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Orca brings Antigravity into native chat and makes remote agents less forgetful

The October 19 desktop release adds experimental Antigravity chat, queues image messages and fixes SSH reconnect behavior that could revive closed tabs or sleeping workspaces.

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Why now Orca 1.4.230 was published on October 19 at 06:30 UTC. Its release notes establish the new workflow changes; the repository's latest activity and current star total are not treated as launch or growth evidence.
Orca's desktop workspace displays coding-agent terminal splits alongside a composed mobile companion preview.
Maintainer-published desktop and mobile composite from the versioned Orca README, illustrating the existing workspace. The pictured agent versions, counters and permission modes are example state, not a demonstration of 1.4.230's Antigravity chat or an AITrending test. Source: Stably / Orca contributors

Orca is making its multi-agent workspace more conversational without treating every disconnected agent as a finished job. Version 1.4.230, released October 19, brings Google’s Antigravity agent into experimental native chat through its ACP server and adds more deliberate handling of attachments, queued messages and remote workspace state.

The application already runs terminal agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and Pi around separate Git worktrees. This update lets users choose which agents open as native chats, offers installation when a chat host lacks the required agent, and uses Antigravity’s own Google sign-in flow. Those are workspace integrations, not a new model or a promise that every terminal agent supports the same native-chat features.

Queues and reconnects get practical attention

Copied files can be pasted as attachments, image messages can wait in the queue like text, and pending attachment or queue actions receive clearer feedback. On phones, the release adds in-place editing of queued messages and desktop-style tool cards. These changes target the handoff between monitoring an agent and sending its next instruction.

The remote fixes are equally concrete: a deliberate SSH disconnect should remain disconnected, sleeping workspaces should stay asleep, and a tab closed during a disconnection should remain closed after reconnecting. The maintainers also describe clearer server-update and re-pairing guidance. AITrending reviewed the release documentation rather than testing these recovery paths.

Bring the agent account and update the host

Orca provides macOS, Windows and Linux desktop downloads, with an iOS or Android companion paired to a desktop. The MIT-licensed workspace does not include the chosen agent’s subscription or inference allowance. Users still sign in to the relevant agent services.

Native chat remains experimental, and some features require a compatible remote host, so the release recommends updating both ends. Another upgrade detail concerns remote control: previously saved SSH-host CLI preferences are retained, while an unset preference migrates to off. Letting that host’s Orca CLI open and control this desktop’s browser tabs for its workspaces requires enabling the specific host setting. A smoother reconnect should not be confused with silently granting that access.

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