Evernote is rolling out Evernote v11, aiming to regain momentum with a refreshed design and new AI features.
The headline feature this time is a new AI Assistant, which lives inside a chat-style interface and lets you interact with your notes more like a conversation.
You can ask it to find information across your notebooks, rewrite or generate content, perform bulk actions, and even search the web without leaving the app.
Evernote says the assistant was built in close collaboration with OpenAI, which explains why the experience will feel familiar to anyone who’s used ChatGPT or Gemini.
Alongside that is Semantic Search, designed to understand what you mean rather than what you type. Instead of relying on exact keywords, the feature can surface related notes based on context – so a search for “Spain vacation” might pull up notes titled “Barcelona Trip” or “Valencia Hotel,” even if those words never appear verbatim.
Meeting notes
The third major addition is Meeting Notes, which expands on Evernote’s existing transcription tools. Users can now record in-person, online, or hybrid meetings, with the app generating a transcript that includes speaker recognition, plus an AI-generated summary.
Evernote says all three AI features are built with privacy and data protection in mind, and can be switched off individually for those who’d rather keep things manual.
AI isn’t the only focus, though. Evernote v11 also introduces updated branding and a handful of practical editor upgrades. There’s a more flexible insert menu, a new slash-command system for quicker actions, custom inline link previews, and even inline link calculations.
That said, not everything is universal. Evernote v11 is available now on Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac, but some features are platform-specific. Notably, the AI Assistant is currently limited to desktop and web, which could be a sticking point for mobile-first users.
Evernote hasn’t forgotten how many people it lost after its rocky 2020 redesign and 2023 price hike. Whether v11 is enough to win them back is another question – but with smarter search, AI-powered meetings, and a more polished editor, it’s clearly trying to remind people why they cared in the first place.
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