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Release

0.2.20

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Mac

Fixed

  • Command-V, Command-C, Command-X, Command-A and Command-Z now work in Orbtile's text fields, so you can paste a licence key into Settings, Licence.

Known issues

  • Orbtile 0.2.17 can't update itself. Download the current version once from orbtile.com/download; your settings stay, and updates work in the app again after that.
  • This beta is signed with Orbtile's own certificate and is not notarised, so macOS stops the downloaded disk image, and then Orbtile's first open, until you allow each in System Settings, Privacy & Security. The steps are on orbtile.com/download.

Windows

Improved

  • The tray panel's agent icons, page arrows and menu button now look as they do on the Mac.

Known issues

  • Updating from 0.2.17 makes Windows Installer ask twice to close Orbtile. Click OK both times, and wait about 30 seconds after each while Windows configures Orbtile. If Orbtile doesn't open again, start it from the Start menu.
  • Tapping an Antigravity key brings Antigravity to the front; it doesn't open that conversation yet.
  • The window that says Orbtile has updated can open behind your other windows.
  • SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC when you run the installer, and can show it again for a newer version, because the beta uses Orbtile's own certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Android

Known issues

  • Android may stop Orbtile Mobile from reopening after an update. Open it again from your home screen.
  • Orbtile Mobile shows View on computer or Request expired when a decision can't be answered from the phone.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Licences are on sale. On the Mac and Windows, Settings, Licence has a Buy a Licence button that opens the pricing page; after you buy, paste the key there and choose Activate. During the beta, Orbtile works the same with or without a key.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • If an agent update changes how it talks to Orbtile, live text and keypad answers for that agent stop until Orbtile catches up; its sessions still show, and you answer on screen.
  • For local Codex desktop requests that offer cancellation but no plain decline, keypad Deny uses cancellation.
  • Antigravity replies can show Markdown marks, such as ** around bold text, on the keys and tiles.

Enterprise

  • On Windows, Orbtile Enterprise now honours the orbtile.app.popoverTileStyle setting: mirror shows the keypad's keys in the tray panel, as on the Mac.
Release

0.2.19

Mac

Improved

  • Tapping an Antigravity key opens that conversation, instead of only bringing Antigravity to the front.

Known issues

  • Orbtile 0.2.17 for Mac can't update itself. Download the current version once from orbtile.com/download; your settings stay, and updates work in the app again after that.
  • This beta is signed with Orbtile's own certificate and is not notarised, so macOS stops the downloaded disk image, and then Orbtile's first open, until you allow each in System Settings, Privacy & Security. The steps are on orbtile.com/download.

Windows

Fixed

  • Orbtile's log file now stays within a size limit instead of growing while the keypad is connected.

Known issues

  • Updating from 0.2.17 makes Windows Installer ask twice to close Orbtile. Click OK both times, and wait about 30 seconds after each while Windows configures Orbtile. If Orbtile doesn't open again, start it from the Start menu.
  • Tapping an Antigravity key brings Antigravity to the front; it doesn't open that conversation yet.
  • The window that says Orbtile has updated can open behind your other windows.
  • SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC when you run the installer, and can show it again for a newer version, because the beta uses Orbtile's own certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Android

Known issues

  • Android may stop Orbtile Mobile from reopening after an update. Open it again from your home screen.
  • When a decision can't be answered from the phone, Orbtile Mobile shows View on computer or Request expired.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • On the Mac and Windows, Settings, Licence takes a licence key: paste it and choose Activate to activate that computer, one of the 5 a licence covers. Once it's activated, the tab shows who the licence is for, lists the computers using it, and lets you deactivate any of them to free its place. Licences go on sale in early November; during the beta, Orbtile works the same with or without a key.

Fixed

  • The reference shell adapter in the Adapter API examples no longer prints "Terminated: 15" when the command it wraps ends.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • If an agent update changes how it talks to Orbtile, live text and keypad answers for that agent stop until Orbtile catches up; its sessions still show, and you answer on screen.
  • For local Codex desktop requests that offer cancellation but no plain decline, keypad Deny uses cancellation.
  • Antigravity replies can show Markdown marks, such as ** around bold text, on the keys and tiles.
Release

0.2.18

Mac

New

  • A window now shows each step while Orbtile installs an update: verifying, installing and restarting. When you check for updates yourself, it also shows the download and how far along it is.
  • After the restart, Orbtile tells you it is on the new version. If the update didn't take, it says which version you are still on and offers the download page.

Improved

  • When a Mac copy of Orbtile can't update itself because it was signed differently from the published release, Orbtile says so and tells you to download it once from orbtile.com/download, instead of calling it a development build.
  • Orbtile's menu says why the keypad isn't working: not connected, held by Logi Options+, or blocked by macOS, with Open Settings when there is a setting to change.
  • Orbtile mentions Input Monitoring only if macOS actually blocks the keypad. Orbtile doesn't need Input Monitoring: the keypad works without it.

Fixed

  • After an update, Orbtile no longer asks you to turn Input Monitoring back on.
  • Settings, Updates now names only the permissions Orbtile uses: Accessibility for ZCode task focus and Automation for terminal tab focus.

Known issues

  • Orbtile 0.2.17 for Mac can't update itself to 0.2.18. Download 0.2.18 once from orbtile.com/download; your settings stay, and updates work in the app again after that.
  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized, so macOS blocks the first open. The first-open steps are on orbtile.com/download.

Windows

New

  • A window now shows each step of an update. When you check for updates yourself, it shows the download and how far along it is. Then Orbtile closes, Windows Installer shows its own progress bar, and Orbtile opens again and tells you it is on the new version, or why the update didn't finish.
  • Antigravity conversations now show their real state instead of Offline, with live reply text, and questions with numbered options can be answered from the keys, as on the Mac.

Improved

  • Orbtile says why the keypad isn't working: not connected, in use by another app, or found but Orbtile couldn't open it.
  • If Windows has to restart to finish an update, Orbtile says so instead of reporting the update as done.

