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OpenClaw v2026.5.18: Real-Time Android Voice, Typed Tool Plugins, and a Faster Gateway
OpenClaw v2026.5.18 ships real-time voice sessions on Android, a new typed tool plugin SDK, faster gateway restarts, and a redesigned Mac settings experience. Here is what changed and why it matters.
OpenClaw v2026.5.12: Leaner Installs, Resilient Telegram, and Smoother Codex
OpenClaw v2026.5.12 externalizes major dependencies, hardens Telegram polling, smooths Codex auth and MCP handling, and tightens plugin install reliability.
Hermes Agent v0.13.0 (2026.5.7) -- The Tenacity Release
Hermes Agent v0.13.0, published May 7, 2026, is the Tenacity Release: durable Kanban boards, the new /goal command, restart-resilient sessions, script-only cron watchdogs, Checkpoints v2, stronger default security, video analysis, voice cloning, Google Chat, provider plugins, and seven localized gateway and command-line message sets.
OpenClaw 2026.5.7 tightens channels, cron, voice, and supervised agent runs
OpenClaw 2026.5.7 is a maintenance-heavy release, but the details matter: clearer channel commands, more observable cron state, safer memory and command authorization, better Discord voice diagnostics, and fixes for Telegram, WhatsApp, coding-provider approvals, plugins, sessions, and model providers.