Public beta
Changelog
Every change since launch, newest first.
2026
October 2026
Public beta, and a light theme
New
- Bello Bot is now open to any company.
- Sign in with your work email and you get a 6-digit code. No invite needed.
- The site now follows your system theme, light or dark.
Bello Bot for Mac 1.2, iOS build 20, and more
New
- Bello Bot for Mac 1.2 is out. Download it here, or use Check for Updates if you already have it.
- Swipe right on a message to reply.
- Drag, drop or paste images into chat.
- Thinking, typing and tapbacks now animate.
- The Needs-you badge opens an inbox of pending approvals, questions and mentions.
- Press ⌘I for a bot's details, automations and memory.
- We rebuilt Settings: a native General pane, a System, Light or Dark theme, Usage & Billing that matches the web, Connectors with their status, and a Members page for admins.
- Check for Updates and Sign Out now live in the Knol menu.
- Pick Production or Beta in Settings › Updates.
- With Apple Intelligence, you can summarise a thread (⇧⌘S) or draft a reply right on your Mac.
- Bots can run commands on your Mac once you approve them on a card.
- iOS build 20 is on TestFlight.
- Pins sync across your devices.
- Private bots show a Private pill.
- Settings shows your plan.
- You can approve or deny a bot's Mac command from your phone.
Fixed
- On iOS, dictation no longer leaves a second mic session open.
- On the web, the map on the Sessions page is fixed.
Bots learn from their own mistakes
New
- When a tool call fails, is blocked, or gets malformed arguments, the bot now writes itself a short lesson about the tool or connector quirk and uses it next time.
- Lessons never contain anything about you, and clean replies cost nothing extra.
- The One reads lessons across your workspace and folds the relevant ones into new or edited bots that use the same connector, so one bot's lesson helps the next.
- For now, we on the Knol team can also replay a past reply against edited instructions, with tool calls served from the recording instead of run, and compare what the bot would have done. We use it to check instruction changes before they land, an idea from Google Research's Harness² paper.
Sign in with a code, and open signup
New
- No more passwords. Enter your work email, we send you a 6-digit code, and you're in.
- Any company can now create its own workspace by signing in with a work address.
- The privacy policy now names every AI provider we send data to.
Messages that survive bad Wi-Fi
Improved
- If you're offline or the server hiccups, your message is kept and sent again automatically when the connection returns.
- Sending the same message twice never starts a second reply.
- Images from earlier in a long chat stay understood through short captions instead of being dropped.
- Errors are now reported more clearly, so the app knows when trying again will help.
See your bot think
New
- Thinking block: Gemini thought summaries now stream in as your bot works, then collapse to "Thought for Ns" when it answers.
Improved
- The Thinking shimmer is smoother and easier to read.
- Mascots now blink independently instead of in lockstep.
A faster app and a new home
New
- Home is now a standup: message a bot from the top, see what Needs you, watch your bots as live tiles, and catch up on Recent hand-offs.
Improved
- The app loads faster, with compressed and split assets and import tools loaded only when needed.
- Colours, spacing and dates are now consistent across every page.
Bello Bot on iPhone: approve from the notification
New
- Approval requests now come with Approve and Deny right on the notification.
- Links to bellobot.app open inside the app.
- Chats show tables, images and tap-to-reply choices like the web.
- Build 12, now in internal testing.
Tap to reply
New
- When a bot offers a few choices, they now show up as buttons under the reply.
- Tap one and it's sent as your answer, no typing needed.
Tables and images in replies
New
- Bots can now answer with proper tables and show images inline.
- Lists of tickets, numbers and comparisons come back as a real table instead of a wall of text.
- Any image a bot links opens in the viewer.
Bello Bot on iPhone: a new home, and The One within reach
New
- Open The One straight from the Action button, Control Center, or a long-press on the app icon, which also jumps to your other bots.
- The home screen is now a grid of your bots with The One first and your rooms below, each with its latest message.
- A What's new sheet shows what changed after each update.
- Now in internal testing.
A new face for Knol
New
- A new cloud logo across the app.
- The bot mascot is now a living cloud that breathes and blinks.
Endurance is now Knol
New
- Our new home is knol.app, and the code now lives at github.com/knolbot.
- The old endurance.skcript.com address keeps working.
Integrations
New
- The homepage and /integrations list the apps bots can connect in one click.
Quotes, threads and web search
New
- Quote a message in your reply, or start a new thread from it.
- Threads get titles from what they are about.
- You can mention teammates and bots in a bot chat.
- Bots on Gemini can search the web and link their sources.
Better messages and images
Improved
- Headings, quotes and dividers now show in chat.
- Images shrink before upload so they send faster, and show a placeholder while loading.
- Your message appears at once with a sending indicator in a restyled message box.
Longer tool work
Improved
- A bot can now use up to 40 tool steps in one reply, up from 8, and your budget is checked between steps.
- Gemini bots give fewer empty replies.
- One message can be up to 100,000 characters.
iPhone app catches up
Improved
- The iPhone app, in internal testing, gains quotes, threads, mentions in Needs you, and sending and viewing images.
Meet The One
New
- Every team now has a default bot, listed first.
- It can create bots and rooms for you once you approve each one.
- It can improve any bot you are allowed to edit.
Morning check-ins
New
- On weekday mornings, The One checks in when something is waiting on you. If nothing is, you get no message.
- Use Check in now at any time.
Search past messages
New
- Find messages from your chats and rooms in the command palette, then jump straight to them.
Clearer bot-to-bot work
Improved
- Messages between bots show as a quiet line you can open to read the whole exchange.
- The sidebar shows what a bot is doing while it works.
Plain errors, faster approvals
Improved
- Model errors now read as a plain sentence and are reported to us on their own.
- Allow all and Deny all clear your approvals at once.
- Rooms show an unread dot.
- Empty chats offer starter prompts.
OpenAI tools and stuck replies
Fixed
- Replies on OpenAI models that use tools now work.
- A reply stuck for 15 minutes now fails and says so.
- An out-of-credit key says so too.
Sturdier webhook triggers
Improved
- A webhook sent twice with the same delivery id starts the automation once.
- A wrong key or a paused automation gets the same answer as an unknown one.
First iPhone build for testers
New
- The first build of the iPhone app went out to our internal testers.
Automations
New
- Run a bot on a schedule, or start it from another tool with a webhook.
- Manage them all on the Automations screen.
- You get an email when a bot is waiting on you or your budget runs low.
Approvals and rules
New
- Bots ask before they act, and you choose Allow, Always allow or Deny.
- Rules can block risky actions and be tested against past activity.
- API keys go in a vault.
Your models and your budget
New
- Bring your own key for OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic or a custom provider.
- Pick a model per bot or per chat.
- Set a monthly budget and see usage on a dashboard.
Connectors and access
New
- Connect tools just for you or for the whole team, from presets or with your own OAuth app.
- Each bot can be open to everyone, selected people or only you.
Bots that learn and remember
New
- Bots keep memory for you, for themselves and for your company.
- They get to know you the first time you talk.
- A bot can rewrite its own instructions after you confirm, with earlier versions kept.
Live updates, on any screen
New
- Replies and changes appear as they happen.
- The app fits a phone screen.
- A native iPhone app with push notifications and widgets is on the way.
Mentions, replies and bug reports
New
- Report a bug from the message box or the command palette.
Fixed
- Typed @mentions reach the right bot.
- Replies no longer show twice.
- Mark all read clears everything it should.