V0.1 Public Beta & News Discovery
Lucid opens its public beta, bringing conversational research, broader news discovery and the first version of Signals into one intelligence experience.
- Type
- Changelog
- Published
- 2026-03-15
- Last updated
- 2026-08-23
- Reading time
- 1 min
Features ✅
- Lucid public beta – Brought news discovery, conversational analysis and source-backed research together in the first broadly usable version of Lucid.
- Expanded news coverage – Added Guardian reporting to Lucid's existing news coverage, increasing the range of sources available for comparison and analysis.
- Signals preview – Introduced an early Signals experience for identifying and following important developments.
- Subscriptions – Added paid plans and self-service billing alongside free access.
Improvements 🧱
- Broader Discover coverage – Improved how Lucid surfaces current stories across different publishers and topics.
- Better responsive navigation – Refined the main product navigation for desktop, tablet and mobile.
- Stronger account flows – Improved sign-in, account recovery, consent and session handling.
- Production reliability – Strengthened caching, traffic handling and application stability as Lucid opened to more users.
Fixes 🔧
- Fixed cases where the Discover feed could stop loading prematurely.
- Fixed authentication and session edge cases affecting account access.
- Improved handling when an external news source was unavailable.
- Fixed navigation and layout issues across smaller screens.