Fixed

  • The hub in the tray panel no longer draws its wave in the keypad (3 × 3) layout, the same as on the Mac.

Known issues

  • Updating from 0.2.17 to 0.2.18 makes Windows Installer ask twice to close Orbtile. Click OK both times, and wait about 30 seconds after each while Windows configures Orbtile. If Orbtile doesn't open again, start it from the Start menu. From 0.2.18 on, Orbtile closes itself before updating, so this doesn't happen again.
  • SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC when you run the installer, and can show it again for a newer version, because the beta uses Orbtile’s own certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Android

Known issues

  • Android may stop Orbtile Mobile from reopening after an update. Open it again from your home screen.
  • When a decision can't be answered from the phone, Orbtile Mobile shows View on computer or Request expired.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

Improved

  • If an update can't finish, the window says why in plain words, then offers the way forward: try again, or the download page.
  • If you use ZCode, Orbtile's menu tells you when Accessibility is off, because Orbtile needs it to open the exact ZCode task.
  • Live text and keypad answers are no longer limited to particular Antigravity and Codex versions. Orbtile checks how the agent talks to it, and falls back to answering on screen when an update changes that.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • If an agent update changes how it talks to Orbtile, live text and keypad answers for that agent stop until Orbtile catches up; its sessions still show, and you answer on screen.
  • For local Codex desktop requests that offer cancellation but no plain decline, keypad Deny uses cancellation.
  • Antigravity replies can show Markdown marks, such as ** around bold text, on the keys and tiles.

Enterprise

  • Orbtile Enterprise 0.2.18 for Mac and Windows shows the same clearer keypad status: the menu says why the keypad isn't working. On a Mac, it mentions Input Monitoring only if macOS actually blocks the keypad.
Release

0.2.17

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Mac

New

  • Popover layout, in Settings, General, sets how the menu bar panel arranges sessions: Automatic (match primary device), Match keypad (3 × 3), Match phone portrait (2 × 4) or Match phone landscape (4 × 2). Automatic follows a connected keypad first, then your main paired phone's last known orientation; it uses portrait when that orientation is unknown, and 3 × 3 when no phone is paired. The phone layouts give the hub its own full-width row below eight session tiles. The choice stays on that Mac and is not synced.

Improved

  • Updating Orbtile on the Mac no longer leaves a copy of the old app next to the new one, and Orbtile removes copies that earlier updates left behind.

Fixed

  • Separate scroll-wheel bursts page the menu bar panel again after a pause.
  • Tapping a session that runs in cmux brings cmux forward instead of opening Codex. If macOS Automation access is denied, Orbtile tells you once instead of on every tap.

Known issues

  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized, so macOS blocks the first open. The first-open steps are on orbtile.com/download.

Windows

New

  • Orbtile now runs on Windows 11 (x64). Download the installer from orbtile.com/download: it installs for your Windows user, without administrator rights. Orbtile for Windows works with the Logitech MX Creative Keypad and Orbtile Mobile, and keeps running in the system tray when you close its window.

Known issues

  • SmartScreen shows Windows protected your PC when you run the installer, and can show it again for a newer version, because the beta uses Orbtile’s own certificate. Click More info, then Run anyway.

Android

New

  • Orbtile Mobile's focus view opens session details, tool details and history.
  • Before updating, Orbtile Mobile tells you to open the app again if Android stops it from reopening by itself.

Improved

  • Orbtile Mobile has a redesigned focus view. The session, its live state and timer, the latest response, activity and navigation each have their own place, with separate layouts for portrait and wide landscape.
  • Focus view shows the latest response or result apart from recent tools, helper summaries and history.
  • The response follows new text while you are at the bottom. When you scroll back, a Latest button brings you to the newest text.
  • Questions and approvals on Orbtile Mobile have their own decision area, with selection marks, instructions for choosing and holding, hold progress and a separate action bar.
  • In landscape, Orbtile Mobile shows questions and approvals in two columns, so the question, its options and Send stay visible at every font size.
  • Orbtile Mobile's session orbs now look the same as the keypad's.

Fixed

  • Orbtile Mobile's orbs now show the full motion for every active state, as they do on the keypad. Idle orbs breathe; Done and Offline stay still, as on the keypad.
  • In-app updates on Orbtile Mobile can resume after Android stops the app between download and install, without starting a second installation while the first is still under way.
  • An option that is partly cut off can no longer be submitted, and touch works again after you rotate the phone.
  • Orbtile Mobile's focus view shows Markdown more reliably, including escaped punctuation, nested emphasis, code spans and text that is still streaming.
  • After a successful in-app update, Orbtile Mobile tries to reopen itself.
  • Orbtile Mobile now recognises when an update started from version 0.2.16 has finished installing.
  • If your Mac disappears while Orbtile Mobile is connecting, the phone finds it again by itself instead of freezing until you restart the app.
  • Approvals on Orbtile Mobile show the command once.

Known issues

  • Android may stop Orbtile Mobile from reopening after an update. Open it again from your home screen.
  • When a decision can't be answered from the phone, Orbtile Mobile shows View on computer or Request expired.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • During setup, Connect your agents lets you choose which agents to use: Claude Code, Codex, ZCode and Antigravity each have an on/off switch, the same setting as in Settings, Agents. Setup keeps at least one agent on. Switching an agent off hides its Install button on that step and leaves any existing integration installed.
  • Adapters can give each session an optional project name, in the Node and Python SDKs. Grouping by Project uses it, and sessions on different hosts stay separate.

Improved

  • Status words on the keypad and in the menu bar are capitalised, as on Orbtile Mobile: Idle, Starting, Thinking, Writing, Compacting, Done, Error and Offline. A permission request waiting for you reads Waiting for approval on screens and Waiting on the keypad.
  • Orbtile uses less CPU while Antigravity sessions are idle.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android names your phone by its maker and model, and the list of phones on the Mac shows that name.
  • Settings sync no longer needs a sync code: your settings follow your Orbtile account to every computer you sign in on, and an existing sync group moves over by itself. Orbtile now holds the key, so synced settings are encrypted but no longer end-to-end; the privacy notice has the details.

