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Over-the-air updates
The Orca app on your phone now gets most of its screens and features from the desktop it's paired with, instead of having them built into the app. When you update Orca on your computer, the phone picks up the new version the next time it connects.
- New features sooner. Phone improvements ship with each desktop release. You don't have to wait for an App Store or Play Store update.
- Phone and desktop always match. The phone runs the version your desktop serves, so features and fixes line up and nothing breaks because one side is newer.
- Fewer app updates. You only need to update the app itself occasionally.
You'll see a short "Downloading the latest app" screen the first time you connect to a computer, and again after you update Orca there. After that, the app opens right away.
What's new
- When the app downloads the latest version from your computer, a progress bar shows how far along it is, and downloads finish faster.
- Grok, OpenCode, OMP and Pi chats now open on the phone, and chat visuals and subagents show inline like on desktop.
- Messages you send while an agent is working wait above the composer and go out in order. A message that couldn't be delivered is marked "Not sent" and goes back to your draft.
- Answer an agent's questions with number keys.
- SSH hosts show their connection health on the workspace list, and the list follows the desktop's pinned-workspace setting.
- Videos and music files play in file previews.
- Pairing links are more secure, and scanning a new code replaces an old pairing.
- Lower memory use, smoother chat scrolling on Android, and more reliable terminals.
Most phone features come from your desktop, so update Orca on your computer to get everything. See the desktop release notes for the full list.