What’s new in Grok Bot this week (October 18, 2026)

Grok Bot continues to evolve fast, and this week’s update is packed with quality-of-life improvements, new integrations, and deeper automation across chat, email, X (Twitter), voice, and mobile. If you rely on Grok Bot as a daily AI assistant, these changes will make it feel smoother, faster, and a lot more capable.

Redesigned chat cards and markdown tables

Grok Bot doesn’t just reply with plain text. When it needs to show structured information—like tables, options to choose from, or interactive elements—it uses chat cards.

Those cards just got a visual refresh. Multi-select cards (like A/B/C style options) and markdown tables have been redesigned to be clearer, easier to scan, and more pleasant to use. If you often ask Grok Bot to compare options, break down data, or generate structured plans, these upgraded cards will make your chats feel more organized and readable.

Bot’s computer is now 3x faster

Sometimes Grok Bot answers from its own model, and other times it needs to use “bot’s computer” to actually browse, fetch data, or run actions on your behalf. That computer layer has been upgraded again and is now roughly three times faster.

Whenever Grok Bot has to think via its computer—like pulling data from connected tools or doing more complex tasks—you should see noticeably quicker responses. It’s a small change on paper, but a big improvement if you use Grok Bot heavily for research, workflows, or automation.

Draft email and message edits are now highlighted

Grok Bot can draft and revise messages for tools like Slack and Gmail. Previously, when you asked it to improve or rewrite a draft, it could be hard to see exactly what changed.

Now, revisions are highlighted. When Grok Bot edits a draft, you’ll see the differences clearly, making it easier to review, accept, or tweak specific parts instead of rereading the whole thing from scratch.

Unlimited plus-addressed email aliases for your bot

Grok Bot recently gained its own email addresses. This week, it adds support for plus-addressed email aliases, effectively giving your bot unlimited email addresses tied to the same inbox.

Plus-addressing lets you create custom variations of an email (for example, bot+news@..., bot+support@...) and route them all to the same place. You can now ask Grok Bot directly in chat to create a plus-address email for you, and it will set it up. This is especially useful for organizing different workflows, tracking where emails come from, or segmenting projects.

New X (Twitter) superpowers: DMs and @bot in threads

Grok Bot’s integration with X keeps getting deeper, and this week brings two big upgrades that many users have been asking for.

Read and respond to X DMs

Grok Bot can now read your X direct messages and respond on your behalf. You can have it draft replies, manage conversations, or help you keep up with busy inboxes—within reasonable limits designed to prevent spam and abuse.

This is ideal if you handle support, networking, or community conversations via DMs and want an AI assistant to help you stay on top of them.

Use @bot directly in X threads

You can now mention @bot in an X thread and have Grok Bot jump in to help, as long as your X account is linked and the X plugin is installed and configured.

Once connected, you can:

• Ask Grok Bot to save posts or threads for later
• Have it explain or summarize a discussion
• Get quick research or context on a link or topic mentioned in the thread
• Ask it to help you build or respond to ideas directly in the conversation

It turns X into a kind of live workspace with Grok Bot embedded inside your existing social feed.

New app connectors: Robinhood, Coinbase, Trello, and more

Connectors are one of the most powerful parts of Grok Bot, letting it plug into the apps you already use and act on real data. This week adds several new integrations, including:

• Robinhood – for pulling investment data or keeping tabs on your portfolio
• Coinbase – for checking crypto balances or price movements
• Trello – for managing boards, tasks, and workflows
• Posthog (referred to as “Post talk”) – for product analytics and event data

Plus, a handful of other connectors have gone live. If you rely on Grok Bot as a connected AI agent, this is a good time to explore the connectors section and see what new workflows you can automate. For a deeper look at how to get the most from Grok Bot’s capabilities, check out this guide on using Grok Bot better than 99% of people.

Smarter voice calls with short-term memory

You can place voice calls to Grok Bot, treating it like a live voice assistant. Previously, once you hung up, Grok Bot didn’t always retain memory of everything that happened on the call.

Now, Grok Bot keeps memory of your voice calls—and their full transcripts—for about 30 minutes. If you hang up and call again within that window, it will remember what you discussed earlier.

This is especially useful if you:

• Work through ideas or plans over multiple short calls
• Need to resume a conversation without recapping everything
• Use voice while moving between devices or locations

Cleaner, less noisy notifications

Heavy Grok Bot users were getting flooded with notifications across devices—phone, laptop, smartwatch, and more. That’s now been fixed.

Notifications are collapsed so you only get alerts on the device you’re actively using. If you’re working on your laptop, that’s where the notification appears. This keeps your watch and phone from buzzing nonstop while you’re already in front of a screen.

Invite your teammates to Grok Bot

If you’re on a team or enterprise plan, you can now invite teammates directly into Grok Bot. This makes it easier to share bots, workflows, and knowledge across your organization and standardize how your team uses AI.

Combined with the new access controls (covered below), this turns Grok Bot into a more collaborative, team-friendly AI agent rather than just a personal assistant. If you’re comparing AI agents for business, you may also find this breakdown of Grok Bot vs OpenAI Dots vs Muse for business helpful.

Use Grok Bot as your Android assistant

Android users can now remap Grok Bot as their default system assistant. That means when you trigger the assistant button or gesture on your phone, Grok Bot can respond instead of the stock assistant.

This change makes Grok Bot feel more like a native part of your device: you can call it up quickly, ask questions, run routines, and interact with your connected apps using your usual Android shortcuts.

Team bot access lists and permissions

For organizations creating shared bots, access control is crucial. Grok Bot now supports access lists for team bots, so you can decide who in your workspace can use specific bots.

This allows you to:

• Limit sensitive bots (for finance, HR, analytics, etc.) to certain roles
• Share experimental bots with a subset of power users
• Keep your bot directory organized and secure

Unread message pill on mobile

If you have a lot of bots or active conversations, it can be easy to lose track of what you haven’t seen yet. On mobile, Grok Bot now shows an unread messages pill you can tap to jump straight to messages you haven’t read.

This is a small but important usability upgrade for power users who juggle multiple bots, routines, and threads at once.

Improved routine scheduling experience

Routines let you schedule Grok Bot to run tasks automatically at specific times. The interface for picking and managing those times has been improved.

Whenever you create or edit a routine, you’ll see a clearer, more intuitive way to set the schedule. This should make it easier to line up daily reports, check-ins, summaries, or automated workflows without confusion.

Better Slack sign-in flow

When you ask Grok Bot to work with Slack—like searching messages or summarizing channels—it needs you to connect your Slack account. The sign-in experience around this has been upgraded.

If you try to use Slack features without being signed in, Grok Bot will now guide you through a smoother, more reliable authentication flow, so you can get connected and back to work faster.

A more capable, connected Grok Bot

This week’s Grok Bot update focuses on making the assistant faster, more integrated, and easier to live with across devices. From 3x faster computer responses and smarter notifications to deeper X and email capabilities, Grok Bot is steadily evolving into a central hub for your workflows.

If you’re already using it every day, these changes should make a noticeable difference. If you’re just getting started, now is a great time to explore its connectors, routines, and team features to see how far you can push your AI assistant.