# FoneClaw > FoneClaw is an Android phone agent runtime that turns a request into supported phone actions and visible results through a configured AI model and governed tools. ## Canonical Product Facts - Product: FoneClaw, an independent Android phone agent runtime - Platform: Android 9 or later; 3 GB RAM or more is recommended - Root access: Not required - Price: The current core build is free; optional Plus and Pro plans use live catalog pricing and capabilities - Languages: 14 website and app languages; feature and model parity can vary by language - Interaction priority: Voice first, physical buttons second, touchscreen third - Website: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ - Download: https://www.foneclaw.ai/download.html - Simplified Chinese download: https://www.foneclaw.ai/zh/download.html - Pricing: https://www.foneclaw.ai/pricing.html - Direct APK: FoneClaw Full, the complete feature edition distributed from the official FoneClaw download service - Google Play: FoneClaw Lite (`ai.foneclaw.lite`), a streamlined edition with store-managed installation and updates FoneClaw separates reasoning from execution. A configured AI model interprets and plans the request. FoneClaw exposes governed tools that carry out supported Android actions, show progress, request approval when policy requires it, and return visible results or recovery guidance. ## Long-Term Product Direction FoneClaw is evolving from today's Android phone agent runtime toward an AOSP-based FoneClaw Agent OS and a future FoneClaw phone. The current implementation is the executable path toward that destination, not a separate product direction. - Interaction hierarchy: Voice first, physical buttons second, screen third. Screen third means the display becomes a surface for choices, confirmation, evidence, editing, and control; it does not mean a screenless phone. - Operating-system foundation: AOSP is the planned platform base. FoneClaw's differentiated layer is an agent-centered model for intent, task state, permissions, execution, recovery, personal context, and service coordination. - Ecosystem direction: Agent Plugins expose scoped, structured service capabilities. The future ecosystem is not organized around app-store discovery and manual app navigation as the center of the user experience. - Context and data direction: The on-device FoneClaw Agent is intended to be the default owner of identity, preferences, memory, and cross-service context. Plugins receive the minimum scoped data needed for a task and do not build a separate cross-service profile by default. - Service-record boundary: Connected services may retain transaction, communication, legal, or operational records needed to deliver their service. Those records are distinct from owning the user's general cross-service profile. The Agent OS, FoneClaw phone, mature Agent Plugin ecosystem, and complete on-device context model are official long-term direction, not capabilities of the currently available Android app. Hardware specifications, price, launch markets, manufacturing, and exact delivery timing have not been established here. Canonical product-vision article: https://www.foneclaw.ai/why-foneclaw-is-building-an-ai-phone.html ## Models and Execution - Users can start with the free default model without supplying API credentials. - Compatible online models can be configured with an API Base URL and API Key. Provider compatibility and model behavior vary. - Supported on-device models can be imported through the product's supported path. Not every model or model format is compatible. - Execution depends on the requested action, enabled tools, Android permissions, installed apps, device vendor behavior, and current app state. - FoneClaw supports natural-language tasks, but it does not claim universal control of every app, screen, or Android device. ## Tools, Permissions, and Approvals FoneClaw publishes a catalog of 100+ built-in tools for supported Android UI, phone status, system settings, communications, configured mail, calendar, notes, web tasks, workflows, Skills, and Plugins. Exact tool and category counts change with releases; use the live catalog index for the current inventory. - Permissions are requested and guided when a task needs them. - Global Tool Approval Mode includes Auto approve, Follow tool policy, and Deny all. - Per-tool search, enable controls, and approval overrides help users govern execution. - Consequential actions follow the active approval policy; do not assume every action always prompts. - Failed or interrupted tasks can provide permission recovery, stopping, and visible next steps. Live tool catalog index: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/ToolPolicy/tool-catalog-index.json ## Skills, Workflows, and Plugins - Skills combine existing supported tools into reusable capabilities. They can be previewed and managed through governed tools. - Workflows save repeatable multi-step phone tasks. - Plugins extend FoneClaw through an explicit proposal, review, installation, and permission path. - A Plugin is not a built-in tool until it has been installed and enabled. A proposal or preview is not proof that an action has run. - Capability routing can match a request through AutoAttach, Suggest, or Fallback. Matching remains separate from Plugin installation, capability activation, action approval, and execution. - Plugin activation is reviewable, and capability state is applied as a complete snapshot rather than exposing a partially activated set. - A new Skill can be previewed and confirmed before it is saved as a disabled draft for later review and enablement. ## Current Release Information The latest public release