OpenClaw v2026.2.24 brings a significantly improved Android experience, expanded multilingual support, and important Docker security changes from a record 53 contributors.
Android UX Overhaul
The Android app receives a native four-step onboarding flow with a new five-tab shell navigation: Connect, Chat, Voice, Screen, and Settings. This replaces the previous WebView-based setup that felt clunky on mobile devices, bringing a smoother first-run experience for new users.
Multilingual Stop Phrases
Auto-reply and abort shortcuts now support 9 languages: Spanish, French, Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, German, Portuguese, and Russian — alongside English. The system also handles standalone phrase matching and trailing punctuation tolerance, so commands like stop! and arrête. are recognized reliably.
Docker Security
A breaking change disables Docker container namespace-join mode by default. Previously, agents could join another container's network namespace, which opened attack surface for privilege escalation. This now requires explicit opt-in via agents.defaults.sandbox.docker.dangerouslyAllowContainerNamespaceJoin — the dangerously prefix making the risk clear.
Session Isolation Fixes
A critical fix addresses cross-channel reply hijacking, where webchat context could intercept Discord-targeted messages. This is especially important for users running OpenClaw across multiple channels simultaneously.
Other Highlights
- Talk/Gateway configuration — Provider-agnostic setup with ElevenLabs metadata exposure.
- Discord Voice — Restored DAVE dependency with configurable encryption and improved inbound speech-to-text stability.
- WhatsApp — Blocked reasoning payload leakage and fixed reconnect loop handling.
- Multi-user detection — New heuristic warns when multiple users share a single OpenClaw instance.
OpenClaw Launch instances will receive this update automatically.