On 20 October 2026, SpaceXAI staff member @mattyp (matt palmer) posted a video titled What’s new in Grok Bot.
What’s new in Grok Bot
00:00 New chat cards 00:31 Speed 00:53 Draft edits 01:08 Email aliases 01:33 X DMs 01:55 Tag @bot 02:31 Connectors 02:48 Voice calls 03:27 Notifications 03:56 Invites and Android Assistant 04:19 Access lists, unread, routines, sign-in
This team ships!
@elonmusk quoted the post the same day: “Big Grok @Bot update”.
A later reply from @mattyp in related discussion noted that the X team made all X interactions via bot free, so no API credits are required any longer.
What was announced
From the video caption (timestamps as posted):
- New chat cards
- Speed improvements
- Draft edits
- Email aliases
- X DMs
- Ability to tag @bot
- Connectors
- Voice calls
- Notifications
- Invites and Android Assistant
- Access lists, unread, routines, sign-in
Context
This follows the public Grok Bot changelog pattern of regular incremental releases. The latest numbered entry on x.ai/changelog/bot at the time of writing remains v0.71.2 (14 October), covering larger attachments, smarter notifications, tagged emails, and pre-filled forms. The 20 October video is a staff walkthrough of recent shipping items rather than a new numbered release note.
Limits of this report
Details beyond the posted timestamps are in the video itself and are not transcribed here. Plan availability, exact implementation of each item, and whether any require specific connectors were not stated in the caption text. The free X interactions note comes from a subsequent staff reply, not the original video post.
Source
https://x.com/mattyp/status/2112550158885917122 (quoted by https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2112589019380875714)