information available at the time this document is read may include: - A movable floating assistant bubble and compact panel that can be opened over other apps. - Deliberate one-tap attachment of current-screen context; FoneClaw overlays are excluded from the captured context. - Shared task continuity between Home and the floating assistant for execution, approvals, stopping, and permission recovery. - More reliable Do Not Disturb, volume, meeting-mode, and screenshot actions with post-action checks. - Review and update saved shortcuts when their actions change before saving and running them. - Quick recording setup guidance checks recording permissions; scheduled research task search can show pending Run Now requests. - Eligible FoneClaw Full accounts can request deletion with email verification. Deleting an account does not cancel its subscription; recurring billing must be managed separately. For the latest exact Full APK version and localized release notes, use: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/releases.json For the current Google Play Lite publication state, track, store URL, and version, use: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/google-version.json. The Play entry is public on the Global site only when `status` is `published` and the track is `production` or `open-testing`. Its public release history is: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/google-releases.json ## Privacy and Data Processing The public privacy policy for FoneClaw Lite on Google Play is the canonical source for its data practices: https://www.foneclaw.ai/privacy.html - Some information remains on the device, while online AI, attachments, transcription, text-to-speech, feedback, configured email, Web, and related features require network processing. - Do not interpret FoneClaw Lite as an assurance that all prompts, voice commands, contacts, notifications, email, or attachments are processed only on the device. - Depending on the feature and permissions selected by the user, processing can include conversation context, selected files and recordings, transcription, contacts, calendar events, configured email content, notifications, location, feedback, and technical request logs. - The Google Play edition does not use an Accessibility Service, read SMS or call logs, scan every installed app, monitor the photo library in the background, install APK plugins, or update itself outside Google Play. - FoneClaw does not sell personal data or use it for third-party advertising. External or custom providers process data under their own terms and privacy policies. - Retention varies by data type and purpose; do not infer a universal 24-hour deletion period. - The current Google Play build does not enable FoneClaw account creation and therefore has no in-app account deletion flow. Requests to delete information held by FoneClaw can be sent to support@foneclaw.ai. ## Plans and Checkout - The free core phone-agent experience remains available. Optional Plus and Pro plans add only the capabilities and limits shown by the live Web purchase catalog. - Visitors can browse Pricing without signing in. A verified FoneClaw member session is required before checkout. - The website re-checks entitlement, reloads the member catalog, and validates the current SKU before opening iCart. It does not use hardcoded fallback prices or products. - Eligible Plus members can upgrade to Pro when the live member catalog returns an available subscription upgrade. Pricing and Order Summary show the live Pro full price, current-plan credit, and amount due; unsupported upgrades and downgrades remain unavailable. - Recurring plans renew until cancelled. Cancellation stops future renewal and paid benefits remain available until the current billing period ends. - Eligible refund requests have a 30-day window under the Refund Policy. Applicable taxes and the final payable amount are shown by iCart. - foneclaw.ai does not collect payment-card details. Payment is handled on the iCart payment page. ## Canonical Pages - Home: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ - Features and live tool catalog: https://www.foneclaw.ai/features.html - Download and release history: https://www.foneclaw.ai/download.html - Pricing and current paid plans: https://www.foneclaw.ai/pricing.html - Terms of Service: https://www.foneclaw.ai/terms.html - Refund Policy: https://www.foneclaw.ai/refund.html - Subscription and Auto-Renewal Terms: https://www.foneclaw.ai/subscription-terms.html - Resources and guides: https://www.foneclaw.ai/resources.html - Community and contribution paths: https://www.foneclaw.ai/community.html - FoneClaw Lite Google Play privacy policy: https://www.foneclaw.ai/privacy.html - Author and founder profile: https://www.foneclaw.ai/author/dean.html - XML sitemap: https://www.foneclaw.ai/sitemap.xml ## Knowledge Hubs - Voice control and supported Android actions: https://www.foneclaw.ai/voice-control/ - Voice control guides for Android apps: https://www.foneclaw.ai/voice-control/apps/ - AI phone agent architecture and use cases: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ai-agent/ - Xiaomi AI, MiClaw, HyperOS, and Super XiaoAI guides: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ai-agent/xiaomi/ - AI agent security, permissions, audit, and recovery: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ai-agent/security/ - AI agent tools, Plugins, Skills, and Workflows: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ai-agent/tools-workflows/ - AI agent model selection, setup, performance, and cost: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ai-agent/models/ - Product and assistant