and more.

Whiteboard visuals can now be selected, moved, resized, rotated, duplicated, recolored, deleted, and restored through operation-aware undo and redo; tutors can insert and identify the same semantic assets.

Expanded the classroom insert library with additional teaching shapes, subject icons, feedback emoji, charts, comparison tools, science visuals, and planning diagrams; inserted visuals now support direct corner-drag resizing.

Leaving a classroom now uses a focused confirmation step that safely stops any live call, records used time, and saves the whiteboard before navigation.

Added a responsive class recap with live lesson duration, planned-time progress, board activity, tutor-sync state, completion time, and useful next actions.

Expanded collaborative classrooms with persistent Rich Notes, a shared highlighted Code Lab, and a safe SVG Studio; live tutors can read, open, add, and revise these lesson surfaces through dedicated tools.

Reorganized classroom navigation around Plan, Whiteboard, Practice, Notebook, and an adaptive subject lab, with Resources, Review Cards, Transcript, Code Lab, and SVG Studio grouped under More; recap now appears near the planned lesson end.

Classrooms now open directly on the whiteboard while a concise AI lesson plan is generated automatically from the tutor, lesson request, duration, and linked learning-path session.

Live call failures now show a safe diagnostic reference, elapsed time, connection phase, close code and meaning, service state, recovery advice, and the exact point at which the call stopped.

Added local date-and-time labels with seconds to tutor chat messages, with the full timezone-aware timestamp available on hover.

Moved Gemini 3.1 Live calls to the current v1beta ephemeral-token endpoint and added strict JSON-safe validation for classroom function results before they are returned to the tutor.

Prevented classroom voice calls from failing when microphone input overlaps a tutor whiteboard or workspace action; cancelled tool calls are now handled safely and typed input waits briefly for the action to finish.

Replaced the overly aggressive Live context-compression limit with Gemini 3.1 adaptive compression, aligned ephemeral-token provisioning with v1beta, and added safe microphone, token-usage, and session-state diagnostics.

Added full-screen tutor classrooms with a shared whiteboard, learner drawing and text tools, local autosave, image export, and AI tutor diagram controls.

Added a Windows-style True dark theme with near-black pages, charcoal surfaces, gray borders, and a restrained blue accent.

Applied every saved appearance theme to the React admin console, including tables, reports, charts, forms, dialogs, and status messages.

Introduced this public changelog so learners can review meaningful product improvements over time.

Added a compact lesson-history shortcut to the signed-in header and aligned lesson-record wording across learner pages.

Added a protected admin application map with live runtime facts, architecture diagrams, dataflow documentation, schema inventory, and a complete feature catalog.

Simplified pricing around tutor access, hosted voice minutes, learning paths, and monthly or discounted yearly billing.

Made tutor cards more compact and consistent, with aligned actions, image-overlay bookmarks, pagination, filtering, and sorting.

Added tutor lesson pricing to profile summaries and call actions so learners can see the lesson context before starting.

Moved Gemini access behind the VibeTutor server so learners no longer need to provide a personal API key.

Grouped tutor-specific text and voice settings, with clearer controls for pace, correction style, reply depth, lesson mode, and voice.

Voice calls now stop immediately after a connection error, record the problem in chat, and stop consuming minutes at the failure point.

Added a dedicated message center that keeps each signed-in learner’s tutor conversation history together.

Expanded self-tests across the subjects covered by the site and made saved results available as relevant tutor context.

Tutors now greet learners by name and can use saved learner notes and recent conversation context for more continuous lessons.

Added a React admin system for users, tutors, reviews, calls, learning paths, contacts, audit history, and system readiness.

Introduced compact traffic, usage, engagement, and system reports with realtime visitor activity and bot separation.

Improved country reporting with CDN flags, country-only resolution, short retention, and privacy-conscious visitor identifiers.

Added richer courses with interactive examples, SVG diagrams, mathematical notation, flow charts, and highlighted code where appropriate.

Introduced public revision pages, flashcards, quizzes, and subject-matched tutor recommendations.

Strengthened public-page breadcrumbs, image metadata, sitemap dates, course disclosures, and search-friendly page structure.