A Non-Dev's Review of OpenClaw 2.24 & 2.25: Android Overhaul and the Heartbeat Policy Rollercoaster! 📱🛡️

Introduction The backbone of my personal AI assistant system, OpenClaw, dropped two updates in back-to-back days. Versions 2.24 and 2.25 landed just 24 hours apart — too good to review separately, too packed to skip — so this time I’m doing a combined review. In one sentence, the theme across both versions is: “A major Android app overhaul” and “security and policy hardening that touches the system’s core.” There’s also a legendary piece of drama where the Heartbeat DM policy changed in 2.24, then got reversed the very next day in 2.25… stick around until the end. 😂 ...

February 26, 2026 · jsparkyq
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