Fixed

  • Keypad answers no longer vanish. An option press or a held Send is no longer lost while another key redraws, and after you allow a request, the keypad stays on the session when the agent asks a question right away.
  • The Question and Waiting orbs on the keypad no longer flicker.
  • Try Again in the update check now always shows its answer.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • For local Codex desktop requests that offer cancellation but no plain decline, keypad Deny uses cancellation.

Enterprise

  • Orbtile Enterprise for Mac and Windows is available on request from sales@orbtile.com. Both work fully offline: neither build includes an account, sign-in, sync, usage reports or update checks, and you update it by installing a newer version yourself.
  • On a Mac, Orbtile Enterprise installs alongside Orbtile with its own settings and its own agent hooks, as a DMG or as a PKG your MDM installs once you approve it. It has no beta expiry and uses the local network only when phone pairing is turned on, which is off by default and controlled by policy.
  • On a Mac, configuration profiles control its features. Keypad automation (Developer mode), for testing and integration, stays off unless your organisation turns it on.
  • On Windows, Orbtile Enterprise is a per-user MSI that installs without administrator rights, as a separate product with its own folders and settings. Administrators set its policies with the included ADMX template. The installer leaves the template in the Orbtile Enterprise install folder: copy OrbtileEnterprise.admx and en-US\OrbtileEnterprise.adml into PolicyDefinitions, or into your central store, yourself.
  • Orbtile Mobile Enterprise for Android works only on your local network, with no account or sign-in, and pairs with Orbtile Enterprise on a Mac when phone pairing is turned on. It lists your computers by name.
Release

0.2.16

Mac

Improved

  • Orb lighting on the Mac changes more smoothly between states.

Known issues

  • Orbtile on the Mac can use noticeable CPU while many sessions stream text or a phone shows the tiles.
  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized, so macOS blocks the first open. The first-open steps are on orbtile.com/download.

Windows

No changes.

Android

New

  • Topics on Orbtile Mobile add a topic picker and a hub for the selected topic.

Improved

  • Orbtile Mobile page switching is smoother.
  • Orbtile Mobile has a redesigned focus view. It shows the session's name, one live status line, its transcript, recent tools and a summary of helper agents. A decision waiting for you takes the transcript's place until you answer it.
  • The phone shows sessions in the same order as the keypad on every page, and focus view stays on the session you opened.
  • Orbtile Mobile's Settings has a Sign in button that leaves Test mode and opens sign-in.

Fixed

  • Orbtile Mobile's orb animation no longer jumps after the app has been running for a long time.
  • Reordering tiles on Orbtile Mobile no longer blanks the grid for a moment; tiles glide to their new place.
  • Orbtile Mobile clears its outdated display settings without touching your other settings.

Known issues

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Topics on the keypad. In Settings, Keypad, Sessions, set Group by to Agent, Project or Host. Hold the hub key to open the topic picker, then press a topic; the hub key closes it. All shows every session, pages stay inside the topic you pick, and the hub still shows how many sessions are waiting in other topics.
  • Remote sessions show a globe next to the app icon on the Mac keypad, in the menu bar panel and on Orbtile Mobile, so you can tell them apart from sessions on this Mac.
  • On remote hosts, Orbtile now also finds Codex sessions in the .codex-bots folder as well as .codex, and keeps each session linked to the host it runs on.
  • Settings, General, Privacy has a Send usage summary switch. Turning it off stops collection and clears the local counters, and Orbtile asks our server to delete the reports it already sent, retrying until the server accepts. When an organisation sets it with a configuration profile, the switch shows Managed by your organisation.

Improved

  • Orbtile keeps working even if it can't reach our servers. A build now stops only when a signed status withdraws it or requires a newer version. Normally the previous version keeps working, and older versions must update within five days of the latest release.
  • A tap on the hub key opens the waiting session, even when it is in another topic.
  • The hub in the menu bar panel and on Orbtile Mobile has a new look: a line that thickens at the centre of each agent tile, slow waves that vary with each session's activity, and faint twinkling dust in the background. When there are several pages, “Page x of y” sits at the top. On Orbtile Mobile, the hub shows the name of the session that is waiting.
  • When tiles change order, each session's bead on the hub line moves along it and passes the others smoothly, in the menu bar panel and on Orbtile Mobile.
  • Idle, done and offline session orbs now have a similar size and brightness to active ones, on the keypad, in the menu bar panel and on Orbtile Mobile.

Fixed

  • A question that opens on the keypad after a slow key update now accepts option presses.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny uses the offered cancellation instead.
Release

0.2.15

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Mac

Improved

  • The menu-bar waiting dot and count are one picker: Off, Dot, or Dot and count.

Known issues

  • Orbtile on the Mac can use noticeable CPU while many sessions stream text or a phone shows the tiles; a lighter renderer is planned.
  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized. The first time, move Orbtile to Applications, open it once, then use System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.

Windows

No changes.

Android

New

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is offered on orbtile.com again, and it now updates itself. It checks for a new version at launch, when you return to it and every 6 hours. "Update now" downloads only from orbtile.com, checks the file's checksum against the signed release before installing, and hands it to Android's installer. The first time, Android asks you to allow installs from Orbtile Mobile.
  • Orbtile Mobile has a Test mode in Settings: a moving demo board that needs no Mac.

Improved

  • Orbtile Mobile now draws the tiles itself, matching the Mac: the hub strip has the keypad's hub look, tiles glide to their new place when the order changes, and focus view matches the Mac's, with the title tile, body and exit strip.
  • Orbtile Mobile is smoother and uses less of the phone's processor.

Fixed

  • Orbtile Mobile no longer crashes when you switch focus views quickly.

