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Last updated Nov 9, 2026

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What's new

Newest first. Sources are linked. Anything we have not confirmed sits in "What we don't know yet."

Announced Nov 6, 2026

X Livestreaming API: new routes

What we know

  • The user-scoped routes /2/users/:user_id/sources and /2/users/:user_id/broadcasts are deprecated and will be removed on Jan 1, 2027.
  • They are replaced by /2/sources and /2/broadcasts.
  • X published a migration guide, plus a SKILL file for agents.
  • X staff said the Livestreaming API is now on the pay-per-use package.

Sources

What we don't know yet
  • Our fetch of the official docs was blocked, so the route mapping above comes from the official docs card, not from a page we opened ourselves.
We tried it

For builders: migrate early. Not a creator feature.

Launched Nov 9, 2026

Clipping

What we know

  • Native clipping is live on iOS and Android.
  • The official path is Repost, then Clip video.
  • You can pull 5 to 60 seconds from a video longer than 2 minutes.
  • Enrolled clippers can earn from views through X's Original Content Rewards program, not the retired Creator Revenue Sharing program.

Clip it to get Credit!! CLIPPER gets Credit!! CLIPPER gets Credit!!

Sources

How to clip, step by step →
We tried it

Early. Promising. We're tracking it daily.

Live Nov 4, 2026

Grok Bot phone calls

What we know

  • Official Grok Bot account @bot announced on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2026, at 1:13 PM ET: "Grok Bot can now make phone calls." The official demo attached to that post is 42 seconds.
  • On Oct 25, 2026, Elon Musk wrote that Grok @Bot can "call someone or a business for you, make a request on your behalf, take notes on the response and send you a note summarizing the conversation."
  • On Sunday, Nov 8, 2026, at 9:25 PM ET, Elon posted that he had done a round table review with the Grok @Bot engineering team, that fixes were being implemented overnight, and that "you should notice a dramatic improvement by tomorrow." From that Sunday-night post, "tomorrow" was Monday, Nov 9.

Sources

What we don't know yet
  • We have not independently verified that the Monday, Nov 9 improvement landed or is noticeable.
  • The official @bot announcement did not say whether phone calls are available to every account worldwide.
  • A Nov 9 post claiming Grok Bot made "car salesmen useless," including that author's dealer-calling script and results, is that author's pitch, not an official Grok Bot or Elon announcement.
  • Dollar-savings figures and call-length claims circulating around one user's Comcast call are not official @bot stats.
We tried it

Officially live. We have not placed a test call, and we have not confirmed that the Monday improvement landed.

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