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Hermes Agent V0.20 Just Changed AI Agents Forever!

Julian Goldie SEOAugust 4, 202610:00

Get the Hermes Agent OS 👉 https://www.skool.com/ai-profit-lab-7462/about Want to make money and save time with AI? Join here: https://www.skool.com/ai-profit-lab-7462/about Video notes + links to the tools 👉 https://www.skool.com/ai-profit-lab-7462/about Get a FREE AI Course + Community + 1,000 AI Agents 👉 https://www.skool.com/ai-seo-with-julian-goldie-1553/about Get a FREE AI SEO Strategy Session → https://go.juliangoldie.com/strategy-session?utm=julian Get 200+ Free AI SEO Prompts → https://go.juliangoldie.com/chat-gpt-prompts Get out SEO link building book here 👉 https://go.juliangoldie.com/opt-in?utm=julian Hermes Agent v0.2 “Herald” Release: Talk to Hermes, Wake Word, Citations, A2A, Artifacts & Speed Boosts The video walks through the Hermes Agent v0.2 “Herald” release, how to update via Agent OS (Manage → Update), and what’s new. Key highlights include “Talk to Hermes” real-time voice conversations where Hermes speaks while generating responses and can be interrupted mid-sentence, plus hands-free wake word control and voice support across platforms with auto TTS replies. The release adds a grounded citation skill for source-backed research, Hermes Desktop improvements including Artifacts with sandboxed live previews, and an agent-to-agent (A2A) plugin enabling Hermes to discover and collaborate with other compatible agents. Other updates include mid-turn correction/redirection, smarter approvals for risky actions, improved conversation compression, major speed gains (first token ~0.9s), security and bug fixes, and 647 contributors, along with a brief overview of the creator’s Hermes Agent OS/community offerings. 00:00 Herald Release Overview 00:18 Update and Key Highlights 01:20 Wake Word Live Demo 02:05 Talk to Hermes Voice Chat 03:04 Voice Everywhere and Citations 03:44 Desktop Artifacts Preview 04:18 Agent to Agent Protocol 05:13 Mid Turn Corrections 05:44 Compression Approvals Speed 07:15 Wrap Up and What Matters 08:01 Get the Hermes Agent OS 09:02 Community Tutorials Coaching 09:38 Final Thanks

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