Known issues

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file the first time: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks. Updates after that come from inside the app.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Keypad decisions are always on: Allow/Deny and question answers work from the keypad wherever the agent supports them, with no per-agent switch to turn on. Allow still needs a hold. The keypad refuses decisions while the Mac is locked, its displays are asleep or another user is active, the same as the phone pad.
  • The Claude Code page under Agents now shows when hooks are not reaching Orbtile. If sessions started after the plugin was installed send no hook events, for example because the hooks run in a sandbox or remote shell that cannot reach Orbtile, it says "No hook events received", shows the last delivery error (time and curl exit code) and offers "Copy test command". The test command prints 200 when the hooks reach Orbtile.
  • Adapter API: the registration reply has a new field, "keypadDecisions", which is always true.

Improved

  • "Restart N sessions for live text" now appears only for sessions that started before the Claude Code plugin was installed.
  • The Claude Code hook scripts record delivery failures in a small log, and they never block or fail the agent.
  • Settings is shorter. These switches are gone, and each one now always works as shown: exact ZCode task focus (on; needs Accessibility), Follow Reduce Motion (follows macOS), the key actions switch (on), hand over on sleep (on), key order (state tiers), hold a session key (opens focus view), typewriter speed (fixed) and give back on quit (always).
  • The agent glyph and the provider app icons are one picker: None, Initials or App icons.
  • Brightness is one slider that sets the keypad's real LCD backlight, from 0.3 to 1. The orbs stay at full intensity.
  • Frame rate is no longer in Settings.
  • The keypad theme picker is gone: the keypad uses Frosted, and any other stored theme switches to Frosted at launch. Other themes return in a later release.
  • Settings sync and usage reports stay compatible with Macs still on 0.2.14.
  • The example adapter ref.py --events waits for your Allow in Orbtile before it sends its demo approval, so the first run shows Allow/Deny.

Fixed

  • An adapter's registered colour now shows on the keypad, the phone and the popover; it used to fall back to a default colour.
  • Questions an agent answers in its own app, rather than waiting for the keypad, now show read-only on the keypad with "Answer in app" and "Reply in" followed by the agent's name. They used to show options and a Send key that could not send.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.14

Mac

New

  • Sessions running in cmux open their exact cmux panel when you tap their key: Orbtile switches to the right workspace and panel, including sessions started before Orbtile launched.
  • Report a Bug… sits next to Send Feedback… in the menu and at the bottom of the popover. It opens the feedback window as a bug report with diagnostics included.

Improved

  • Tapping a session in Terminal, iTerm2 or cmux now always opens its exact tab or panel; the "Open the exact terminal tab" switch is gone. The first time, macOS asks once whether Orbtile may control that app; if you decline, Orbtile brings the app to the front as before.
  • Tapping a session brings its app back even when its window is minimized in the Dock.

Fixed

  • "Exact terminal focus was unavailable" no longer appears after tapping a session in an app Orbtile cannot select tabs in; it now appears only when macOS Automation access is turned off.

Known issues

  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized. The first time, move Orbtile to Applications, open it once, then use System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.

Windows

No changes.

Android

Improved

  • The phone pad sends images as fast as the Wi-Fi link allows, so animations stay smoother on a phone.

Known issues

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

Improved

  • Error and thinking keys show what the session is doing, the same detail the keypad shows.
  • Session names show the project, never just the agent's name.

Known issues

  • Orbtile can use noticeable CPU while many sessions stream text or a phone shows the tiles; a lighter renderer is planned.
  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.13

Mac

Known issues

  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized. The first time, move Orbtile to Applications, open it once, then use System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.

Windows

No changes.

Android

Improved

  • Orbtile Mobile downloads are served as Android app files, so Android browsers offer to install them directly instead of saving an unknown file.

Fixed

  • The phone pad no longer disconnects and reconnects every few seconds on slower Wi-Fi: Orbtile now sends a phone new images only as fast as the phone shows them, so its connection checks never wait behind a backlog.
  • Phone pad animations no longer stutter or blink when the Wi-Fi cannot keep up; the phone always gets the newest image of each tile.
  • A phone set to the 3x3 layout connects again.
  • Orbtile Mobile for Android keeps its connection when the phone is rotated.

Known issues

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Visiting orbtile.com/download from an Android phone now offers Orbtile Mobile for Android first, with the Mac download as the second step.

Known issues

  • Orbtile can use noticeable CPU while many sessions stream text or a phone shows the tiles; a lighter renderer is planned for 0.2.13.
  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.12

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Mac

New

  • Phone pad is now a normal beta feature in Settings › General, off by default, for any signed-in Mac.

Improved

  • Orbtile no longer stores its sign-in and sync secrets in the login Keychain, so later updates stop asking for your Keychain password. Secrets live in files only your user can read. When you update from 0.2.11, macOS may ask once more while Orbtile moves your sign-in out of the Keychain.

Fixed

  • The popover background is translucent again behind session tiles.

Known issues

  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized. The first time, move Orbtile to Applications, open it once, then use System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.

Windows

No changes.

Android

New

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android (beta): turn an Android phone into the status pad for your coding agents, next to your Mac. Download the app from orbtile.com/download, sign in with the same account as your Mac, then turn on Settings › Phone pad on the Mac. The phone can draw the tiles itself (Render on: Phone) or show the Mac's images (Render on: Mac).

Improved

  • Focus view on the phone: the title sits level with the top tiles and opens the session on the Mac when tapped, the whole question is shown with each answer and its explanation on its own button, the green check sends on hold, text is larger and formatted, and the hub keeps its details with a small "Press to exit".
  • The phone pad reconnects within seconds after Wi-Fi changes or a Mac restart.

Fixed

  • The phone pad connects again when the Mac is on both Wi-Fi and Ethernet; the Mac now listens on every network interface.

Known issues

  • Orbtile Mobile for Android is installed from a downloaded file: allow installs from your browser or files app when Android asks.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

Improved

  • Updates install themselves while Orbtile is idle (nothing waiting for you, no key held), unless automatic updates are turned off. Orbtile keeps working one version behind the newest; older versions must update within 5 days of a new release.
  • The phone and popover hub show the keypad hub's details in large type.
  • Beam: brighter colours, a motion for each status, and the beam flies to a session's new tile when it moves.
  • Popover and phone tiles move to their new place when sessions reorder, and their text fades between states like on the keypad.

