Need the server first? Start with OpenClaw.

🔒 Privacy & Security at a Glance

• Offline wake word detection runs locally on-device with Vosk
• Sensitive settings like server URLs and tokens are stored with AES256-GCM encryption
• Powerful capabilities are opt-in and guarded by Android permissions or explicit user actions

✨ Features

Voice & Speech

• 🎤 Customizable Wake Word - Choose from "OpenClaw", "Hey Assistant", "Jarvis", "Computer", or set your own custom phrase
• 📴 Offline Wake Word Detection - Always-on local processing powered by Vosk, no internet required
• 🗣️ Speech Recognition - Real-time speech-to-text with partial results display and configurable silence timeout
• 🔊 Text-to-Speech - Automatic voice output with adjustable speech speed, multi-engine support, and smart text chunking for long responses. Supports Android native, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, and VOICEVOX (full build) TTS providers
• 🔄 Continuous Conversation Mode - Auto-resumes listening after AI response for natural back-and-forth dialogue
• 🏠 System Assistant Integration - Long press Home button to activate via Android VoiceInteractionService
• 🔃 Wake Word Sync - Download wake words configured on the gateway server to your device
• ⌚ Wear OS Support - Use OpenClaw Assistant directly from your smartwatch

Chat & AI

• 💬 In-App Chat Interface - Full-featured chat UI with text and voice input, markdown rendering, and message timestamps
• 🤖 Agent Selection - Choose from multiple AI agents fetched dynamically from the gateway
• 📡 Real-time Streaming - See AI responses as they are generated via WebSocket gateway
• 💾 Chat History - Local message persistence with session management (create, switch, delete conversations)
• 🔔 Thinking Sound - Optional audio cue while waiting for AI response
• 🪟 Dual Chat Modes - Gateway Chat (via Node-Gateway connection) or HTTP Chat (direct HTTP endpoint)
• 📎 File Attachments - Attach images directly in the chat interface

Gateway & Connectivity

• 🌐 WebSocket Gateway - Persistent connection with auto-reconnect (exponential backoff), ping keep-alive, and RPC protocol
• 🔍 Auto-Discovery - Automatically find OpenClaw gateways on your local network via mDNS/Bonjour
• 🔌 Manual Connection - Specify host, port, and token for direct connection
• 🔒 TLS Support - Encrypted connections with SHA-256 fingerprint verification dialog for first-time trust
• 📋 Agent Discovery - Dynamically fetch available agents from the gateway
• 🔗 Device Pairing - Server-side device approval with Ed25519 cryptographic identity
• ✅ Connection Testing - Built-in connection test with live feedback in settings

Node Capabilities

• 📷 Camera - AI can capture photos and video clips via the device camera
• 📍 Location - Share your location (Off / Coarse / Precise) with the AI, including background tracking
• 📲 SMS - Allow the AI to send and read text messages with your permission
• 🖥️ Screen Recording - Let the AI see your screen when you explicitly ask it to
• 🔔 Notifications - AI can read and interact with your active notifications
• 🏃 Motion & Activity - Step counting and physical activity detection (walking, running, etc.)
• 📶 WiFi - AI can check WiFi status and list available networks
• 👥 Contacts - AI can search, add, update, and delete contacts
• 📅 Calendar - AI can query, add, update, and delete calendar events
• 📋 Clipboard - AI can read from and write to the clipboard
• 📱 Apps - AI can list installed apps and launch applications
• 🖼️ Photos - AI can retrieve recent photos from your device gallery
• 🔧 System Control - AI can adjust volume, screen brightness, and send notifications

System & Security

• 🔒 Encrypted Settings - All sensitive data (URL, tokens) stored with AES256-GCM encryption
• 🔑 Device Identity - Ed25519 key pair generation with Android Keystore integration
• 🚀 Auto-Start on Boot - Hotword service automatically resumes after device restart
• 📊 Firebase Crashlytics - Crash reporting with smart filtering of transient network errors
• 🔋 Battery Optimization Exclusion - Ensures wake word detection runs reliably in background

UI & Accessibility

• 🎨 Material 3 Design - Modern UI with Jetpack Compose and dynamic theming, 4-tab bottom navigation
• 🖼️ Canvas Tab - WebView-based interactive display for rich AI-driven UI
• 📝 Markdown Rendering - Rich text display in chat messages (bold, italic, code blocks, lists, links, inline images)
• 🩺 Voice Diagnostics - Built-in health check for STT/TTS engines with fix suggestions
• ❓ Troubleshooting Guide - In-app help for common issues (Circle to Search, gesture navigation, etc.)
• 🌍 9-Language UI - English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

📱 How to Use

1. Long press Home button or say the wake word
2. Ask your question or make a request
3. OpenClaw responds with voice
4. Continue the conversation (session maintained)

🚀 Detailed Setup

1. Install the App

Download APK from Releases, or build from source.

For local source builds, see BUILDING.md. It covers the checked-in debug Firebase stub, test commands, and release signing requirements.

2. Gateway Connection (Recommended)

The app connects to your OpenClaw server via the Gateway protocol.

Quick setup via QR code:

1. On your server, run openclaw qr to display the setup QR code
2. Open the app and tap Scan QR Code in the setup guide to auto-configure

Manual setup:

1. Open the app and tap ⚙️ to open Settings
2. Under Gateway Connection:
   • The app will auto-discover gateways on your local network
   • Or enable Manual Connection and enter:
     • Host: Your OpenClaw server hostname/IP
     • Port: Gateway port (default: 18780)
     • Token: Gateway auth token (from gateway.auth.token in moltbot.json)
     • Use TLS: Enable for encrypted connections
3. Tap Connect
4. If prompted, approve the device on your server:

   openclaw devices approve $(openclaw devices list --json | tr '{' '\n' | grep '"deviceId":"<DEVICE_ID>"' | grep -o '"requestId":"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
   

5. Enable Use Gateway Chat to route chat through the gateway

3. HTTP Connection (Optional)

For direct HTTP chat completions without the Gateway:

1. Under HTTP Connection in Settings:
   • Server URL: Your OpenClaw HTTP endpoint
   • Auth Token: Beare