Announcements

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.5 introduces major features including conversational AI-guided onboarding through Crestodian, a new ClawRouter provider for dynamic model discovery and quota management, redesigned Control UI with session-first navigation, offline/spoken capabilities for mobile platforms, and support for GPT-5.6 models. The release emphasizes improved user experience across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Apple Watch with features like auto-generated session titles, external harness attachment via Claude Code, and Telegram workflow enhancements.

OpenClaw v2026.7.1-beta.2 introduces GPT-5.6 support, external harness attachment via `openclaw attach`, Telegram Codex workflows with login and steering, event-driven cron runs with `on-exit` scheduling, and native app improvements including iOS 26 visual system adoption. The release also adds ClawRouter for dynamic model discovery with credential-scoped routing, richer iMessage messaging with native polls, safer scoped conversations via capability profiles, and enhanced Control UI navigation with reasoning-effort controls. Extensive fixes address Telegram durability, agent reliability, provider safety, channel delivery, cron correctness, and memory recovery across multiple platforms.

OpenClaw v2026.6.11-beta.1 introduces enhanced channel control with Slack relay mode and Mattermost native commands, richer operator workflows via file-driven message handling and remote wake-up paths, safer plugin distribution with externalized plugins and icon metadata, stronger mobile operations with improved Android settings, and more reliable agent turns through Codex partial deltas and prompt-cache stability. The release includes 305 merged PRs addressing channel delivery reliability, WhatsApp message identity preservation, gateway session safety, agent fallback behavior, provider model edge cases, and configuration guardrails across Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Mattermost, and other integrations.

AILA is a local-first autonomous agent platform built by Marco, a Berlin paramedic, that runs 100% on user hardware with zero remote override capability. The system uses a "Sovereignty Key" (physical hardware anchor) to ensure true ownership and prevent external control, even by the creator. Unlike cloud-based AI that users merely rent access to, AILA enables users to modify their agent's reasoning in plain language while maintaining complete autonomy and privacy.