Fixed

  • The hub text on the phone and in the popover no longer overlaps or shrinks to a corner.
  • A rare crash when Orbtile took over the keypad right after it was plugged in.

Known issues

  • Orbtile can use noticeable CPU while many sessions stream text or a phone shows the tiles; a lighter renderer is planned for 0.2.13.
  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.11

Mac

New

  • The menu bar popover shows each session as a wide detail tile with its title, state, live text and provider logo over the session's orb, instead of repeating the keypad's square keys. Focusing a session opens one large view with its full text and the available answers.

Improved

  • Popover tiles follow the keypad theme: the Beam theme gives Beam tiles, every other theme gives orb tiles with the orb resting on the bottom edge as on a key.

Fixed

  • The popover no longer flashes to black while a session's text is streaming or its tool label changes.

Known issues

  • This beta is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized. The first time, move Orbtile to Applications, open it once, then use System Settings, Privacy & Security, Open Anyway and confirm with your password or Touch ID.
  • macOS may ask for your login Keychain password again after an update when Orbtile accesses saved account or sync information. This remains a limitation of the self-signed beta.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • No account is needed during the beta. Orbtile drives the keypad right after installation; signing in on orbtile.com is only required for settings sync between Macs.
  • Beam is a new keypad theme: a soft light travels around the edge of working sessions, waiting sessions breathe, and each agent keeps its own colour.

Improved

  • A signed-in Mac renews its sign-in while it is online, so it is no longer asked to sign in again 30 days after it was approved.

Known issues

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Settings sync needs a freshly verified online account; an offline sign-in keeps sync waiting until the Mac is back online.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1. Questions support up to four questions with two to four choices each. Permission requests, written answers and unsupported questions still need the Mac.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.10

Mac

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Known issues

  • macOS may ask for your login Keychain password again after an update when Orbtile accesses saved account or sync information. This remains a limitation of the self-signed beta.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Antigravity 2.19.1 desktop replies now appear as they are written, using the same live-text display as the other supported agents. Completed replies settle with the provider logo in the bottom-right corner.

Improved

  • Website video surrounds now follow the page background in both dark and light appearance without changing the keypad colours.

Fixed

  • The Settings keypad preview now follows every changed frame at 30 fps while visible, including when Options+ owns the keypad. Separate keypad and preview rates make their refresh speeds clear.
  • Antigravity's first reply now appears reliably, and starting another turn no longer brings back the previous reply. Replies received after a conversation closes or Antigravity restarts cannot overwrite the current text.

Requirements

  • Connect each Mac by signing in online on orbtile.com and choosing Connect this Mac. Existing local settings are preserved, and the saved sign-in survives updates.
  • A Mac sign-in expires after 30 days. Local session tracking and keypad use work offline until it expires. After expiry, sign in again to resume; reconnecting alone does not renew the session.
  • Settings sync is optional and requires an online, verified account. Going offline pauses sync without stopping local use while the saved sign-in remains valid.

Limitations

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1. Questions support up to four questions with two to four choices each. Permission requests, written answers and unsupported questions still need the Mac.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
  • Antigravity support covers local desktop sessions. Tapping a tile opens Antigravity; opening the exact conversation is not supported. IDE, CLI, remote and cloud sessions are not covered.
Release

0.2.9

Mac

New

  • General settings show update checks, download activity, errors and the ready-to-install version. Install and relaunch is available there as well as in the menu bar.

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Known issues

  • macOS may ask for your login Keychain password again after an update when Orbtile accesses saved account or sync information. This remains a limitation of the self-signed beta.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

Improved

  • Response text uses the full key width while typing and scrolling. Once it settles, only the bottom two lines leave room beside the provider logo.
  • The website offers System, Light and Dark appearance, with matching video backgrounds, Antigravity examples and native 2× renders using higher-resolution provider logos.
  • Provider logos and fallback initials sit in the bottom-right corner of session keys. Transcript lines keep a fixed left edge while typing, rolling and settling.

Fixed

  • Failed update checks display their reason instead of automatically opening the download page. The download page remains available as an explicit fallback.

Requirements

  • Connect each Mac by signing in online on orbtile.com and choosing Connect this Mac. Existing local settings are preserved, and the saved sign-in survives updates.
  • A Mac sign-in expires after 30 days. Local session tracking and keypad use work offline until it expires. After expiry, sign in again to resume; reconnecting alone does not renew the session.
  • Settings sync is optional and requires an online, verified account. Going offline pauses sync without stopping local use while the saved sign-in remains valid.

Limitations

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1. Questions support up to four questions with two to four choices each. Permission requests, written answers and unsupported questions still need the Mac.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
  • Antigravity displays activity and supported questions in this version; live response text was added in 0.2.10. Antigravity IDE, CLI, remote and cloud sessions are not covered.
Release

0.2.7

Mac

Improved

  • The menu bar popover shows the keypad’s layout, colours, motion and text, with the two page arrows underneath. Keys render at native Retina resolution while the popover is open; secondary controls are available from its menu.
  • Provider app icons in the menu bar popover use a separate Retina raster for sharper edges.
  • Update status includes the version currently installed on this Mac.

Fixed

  • The open menu bar popover keeps animating at 30 fps when Options+ owns the keypad.
  • Holding a menu bar tile uses the keypad’s long-press actions, including session focus and guarded Allow and Send holds. Releasing early or leaving the tile cancels the hold.

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Known issues

  • macOS may ask for your login Keychain password again after an update when Orbtile accesses saved account or sync information. This remains a limitation of the self-signed beta.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Orbtile now requires an account connection for each Mac. Sign in on orbtile.com and approve the Mac shown on the page; settings sync remains optional.
  • Opt in to encrypted settings sync for your Macs. Choose which look, keys and sessions, and menu bar settings to share. Settings are encrypted on your Mac before upload; hooks, hosts, licences and automation permissions stay on each Mac.
  • Show installed provider app icons on the keys by default. Turn this off in Appearance settings to use initials; missing apps and custom providers keep initials.

