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Brought to you by Jellypod AI.

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It's October 19, 2026, and this is your
Grok Bot release notes rundown.

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Last episode we covered the X Subscription
shared weekly pool,

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Grok Voice 3.0, and the first reports of
desktop version 0.71.2 locking Windows

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11 users out of local tools.

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Today we pick that thread back up with
what support engineers and users found over

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the weekend, October 16 to 19.

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But first, the official release that most
of this sits on top of.

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The latest entry on the official changelog
is version 0.70.2,

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dated October 11.

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It also rolls in 0.69.0, 0.69.1, 0.70.0
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0.70.1, so if you skipped a few updates,
this is where you catch up.

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One caveat: the official log we pulled
stops at 0.70.2.

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Everything I say about 0.71.2 comes from
community forum reports,

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not release notes.

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Start with the in-chat apps.

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Connectors that come with an app, such as
Figma, Notion, and Canva,

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can now show that app as an interactive
card right in the chat.

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So instead of a link that sends you out to
a browser, you work with the thing inside

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the thread.

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If you've been bouncing between tabs to
review a Canva design a Bot made,

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this is the fix.

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Next, money.

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Bots can now pay with X Money or Stripe
Link.

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The changelog also says that before an
action it can't undo,

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such as sending, posting, buying, or
deleting, a Bot checks your own messages for

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approval.

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So the checkout is handled, but you stay
the final yes.

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And after a bank or brokerage connector
returns data, the Bot asks before sharing it

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anywhere else.

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That's the guardrail I'd want.

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Documents and media.

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A Bot can save a web page as a PDF from
its browser, and it can send audio files

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like MP3, M4A, and WAV.

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The full screen video player gets a speed
menu, and voice calls now offer 0.5x

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speed.

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A practical use: have a Bot capture a
pricing page as a PDF before a vendor changes

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it, then send you the file.

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For teams, teammates can now approve Auto
review requests, including Always allow,

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from their own direct message with a Team
Bot.

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You don't have to route that decision
through a shared thread.

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And if you add an MCP server on a private
Tailscale network,

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Grok Bot now explains it can't reach it
yet and suggests exposing it with Tailscale

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Funnel.

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That replaces a confusing failure with an
actual instruction.

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A few quality of life items too.

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Press Cmd+F or Ctrl+F on an open page to
get a Find in page bar.

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You can rename a page from its title.

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Computer settings now separate Your
computer from the Bot's computer,

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and when the Bot's computer is asleep, the
Computer tab shows a Wake button that

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wakes it in place.

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Also worth knowing: Bots can claim their
own email address,

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with outgoing mail waiting on a draft card
for your approval,

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and they can search X without you
connecting an X account.