Numerous believers use Logos to check the Phrase in numerous methods, and we’re right here to assist take out the busywork in an effort to give attention to digging deep and making use of and sharing what you discover. In any case, wrestling with expertise doesn’t change lives. Wrestling with the textual content does.
This final launch of 2025 helps equip extra of that wrestling in 2026.
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Join the video walkthrough on December 18 or catch the replay.
Highlights at a look
1. Research Assistant made extra succesful and extra out there
Research Assistant is now out there on cellular and consists of chat historical past.
In case you’ve missed what you are able to do with Research Assistant (launched in final month’s launch), it lets you chat with books in Logos and your Bible. In contrast to different AI, Research Assistant offers you solutions solely from Logos assets, not the web at massive. And also you don’t have to fret concerning the AI making issues up: You’re studying responses taken from the work of printed Bible students and academics.
It additionally offers you citations and hyperlinks to the precise location every reply comes from so you possibly can click on by means of and probe for your self.
It’s not meant to assume for you, research for you, or create for you. Somewhat, it’s constructed to help you on the way in which, pointing you in potential instructions for additional research. As one person wrote within the Logos group:
I simply noticed the replace video for November and I used to be thrilled to see the Research Assistant politely saying, “No, I can’t do this” when requested to put in writing a sermon, and explaining that AI is right here to assist us analysis and discover data FOR our unique content material, to not create it.
That’s why it’s referred to as Research Assistant.
Ask away on cellular
Similar to on the internet app and desktop app, now you possibly can open Research Assistant in your cellular app to ask questions in on a regular basis language, dive deep into Scripture, and uncover insights drawn out of your trusted assets.
One person wrote to say this:
It’s nice to be out and about and have a dialog with Research Assistant then if you get again to your desktop the dialog is preserved there.
I’m additionally excited to seek out updates to Factbook instantly out there on Cell just like the inquiries to ask and the extrabiblical assets. Issues have actually modified round right here, for the higher.
You can promote it as an antidote to doom-scrolling on social media. “I ended scrolling Tik Tok and now I scroll Factbook and Research Assistant.”
Commerce doomscrolling for Scripture? We just like the sound of that!
Open Research Assistant and provides it a strive! Even if you happen to’re not subscribed, you’ll now be capable to preview it on desktop or internet.
Now you can attain Research Assistant from the primary navigation on desktop and internet, added as a result of customers beloved it a lot they needed simpler entry.
You may as well attain it from Instruments menu, Factbook, or a Sensible Search synopsis. Right here’s a step-by-step information on find out how to use it, together with find out how to inform the Research Assistant to make use of the whole Logos catalog or prohibit its scope to books in your library.
Revisit previous chats
Wish to return to a Research Assistant dialog? Now you possibly can—on any platform.
Whether or not you possibly can’t fairly bear in mind the place a dialog landed or you have got one thing new you need to discover from a earlier dialog (or one thing in between), Research Assistant now presents dialog historical past.
Research typically occurs in levels—typically over hours, typically over weeks—and now you possibly can pause, discover one thing new, and are available again with out shedding progress. Each query, perception, and response is preserved and straightforward to rediscover.
Attempt it now! Even if you happen to’re not subscribed, you’ll get a free preview on desktop or internet.
Extrabiblical texts are helpful in historic and biblical research, however they’ve been troublesome to find in Factbook. Now, Factbook offers you hyperlinks to vital extrabiblical writings, not simply dictionary articles or scattered secondary references.
Earlier than, if you happen to seemed in Factbook for texts just like the Didache, 1 Clement, or the Apocalypse of Elijah, you may need solely seen transient summaries or journal articles, even if you happen to owned the complete textual content, translations, or commentaries in your library.
With this replace:
- You’ll see a brand new Texts part that exhibits each the unique language variations and trendy translations of those works. This part is displayed for each biblical and extrabiblical texts.
- The Commentaries part, which beforehand solely displayed for biblical texts, now additionally seems for extrabiblical texts, displaying scholarly assets that specify and analyze the work.
This makes it simpler than ever to learn, examine, and research these historic writings multi function place.
3. Sensible synopsis for Bible searches
The place does Paul disagree with individuals? Now you are able to do a Sensible Search in your Bible for questions like that, then get a synopsis of outcomes.
Beforehand, with Sensible Search in Bible chosen, your reply to this query could be a listing of verses.
Now, you continue to get that checklist! However you additionally see a abstract on the prime to shortly orient you to what the Bible says and key passages. And you’ll proceed the dialog in Research Assistant when you have follow-up questions.
Extra updates
For a restricted time, even if you happen to’re not subscribed, you’ll have free use of Sensible Search. Somewhat than solely having a couple of makes use of all through the month, you’ll be capable to frequently search in on a regular basis language whereas the free preview lasts.
Meaning searches will default to Sensible Search relatively than Exact Search. Because you don’t need to cease and consider difficult search syntax, you possibly can proceed along with your research extra shortly.
Wish to see all of the updates? Check out the technical launch notes.
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