Grok Bot gets major upgrade: native Google Docs/Sheets/Slides, P90 first-reply 20% faster
XFreeze · x · 2026-09-23
Grok Bot has shipped a major upgrade. Key additions: native Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides integration, improved email workflows with direct file reading/attachment, and the ability to route internet traffic through your own computer. Performance gains are substantial: time to first reply down 13.5% (P50) and 20% (P90), reconnect after drops cut from 60s to 0.7s, laptop wake-up from 23s to 1s, Computer view switch from 868ms to 27ms, large code chat opening from 954ms to 228ms, and media re-download from 137MB to 0.7MB. Idle memory usage is much lower, with average usage up another 6%.
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