Improved

  • Key gaps and outer popover margins are smaller. Transcript text keeps five rows, with the lower two beside the provider icon or initials.
  • Account settings include encrypted sync controls in one tab. The sign-in screen explains the new account requirement, keeps existing settings on this Mac, and makes clear that sync is optional.

Fixed

  • The menu offers Give Keypad to Options+ and Take Over Keypad directly, replacing the ownership submenu.
  • Codex SessionEnd hooks use their required synchronous mode with a bounded timeout, removing the asynchronous-mode warning. Existing Orbtile hook registrations are repaired when the app starts.
  • Changes to the settings you selected for sync are captured reliably on this Mac.
  • Signing out stops settings sync and prevents a delayed download from changing this Mac's settings.

Requirements

  • Connect each Mac by signing in online on orbtile.com and choosing Connect this Mac. Existing local settings are preserved, and the saved sign-in survives updates.
  • A Mac sign-in expires after 30 days. Local session tracking and keypad use work offline until it expires. After expiry, sign in again to resume; reconnecting alone does not renew the session.
  • Settings sync is optional and requires an online, verified account. Going offline pauses sync without stopping local use while the saved sign-in remains valid.

Limitations

  • The Claude Code adapter does not track Claude cloud Chat or Cowork sessions.
  • Antigravity support currently targets local desktop version 2.19.1. Questions support up to four questions with two to four choices each. Permission requests, written answers and unsupported questions still need the Mac.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
  • Antigravity displays activity and supported questions in this version; live response text was added in 0.2.10. Antigravity IDE, CLI, remote and cloud sessions are not covered.
Release

0.2.6

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Mac

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Antigravity desktop sessions now appear alongside your other agents. See when a local session is working, waiting for you or finished, and open Antigravity from the keypad.
  • With Key actions and Antigravity “Answer questions from the keypad” enabled, choose numbered options for supported questions and hold Send to submit. Your choices stay fixed during submission, and Sent confirms that Antigravity acknowledged the answer. Other opens Antigravity on your Mac for a written answer.

Improved

  • Usage reports are now sent at most hourly, and only when they change, so the dashboard updates more often while the existing daily counters stay. Reports are on by default and use a pseudonymous Mac identifier. There is no Settings switch; an advanced opt-out is the orbtile.app.telemetryDisabled defaults key. (Corrected 5 October 2026: this note previously said reports could be turned off in Settings.)

Limitations

  • Antigravity support currently targets the local desktop app version 2.19.1. Question replies support up to four questions with two to four choices each. Permission requests, written answers and unsupported questions still need the Mac.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
  • Antigravity displays activity and supported questions in this version; live response text was added in 0.2.10. Antigravity IDE, CLI, remote and cloud sessions are not covered.
Release

0.2.5

Mac

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • With Key actions and Codex “Approve from the keypad” on, supported multiple-choice questions from the Codex desktop app on your Mac can be answered like Claude Code questions: pick an option for each question, then hold Send. “Other” still opens the chat on your Mac for an on-screen answer. Terminal Codex questions, unsupported desktop questions and questions from agents without keypad answer support stay read-only; tapping “Answer on Mac” opens the chat.
  • While a Codex answer is being sent, the keypad shows “Sending” and keeps your choices unchanged. “Sent” means Codex acknowledged the answer, but Orbtile has not confirmed that the question is finished. “Answered” means Codex acknowledged the answer and the question is no longer waiting.

Limitations

  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.4

Mac

Improved

  • Update installation from the menu bar popover is more reliable when preparing a downloaded update.

Fixed

  • Fixed an “unexpected containment” error that stopped “Install and relaunch” in the menu bar popover from installing any downloaded update. The updater now accepts the verified installer it has just opened.

Requirements

  • If you are using 0.2.2 or 0.2.3, download 0.2.4 once from the download page or the popover's Download button. Those versions cannot install this update themselves. After installing 0.2.4, later updates can install from the popover.
  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

Release

0.2.3

Mac

New

  • Pin a session from the menu bar popover to keep it on its current key and page. Unpin it to restore automatic ordering; other sessions flow around pins and waiting sessions still take priority among free keys.
  • Clicking a waiting session in the popover opens a readable request panel with the available command, paths, questions and options. Decisions apply only to the request you are reading; read-only requests offer a way to open the native prompt.

Improved

  • The installer has a drawn DMG background, and the download page and guide illustrate the first-open steps from moving the app to Applications through Open Anyway and authentication.
  • The popover's keypad view animates each orb with the keypad's own frames and timing, and the animation now fills each whole tile behind its text, like a key on the keypad.

Fixed

  • The menu bar popover no longer shows a white border, and its footer lines up with the keypad view.

Requirements

  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • While a session waits for your approval, the keypad's focus screen shows the request itself, the question first and then the command, instead of the agent's last reply. The popover's keypad view and the request panel show the same text.
  • Questions from Codex, ZCode and other agents use the same keypad question view as Claude Code: options on the option keys, the header and question in the middle and pages for longer question sets. When the keypad cannot answer them, only the last key says “Answer on Mac”, and tapping it opens the chat on your Mac.

Improved

  • Codex works with nothing to install. Optional hooks add a compacting state and slightly earlier updates.
  • Session labels explain uncertainty: a disconnected host includes its last seen time, a source-verified active turn can show that hooks were not received, and completion-only text is labelled. Requests the keypad cannot answer keep their waiting state and say “Answer on Mac” below it.
  • Codex “waiting on you” now reflects an actual request in terminal Codex or the Codex desktop app. Commands handled by automatic review no longer appear as waiting for you.
  • With Key actions and Codex “Approve from the keypad” on (off by default), compatible Codex desktop command approvals can offer Allow and Deny for the exact current request and its available decisions. Terminal requests open the native prompt for your answer. An acknowledged send without confirmed resolution shows neutral “Sent” feedback.

