Grok Bot Mobile App: iPhone and Android Setup and Limits

Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. is available on iOS and Android. Cursor's get-started guide sets the floor at iOS 18 or later for the iPhone app and Android 9 or later for the Android app, installed from the App Store or Google Play. Cursor's Grok Bot pages name iPhone and Android phones and don't mention iPad either way.

Older guides describe the mobile app as iPhone only. Cursor's docs now cover both platforms, so advice telling Android users to wait is out of date.

Both apps connect to the same Bots, conversations, routines and cloud computer as desktop. Work runs on that cloud computer, so closing the phone app, like closing your laptop, doesn't stop a background turn or a routine.

Setup takes three steps. Get the second one right, because a different Cursor account from the one on desktop gives you a different set of Bots.

1. 1Install the current Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. app from the App Store on iOS or Google Play on Android.
2. 2Sign in with the same Cursor account you use on desktop or web.
3. 3If that account doesn't already include Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition., subscribe from the mobile app.

If your account already has Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. access, it carries over to the phone, so don't buy a second subscription through Apple or Google Play. Grok Bot pricing covers which plans carry over, what the in-app purchase offers and how store cancellations work. The desktop account menu also has a Get Grok Bot for mobile entry if you'd rather start there.

Cursor's get-started guide lists the core set: message Bots, watch and take over the computer, approve actions, and pause or resume routines. The help pages add details that apply to the phone:

• Approvals on iPhone use the same controls as desktop: Allow once, Always allow and Deny, according to Cursor's security docs.
• Voice chat works in the phone app. Leave the message box empty and choose Start voice chat. The call shows Calling… before the Bot starts talking.
• Voice typing is Start dictation on the phone. Stop dictation before you start a voice chat.
• Images and videos a Bot made are in its Library. Tap the Bot's name at the top of the chat, then Library. Images it created also still load in the chat while its computer is asleep.
• Tap an image to open it full screen, then open the viewer's menu for Forward, Share and Save. Touch and hold an image in the chat for Copy Image and Save to Photos, or a video for Save to Photos.

Read an approval card before you tap it. The card shows the proposed operation and its inputs, and an approval covers that action only, not work the Bot already completed. Cursor's security docs warn against approving any action whose target or effect you can't identify. Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. approvals covers how the approval rules work.

Once a voice call connects, you can Mute or Unmute, Hang up, Show transcript to read along, and Show settings to change the Voice, Speed and Language. Auto-detect picks the language from what you say. Only one voice chat runs at a time, and it works with one Bot at a time, so you can't start one in a group chat.

If the connection drops, Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. tries to reconnect on its own. If it can't, you see Voice chat failed. Choose Dismiss, check your connection and start again. After you hang up, a Voice chat card in that Bot's chat shows how long the call lasted and opens the full transcript.

When you allow it, a Bot on your phone can use your Calendar, Contacts, Alarms and Location. On Android, Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. 1.18.0 removed the ability to read your phone's notifications, and the app no longer asks for that access. If you granted it in an earlier version, you can remove it in your phone's notification settings. Nothing is broken if the option is gone.

On the phone, open the Bot's profile and find Routines. Tap a routine to see Active, Schedule, Next run, Instruction and Run history.

Add routine is a shortcut into chat, since you create and change routines by asking the Bot. When you test a routine on desktop, use a safe input, because a test does real work and can change files and use connected apps. Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. skills and routines covers schedules, triggers and webhooks.

Each Bot has its own Notifications switch. On the phone it is in the Bot's profile, with the note Get notified when this Bot finishes or is waiting for you. On iPhone, both the device permission and the Bot's own switch must allow a notification. Cursor's settings docs say push delivery is rolling out gradually.

No setting keeps the phone quiet only while you work on desktop. You can turn notifications off for one Bot, or for every Bot on the phone:

Yes, for chatting. Shared Bots, which Cursor used to call Team Bots, appear in the phone app once you've added them. To find another, tap +, then Browse shared Bots. You can chat with them and answer their Allow cards when a shared Bot wants to use one of your accounts. A shared Bot can't be your primary Bot.

Cursor's shared Bots help gives the steps for creating, sharing, editing and connecting a shared Bot to Slack with desktop controls, and doesn't say whether the phone app can do them. Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. shared Bots covers how sharing, privacy and usage work.

Cursor's get-started guide names three flows that stay on desktop: teaching a workflow by demonstration, testing routines, and updating the computer. The shared Bots help page scopes one more flow to desktop: voice chat with a teammate's shared Bot.

If the phone can't reconnect to your Grok Bot computerThe persistent cloud computer shared by all Grok Bots on one user's account, including its files, browser sessions and command-line credentials. Press Enter for the full definition., the fix happens on desktop too: open desktop Grok BotAn early AI teammate product from SpaceXAI and Cursor that works across apps on a persistent cloud computer and asks for approval on selected actions; launch materials describe it as beta, but Cursor says Beta Services terms do not apply. Press Enter for the full definition. and work through the recovery steps on Grok Bot computer and apps. If the computer still won't reconnect, contact Cursor support.

To update the phone app itself, use the App Store or Google Play.