Grok Bot 0.68.1: slide decks to PowerPoint/Google Slides, formatted email from drafts, 1920×1200 Bot computer

Core Background & Industry Pain Points

Agent output that stops at chat drafts leaves users formatting decks and emails by hand, and slow actions on a small screen make taking over a Bot's computer painful. On 2026-10-07 SpaceXAI's Eric Zakariasson announced Grok Bot v0.68.1; the official changelog lists the full release.

Architecture Highlights & Internals

New: Bots build slide decks with you, showing sample slides to pick from, and deliver PowerPoint files or Google Slides; send formatted emails (headings, bold, lists) straight from a draft card; search Gmail Spam and move messages back to the inbox; your 1:1 messages take the Bot's color (requires 0.64.0+, set Accent to Black to turn off); Team Bots can mention Slack user groups. Improved: the Bot's computer screen goes from 1280×800 to 1920×1200; actions settle sooner, screenshots return quicker, and new windows skip a five-second wait. Fixed: Gmail send no longer reports a missing tool and waits out Google rate limits; crashed browser tabs recover; stuck steps stop within ~30 s; X/Vercel re-auth shows a reconnect card.

Authoritative Benchmarks & Measured Scores

Client release only. SpaceXAI published no speedup percentages. The hard numbers are the screen size (~2.25× the pixel area) and timeouts (~30 s for stuck steps, 25 s for stuck pages). No scores invented.

Developer Hands-on Guide

1. Update to 0.68.1 (rolling out per the author). 2. Ask "turn this doc into a 10-slide deck, show me 3 styles first," then export .pptx or Google Slides. 3. Emails still go through draft cards for review. 4. Re-test skills that rely on fixed screen coordinates after the resolution change.