Fixed

  • Renaming a session updates its title on the keypad instead of keeping an older name from the last session start or compaction.
  • Release candidates now compare below their matching release, so automatic updates can correctly move from an rc version to the final version. Update checks record their decisions to help diagnose update problems.
  • The old Codex hook approval option is removed. Its permission hook returns immediately without holding or deciding a request; older installations are repaired when integrations are updated.
  • With “Approve from the keypad” off, Claude Code and ZCode approvals no longer show Allow and Deny keys that could not be used.
  • When Logi Options+ draws over keys while Orbtile drives the keypad, Orbtile redraws them, so the Options+ button no longer shows through. Opening Orbtile a second time leaves the running copy in charge of the keypad.

Limitations

  • Some agent versions or request types cannot report that they are waiting for you. Their activity remains visible; open the agent app to answer those requests.
  • When a Codex request offers no plain decline, keypad Deny cancels the request instead, and Codex then stops that turn.
Release

0.2.2

Mac

New

  • Automatic updates: Orbtile checks for a new version at launch and once a day, downloads it in the background and verifies it. When it is ready, the menu bar popover offers Install and relaunch. Settings has Check for updates automatically and Check now, and the menu has Check for Updates.
  • The menu bar popover now mirrors the keypad as a 3 by 3 grid: the same keys in the same order, with larger labels, the hub on key 9 and waiting keys glowing. Click a square to do what a tap on that key does.

Requirements

  • Updating from 0.2.0 or 0.2.1 needs one manual download from orbtile.com; later versions install from the menu bar.
  • This build is signed with Orbtile’s own certificate and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Key 9 now shows how many sessions each agent has, with small coloured totals under the activity line. Up to four totals fit; more agents share the last one.
  • Tap a helper in the helpers view to open its own focus page with its live text, tool, state and timer. Any key or page button returns to the helpers list.
  • Remote Codex sessions now appear as soon as they start and show assistant text while a turn is still running, over the same SSH connection. Only bounded text is read; full transcripts and your first prompt stay on the other machine.
  • Settings, Remote Hosts can now remove the Claude Code integration from a remote host.

Improved

  • Handing the keypad between Orbtile and Logi Options+ is reliable: after you plug the keypad in, Orbtile waits until Options+ has drawn its buttons and takes over a moment later; when Orbtile starts with the keypad already connected it takes over within about a second.
  • When you hand the keypad back to Options+, the keys go dark with a small logi label until Options+ redraws, instead of showing a frozen picture.
  • Prompts with several questions show every question on the keypad. With keypad answers on, the page buttons move between questions and one hold on Send delivers all answers. With keypad answers off, the keypad lists the questions and asks you to answer on screen.
  • Point cloud and Frosted glow use less processor time in busy views without changing the key images.
  • The welcome steps describe connecting your agents without singling any of them out.
  • Opening Settings, License checks whether this Mac qualifies for the beta thank-you discount. The one-time code will appear there when 1.0 launches.
  • Usage summaries are now kept by the UTC hour in which they arrive instead of by day; nothing else in them changes.

Fixed

  • The keypad no longer locks up, flashes or shows images on the wrong keys when Logi Options+ redraws it while Orbtile is in control, for example right after you plug it in. Orbtile now resynchronises and redraws every key instead of retrying without end.
  • A takeover that is interrupted no longer leaves the keypad showing the Logitech logo; Orbtile undoes every step so Options+ gets its buttons back, and the warning in the popover clears itself.
  • Quitting Orbtile releases the keypad to Options+, preventing takeover problems on the next launch or update.
  • Live text on a key no longer runs underneath the small agent mark in the corner.
  • A question you can only answer on screen no longer shows selectable numbers on the keypad.

Requirements

  • Python 3 is required on the remote machine for ZCode tracking and Codex live text.

Limitations

  • Remote Codex and ZCode sessions are display-only. Answer their approvals and questions on the remote machine.
  • Codex questions are read-only on the keypad. Keypad approval is optional and off by default for every agent.

Known issues

  • If a keypad was already stuck before you install 0.2.2, unplug it for ten seconds once.
Release

0.2.1

Mac

New

  • Enable Key actions to open the matching Terminal or iTerm2 tab when you tap a session key. macOS requires permission for Orbtile to control the terminal app.
  • Export your settings to a file and import them on another Mac, choosing which groups to import: look, keys and sessions, and menu bar and hand-over. Keypad approval, adapter permissions and remote hosts are never exported.

Improved

  • The small orbs in the menu bar popover are drawn by the same renderer as the keypad, so they match your keys, and they animate only while the popover is open.
  • A crisper app icon, and the disk image window now shows how to install Orbtile and how to open it the first time.
  • Question chips in the menu bar popover use the same colours as question keys on the keypad.

Fixed

  • Text stays correct when the keypad and menu bar preview render at the same time.

Requirements

  • This build is ad-hoc signed and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Tap a ZCode session key to open that exact task in ZCode. Turn it on in Settings and allow Accessibility; when the task cannot be found, Orbtile opens ZCode as before.
  • Connected adapters can now receive keypad taps, approval decisions and question answers through version 1.1 of the Open Adapter API. Each adapter still needs your permission in Settings, and keypad approval for adapters stays off until you turn it on.
  • Follow Codex and ZCode sessions running on another machine over SSH, next to remote Claude Code sessions. Install their hooks from Settings, Remote Hosts; remote sessions show on the keypad but cannot be approved from it.

Improved

  • The Frosted glow theme uses less processor time in focus view without changing the key images.
  • A Claude conversation keeps its key when you rewind or resume it in the Claude app, instead of disappearing and coming back as a new key.
  • A new installation sends its first small usage summary as soon as Orbtile opens instead of a minute later. The contents of the summary are unchanged.
  • Notes about an adapter's colours in Settings are shown as short plain sentences.

