Grok Bot updates, features & changelog
New Grok Bot features and releases from SpaceXSI, newest first. Each item links to its official source: the Grok Bot changelog, x.ai/news or the official @bot account on X. Figures are the publishing company's own claims (SpaceXSI on x.ai, SpaceXAI on @bot). More SpaceXSI (xAI) news: xAI on Frontier Labs.
Top Grok Bot updates
- Grok Bots get their own email address, X search and payments (v0.70.2)
Per the Grok Bot changelog, Bots can claim their own email address (mail they send waits for your approval on a draft card), search X without a connected account, and pay with X Money or Stripe Link.
- Grok Bot can run your Shopify store
@bot says that after you connect Shopify you can ask it to check orders, track inventory and keep product listings up to date.
- Grok Bot gets better at building software
@bot says Bots can hand coding tasks to Cursor, manage PRs with the GitHub and Origin plugins, and share video demos of what they build.
- Grok Bot connects to your finances
@bot says a new Finance integration links bank, card and investment accounts so a Bot can help manage spending and investments.
- How SpaceXSI runs customer support on Grok Bot
SpaceXSI says its combined SpaceXSI/Cursor support team had a 175% rise in tickets with no new hires, resolved tickets for as little as $0.20–$0.30 each, and resolves 99% of refund requests without a person.
- “Haggle Bot” identified $100K+ in procurement savings
SpaceXSI says its procurement Bot identified more than $100,000 in direct savings and, in one run, cut a $14,629 tech order to $6,143 (58%). It is available to copy in the Bot Marketplace.
Latest changelog releases
- Slide decks and Bot-colored chats (0.68.1)
- Your messages in a 1:1 Bot chat take that Bot's color; set Accent to Black in Settings → General to turn it off. Requires Grok Bot 0.64.0 or later.
- Bots can build slide decks with you, showing sample slides to choose from, and deliver them as PowerPoint files or Google Slides.
- Bots can send formatted emails from a draft card, so recipients see headings, bold text, and lists.
- New languages and computer removal (0.68.0)
- Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Swahili, and Hausa join the Language options in Settings.
- Settings → Computer shows Remove for your other computers, and a removed computer tells you to restart Grok Bot to add it back.
- Email drafts can go out from a verified Gmail send-as address, with a From picker when you have more than one.
- Connect Apps and new working status (0.67.0)
- Marketplace is now Connect Apps, with category chips under the search, Recommended for you first, and Bot templates on the web.
- While a Bot works, its status uses new phrases like Thinking it through and Working on your computer, without the Bot's name in front.
- Approval cards show when your Ask first rule paused an action or Always allow added a rule, with Edit rule to change it in Settings.
- Proactivity, primary Bot and more reliable updates (0.66.0)
- Your primary Bot, marked with a star, will now spot work it can take off your plate and offer to handle it. Requires Grok Bot 0.59.0 or later.
- In Slack threads, the Bot's status line shows what it's working on and stays up during long steps. (Teams)
- Update downloads resume after your computer sleeps, and on Mac a copy running from a disk image or Downloads offers Move to Applications.
- Team Bot voice chat and automatic updates (0.65.0)
- Teammates can start a voice chat with a Team Bot, and the call stays in their own conversation with it. (Teams)
- Automatic Updates is on by default, so Grok Bot restarts to apply updates while you're away; turn it off in Settings → Updates.
- Your phone skips notifications for a Bot you're viewing on your computer, and resumes them once the computer locks, sleeps, or sits idle.
- Team Bot managers and refreshed avatars (0.64.0)
- Email and Slack draft cards offer Disable drafts for this Bot, so that Bot sends messages directly; ask the Bot to turn drafts back on.
- The creator of a published Team Bot can add teammates under Managers, who can then change its profile, skills, plugins, secrets, and Slack app. (Teams)
- Bot avatars have a refreshed look with bigger eyes, and the avatar editor adds square, sparkle, clover, flower, heart, house, and star shapes.
- Slack approvals and faster browsing (0.63.0)
- In Slack threads, a Bot that needs your approval posts a Review an action card only you can answer, instead of dropping the action. (Teams)
- You can ask a Team Bot in Slack to message one of your own Bots, and the reply comes to you privately in Grok Bot. (Teams)
- Adding a plugin that needs sign-in, such as Gmail, from Marketplace starts its sign-in right away instead of stopping at Added.
- Quotes, lists, and spell check (0.62.0)
- Select text in a chat and press Cmd/Ctrl+L, or choose Add to prompt, to quote it in your next message.
- Type - or 1. to start a bulleted or numbered list in the composer; Shift+Enter adds an item, Tab nests it, and Enter still sends.
- Grok Bot underlines misspelled words as you type and offers suggestions and Add to Dictionary on right-click; turn it off with Check Spelling While Typing.
- Team Bots (0.61.0)
- Team Bots let you publish one Bot for your whole team, and teammates chat with it in the app or Slack, each in their own conversation. (Teams)
- Choose Publish to Team in a Bot's Share menu to make a team copy with its chat and memories, or Start fresh; your original Bot stays private. (Teams)
- A new Team Bot walks you through plugins, secrets, skills, and files one card at a time, and only you can see it until you choose Publish to team. (Teams)
- Outlook drafts and more reliable replies (0.60.0)
- Editable email drafts work with Outlook: review a Bot's new email in chat, then choose Send email to send it from your Outlook account.
- The sidebar's Marketplace button is now Connect apps, with logos of featured plugins beside it.
- Wide tables in Bot messages keep their full layout in narrow windows and scroll sideways instead of squeezing into tall columns.
FAQ
What is Grok Bot?
Grok Bot is SpaceXSI's AI agent product. You create Bots that connect to your apps and accounts, such as email, Slack, Shopify, GitHub and X, and they do work for you, with approval steps for actions like sending email.
What’s new in Grok Bot?
The latest updates: Grok Bots get their own email address, X search and payments (v0.70.2) (Oct 11, 2026). Grok Bot can run your Shopify store (Oct 8, 2026). Grok Bot gets better at building software (Sep 30, 2026).