During NousCon 2026 in New York on Oct 30, Nous Research released an official mobile beta of Hermes Agent and put up a sign-up page at hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/mobile: iOS users join the "Hermes Agent - Mobile" beta through TestFlight, and Android users join through Firebase App Distribution. The TestFlight page says the app connects to your own Hermes gateway so you can chat with streaming, approve tool calls, and manage bots and routines from anywhere. Teknium, co-founder and lead engineer of Hermes Agent, confirmed on X that the iPhone and Android betas launched together. Nous has not announced a general release date or any benchmarks.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Entry point: the official page hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/mobile covers 2 platforms, iOS through TestFlight and Android through Firebase App Distribution
- ✓Positioning: the TestFlight description says the app connects to your own gateway for streaming chat, tool-call approval, and managing bots and routines; it is a client, not a separate agent running on the phone
- ✓Confirmation: Teknium, co-founder and lead engineer of Hermes Agent, confirmed in a reply on X that the iPhone and Android betas both launched on NousCon day
- ✓Watch for clones: several third-party Hermes phone clients already exist, so only use the links on the official page; Nous has not published a general release date or benchmarks
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Background and pain point
Hermes Agent is Nous Research's MIT-licensed open-source agent framework. It lives on the user's own VPS, server, or computer and reaches Telegram, Discord, Slack, Feishu, WeCom and 20+ other platforms through one background gateway process. Until now, using it on a phone meant going through those chat apps or installing a community-built client, which made tool approvals and bot and routine management awkward.
Architecture
According to the TestFlight page, the official app connects to your own gateway. The agent, the model and the data stay on a machine you control, while the phone handles streaming chat, tool-call approval, and bot and routine management. That matches Hermes' idea that the agent lives on your own hardware, and it means the phone client does not add a separate model bill.
Benchmarks
This is a client beta. Nous has not published any benchmarks, performance figures, or a general release date. Screenshots and hands-on videos circulating online come from attendees and community users, not from Nous.
Getting started
First make sure your Hermes gateway is running on a server or computer. Then open the official sign-up page: on iPhone, install TestFlight and join the beta; on Android, get the build through Firebase App Distribution. Several third-party clients with similar names already exist, so use only the links on the official page, and protect your phone and gateway credentials as you would for any app that can approve command execution.
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