Fixed

  • Frames reach the keypad at an even pace again after a busy moment on your Mac.
  • Very large Claude Code hook messages are delivered reliably.
  • An adapter that stops reading its connection can no longer hold up other adapters.

Requirements

  • Python 3 is required on the remote machine for ZCode tracking.

Limitations

  • Remote Codex and ZCode sessions are display-only. Answer their approvals and questions on the remote machine.
  • Codex questions are read-only on the keypad. Keypad permission approval is optional and off by default; type custom answers on your Mac.

Known issues

  • Stopped helper agents may remain in the helper count for up to 30 minutes.
Release

0.2.0

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Mac

New

  • Keep keypad tiles live while your Mac is locked or its display sleeps, and browse conversations in focus mode with the page buttons.

Requirements

  • This build is ad-hoc signed and is not notarized by Apple. For the first launch, move Orbtile to Applications and open it once, then use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway and authenticate.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

New

  • Follow OpenAI Codex and ZCode alongside Claude Code on your keypad.
  • Approve or deny Claude Code, Codex and ZCode permission requests from keypad keys when you turn on approval in Settings. Codex sends the event before deciding whether to ask you, so Allow may appear for a command it would have run without asking; Codex waits while the keypad waits.
  • Answer Claude Code questions on keys 1, 2, 3 and 7. Choose one answer or select several when the question allows it, then hold Send for 0.6 seconds. Answers to several questions are sent together, and the question stays visible until answered.
  • Turn on ZCode keypad approvals in Settings for new conversations on your Mac. Turning the setting off removes the connection used for approval.
  • Inspect the tools, commands and status of each helper agent in focus mode. Helpers stay with the conversation that started them, including work launched through another agent app.
  • Connect other agent apps using the documented Open Adapter API and the included example adapters.
  • Choose each agent's colour with the hue ring in Settings. Letter badges help you distinguish agents without relying on colour, and a single alarm colour can highlight all sessions needing attention.
  • Choose Frosted glow, Globules or Point cloud in Settings. Each theme moves differently for different kinds of activity.
  • Send feedback from the app or website. Add an email address if you want a reply; app diagnostics are optional and shown before sending. Unsent app feedback is saved locally and retried.
  • Save a keypad snapshot from the menu to keep local images of the keys and their visible text.
  • Read the short beta terms from the download page or any page footer.
  • Browse the roadmap and request a feature privately through the feedback form. Plans can change with feedback and have no promised dates.
  • Tap key 9 to focus the first conversation waiting for you across all pages. Hold it for 0.6 seconds to open the Mac overlay. If no conversation is waiting, tapping leaves the grid unchanged.

Improved

  • Focus mode can show Claude Code's available thinking summaries between replies.
  • The grid puts waiting conversations first, then working conversations, recent finishes, idle and offline conversations. Every eight seconds, each group puts conversations that responded since the last step first, then the newest activity. New requests can move forward sooner after the key-press pause, and orbs glide into their new positions.
  • Choose between response and recent-activity ordering or letting clearly busier working conversations move ahead. Settings also lets you choose how long recent conversations remain visible.
  • Focus mode gives answers more room across the keypad. Agents appear on key 2, and larger text spans the middle row and the upper part of the bottom row.
  • Larger letters, smooth scrolling and longer pauses make command output easier to read.
  • Dense answers stay readable as finished text settles into place, and images exported at keypad size match the device display.
  • Agent hooks connect locally on your Mac, and existing Orbtile hooks update when the app launches.
  • Helper agent activity remains available after restarting Orbtile. Alerts stay in your agent apps without duplicate macOS notifications.
  • Usage summaries now include your settings choices and time per keypad theme, with no personal text.
  • The signed beta status check runs at launch and once a day. Small usage summaries are sent at most every two hours while the app runs, only when changed, with one record per Mac per day; completed days and quit reports are also sent. These summaries contain counts and settings, never task text. The privacy notice explains the data and retention.
  • Settings identifies installed plugins and hook sets separately from the app version, and removes technical palette notes from adapter cards.

Fixed

  • Forked helper conversations stay with the conversation they resume instead of taking a separate key; automatic numbered Claude labels give way to real conversation names.
  • Interrupted helper agents finish instead of lingering in the count after a restart. Running workflow agents remain visible even when they have been silent for an hour.
  • Codex activity appears with the correct agent name, including work started by another agent. Command-line tiles prefer the conversation name when it is available.
  • Logitech MX Creative Keypads are recognised by their image interface, including devices with a different product ID.
  • Restarting the listener cannot reuse an old question answer or Send hold for a new question.
  • Globules animation loops smoothly without a visible reset.
  • Page buttons stop at the first and last page or conversation instead of wrapping around.
  • Activity from remote Codex conversations no longer interferes with conversations on your Mac, and completed turns are shown in the correct order.
  • Settings shows the correct status of older agent connections. Changing an agent's colour updates the keypad immediately, and Settings remains smoother while activity updates.
  • Pressing a key while an orb moves selects the correct conversation.

Requirements

  • Orbtile 0.2 is free during the beta and needs no licence key. Beta builds stop working when 1.0 ships, with at least 30 days' notice. For 1.0, pay what you want from EUR 19 for up to 5 Macs, with a 14-day trial.

Limitations

  • Codex questions are read-only on the keypad. Keypad permission approval is optional and off by default; type custom answers on your Mac.

Known issues

  • Stopped helper agents may remain in the helper count for up to 30 minutes.
Release

0.1

BetaPrivate beta builds

0.1: private beta builds.

Mac

  • Private beta builds with Claude Code on macOS Sonoma and Apple silicon.
  • A menu bar panel shows sessions and their available actions.

Windows

No changes.

Android

No changes.

iPhone

Not available yet.

General

  • Nine-key status display for the Logitech MX Creative Keypad with real-time text streaming.
  • Animated orbs show agent activity, replies, questions and permission requests.
  • Hold a key to inspect its session in focus mode.
  • Switch keypad control between Orbtile and Logi Options+.