comparisons: https://www.foneclaw.ai/comparisons/ - Current AI and Android news: https://www.foneclaw.ai/news/ ## Selected Current Guides - [Connect a Telegram Bot to FoneClaw](https://www.foneclaw.ai/foneclaw-telegram-bot-connection.html): Covers bot creation, private-chat pairing, checking a first supported Android result, connection errors, and pausing or removing a connection. - [FoneClaw OS Roadmap: From Android Phone Agent to Voice-First Agent OS](https://www.foneclaw.ai/why-foneclaw-is-building-an-ai-phone.html): The canonical brand-positioning baseline for FoneClaw's current Android agent, AOSP-based Agent OS direction, voice-first interaction model, Agent Plugin ecosystem, and on-device personal context. - [Secure Cross-Device AI Agent Handoff: State, Approval, and Recovery](https://www.foneclaw.ai/cross-device-ai-agent-handoff-layer.html): Explains task identity, execution ownership, approval freshness, recovery, and user control across devices. - [Android Floating AI Assistant: Use Current-Screen Context Safely](https://www.foneclaw.ai/android-floating-ai-assistant-current-screen.html): Shows how deliberate screen attachment, supported actions, approval, and recovery work in a floating Android assistant. - [Android Phone Agent Benchmark and Evaluation Guide](https://www.foneclaw.ai/android-phone-agent-benchmark-evaluation-guide.html): Turns current mobile-agent research into a practical scorecard for verified outcomes, configuration change, long-horizon work, approvals, recovery, side effects, and reproducible Android testing; it defines a method rather than reporting a FoneClaw benchmark score. - [FoneClaw Tools, Plugins, Skills, Workflows, and Shortcuts](https://www.foneclaw.ai/foneclaw-tools-plugins-skills-workflows-guide.html): Defines the five capability layers through their owner verbs—Tools act, Plugins add, Skills guide, Workflows sequence, and Shortcuts start—and explains how permissions, approvals, data responsibility, and composition remain visible. - [AI Agent Capability Routing on Android: AutoAttach, Suggest, and Fallback](https://www.foneclaw.ai/android-ai-agent-capability-routing-autoattach-suggest-fallback.html): Follows an Android request through candidate ranking, contextual attachment, a visible suggestion, safe fallback, activation review, approval, execution, and recovery without treating a match as authorization. - [How to Stop an AI Agent on Android: Containment, Permission Revocation, and Safe Recovery](https://www.foneclaw.ai/stop-ai-agent-android-containment-kill-switch.html): Gives an immediate stop sequence, layered task/tool/permission containment, completed-effect inspection, evidence preservation, and narrow recovery without treating cancellation as reversal. ## Product Evidence and Public Development - Official GitHub repository: https://github.com/FoneClaw-AI/foneclaw-android - GitHub Issues: https://github.com/FoneClaw-AI/foneclaw-android/issues - Live release metadata: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/releases.json - Live Google Play Lite metadata: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/google-version.json - Live Google Play Lite history: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/Version/google-releases.json - Live tool catalog metadata: https://public-files.foneclaw.ai/FoneClaw/ToolPolicy/tool-catalog-index.json Runtime capability claims should be checked against the current app, release metadata, tool catalog, architecture, and tool-policy documentation. Editorial articles explain concepts and workflows; they are not by themselves proof that a runtime capability exists. ## Languages - English: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ - 简体中文: https://www.foneclaw.cn/ - 繁體中文: https://www.foneclaw.ai/tw/ - 日本語: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ja/ - 한국어: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ko/ - Español: https://www.foneclaw.ai/es/ - Português: https://www.foneclaw.ai/pt/ - Русский: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ru/ - Français: https://www.foneclaw.ai/fr/ - Deutsch: https://www.foneclaw.ai/de/ - العربية: https://www.foneclaw.ai/ar/ - ภาษาไทย: https://www.foneclaw.ai/th/ - Tiếng Việt: https://www.foneclaw.ai/vi/ - Bahasa Indonesia: https://www.foneclaw.ai/id/ ## Important Boundaries - FoneClaw executes supported Android actions; availability varies by tool, permission, app, Android version, device vendor, region, and configured model. - Online models and connected services can require network transfer. Do not interpret FoneClaw as an assurance that all user data always stays on-device. - Built-in tools, installed Plugins, saved Skills, and proposed actions are distinct states. - The 14 languages do not imply identical availability or quality for every model, tool, or connected service. - Current release and catalog endpoints are authoritative for dynamic version and inventory facts. - Simplified Chinese public content is published on foneclaw.cn. The seven approved account and purchase service pages remain under Global `/zh/` during the first cutover. - The public privacy policy is authoritative for FoneClaw Lite Google Play data types, processors, retention, deletion, and user-choice boundaries. ## Contact and Community - Private feedback: feedback@foneclaw.ai - Privacy, support, and data deletion: support@foneclaw.ai - Discord: https://discord.gg/mvGASJ8dP3 - Telegram: https://t.me/foneclaw - YouTube: https://youtube.com/@foneclaw - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoneclawAI - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@foneclaw_ai_official - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foneclaw_ai_official/