What's new

Updated 13 November 2026

Badu gets better every week. Here's what changed, newest first. If you have Badu, you already have all of it: we update your copy for you.

This week

1 to 14 November 2026

No more freezes on big Badus FixBadu used to read all its settings from scratch every time it checked one, and on a Badu with many team or customer spaces that could freeze pages for half a minute. It now keeps them ready and refreshes them the moment you change something. The nightly backup and the data check also run in the background now, so pages keep loading while they work.
Quicker answers FasterBadu now keeps the list of things it can do in the same order from one message to the next, so the AI picks up where it left off instead of reading everything again. Answers start sooner and cost less. When it needs to look up several things at once, like your calendar, your customers and a web search, it does them side by side instead of one after another.
Pages keep loading when Telegram is busy elsewhere FixIf two copies of Badu use the same Telegram bot (say, Badu on your computer and Badu online), Telegram only lets one of them listen. Badu now says that plainly in Settings and Self-healing and tells you which copy to remove the bot from. When a restart briefly leaves an old copy running, the new one waits its turn for Telegram and WhatsApp and takes over by itself, and your pages keep answering the whole time. A page that's stuck now says “busy, try again” within seconds instead of timing out.
Ask how the business is doing, get a chart NewAsk “how did sales do this month against last month?” or “how much rice did we sell this week?” and Badu sends a chart picture straight into your WhatsApp or Telegram chat, with the numbers in words. It says exactly where every number came from: which invoices, receipts, MoMo texts and record book lines. Tap to see every record behind it in Docs. Nothing is guessed.
Test a change before your website chat uses it NewChanging a price or what your website chat should say? Badu first asks it the questions real customers asked lately, in practice chats where nothing is saved or sent, and shows you which answers stay the same, get better or get worse. Customers keep the old setup until you say “approve”. Find it under Chat answers, Practice test. When you switch AI model, Badu checks your chat boxes by itself and tells you only if answers got worse.
Who sees what: staff can ask Badu, safely NewLet your shop attendant, driver or cashier text your Badu's WhatsApp or SMS number with questions like “how many bags of rice are left?”. You tick what each person may see: stock, prices, orders, who owes, customers, bookings, attendance, sales, spending or profit. Badu answers only from those records, so if Ama can see stock but not profit, the profit numbers never even reach the AI. Set it up on the Hand-offs page, or just tell Badu “Ama can see stock and orders but not profit”.
Badu checks its own work every week NewEvery Monday morning Badu looks back at what went wrong: website chat answers you marked wrong, things you said no to, jobs that failed, and times you told it “that's wrong”. Then it sends you a few fixes in plain words, like “Stop offering delivery on Sundays”, and says why. Nothing changes until you tap Accept under Approvals, Weekly check, or reply “accept 1”. Every fix can be undone, and none can ever let Badu skip asking you first.
Hide private numbers from the AI NewTurn on the privacy filter in Settings and Badu swaps phone numbers, Ghana Card and other ID numbers, bank card numbers, and bank and mobile money account numbers for stand-ins before anything goes to the online AI. It puts the real ones back in the reply, so messages still go to the right number. The AI company never sees them. You can hide email addresses too.
A monthly AI limit for each Bot NewGive each Bot a monthly AI limit in your own money, like “Sales may spend at most GHS 50 a month”. The Bots page shows what each one has spent this month. You get a message at 80%, and when a Bot reaches its limit it pauses until the 1st instead of running up a surprise bill. Raise the limit any time on the Bots page, or just tell Badu.
Creators: pay influencers by MoMo and see what they sold NewKeep the Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators you work with on the new Creators page, with their followers, usual fee and MoMo number. Tell Badu what to post, the fee and the date, and it writes the WhatsApp message with a code for their followers, like AMA10. It sends it after your OK, catches their YES and their post link, opens the post to check it's really up, and pays them by mobile money once you say OK (or spots your own “you have sent” MoMo text and marks it paid). Every customer who says the code on WhatsApp, SMS or your website chat, and every invoice or order with it, is counted, so you see what each creator really brought in, in cedis. Badu can also look for local creators who post about food, fashion or anything else, and every Friday it lists new public posts that name your business.
From meeting to money NewAfter a call, Badu now follows through, not just takes notes. If a price or order was agreed, it drafts the quote or invoice. It adds a note and any promises to that customer in My Book, puts dates that matter on Deadlines and adds your own to-dos. When a job falls to your staff, it writes them a WhatsApp or email. Quotes and invoices stay drafts, and nothing goes to anyone until you say OK. You get a short list of what it did, and you'll see it under Recordings, After the call. Turn it off in Settings, Meetings.
Badu joins the calls on your calendar NewBadu can now join your Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls from your calendar. It can ask you about 10 minutes before each one, or just join. Pick all calls, all except one-on-ones, or only the ones you set up. Set it up in Settings, Meetings.
Badu tells people it's taking notes NewWhen Badu is let into a call, it posts a short line in the call's chat saying it's taking notes for you. Change the words or turn it off in Settings, Meetings.
Turn a whiteboard photo into work NewAfter a meeting around a real whiteboard or flip chart, snap it and send it to Badu. It types up everything written into Docs (and keeps the photo), lists what was decided, then turns the actions into your to-dos, readies messages to the staff whose names or initials are next to a task (each waits for your OK), and puts firm dates on your Deadlines. Anything it couldn't read, it asks you about instead of guessing.
Approve from WhatsApp with one tap NewWhen Badu needs your OK and messages you on WhatsApp, Slack or Discord, the message now has a “Tap to approve” and a “Tap to cancel” link. Tap it, check what it is, press the button, done, without opening Badu or signing in. Each link only works for that one request. You can still just reply “approve”. Telegram already has buttons. This needs your Badu's web address in Settings.
Record books: your exercise books, kept by Badu NewKeep your stock, who owes you on credit, staff attendance, your price list or your susu contributions on the new Books page, or a book with your own columns. Just tell Badu “sold 3 bags of rice” or “Ama took 200 cedis of goods on credit”, send a voice note, or snap a photo of a page from your old exercise book and Badu copies the lines it can read for sure and asks you only about the rest. Your shop staff can text Badu on WhatsApp or SMS too, without having Badu themselves. Badu keeps every total, tells you when an item runs low, shows who owes you on Home, and gives you a real Excel file for your accountant.
Badu reads Excel and Word files NewSend a spreadsheet or a Word document in Chat, WhatsApp, Telegram or email, or keep one in Docs, and Badu reads it, every sheet and every table. Ask “what's the total in this sheet?” or “bring this stock list into my stock book”. Bank and mobile money statements can now be checked straight from the Excel export too, and the Expenses download for your accountant is now a real Excel file.
Approvals ring, pop up and reach your phone NewWhen something needs your OK, Badu now plays a sound, pops up on screen, buzzes your phone, shows the number on its app icon and flashes its tab or taskbar button. Press “Turn on notifications” under Approvals once on each phone and computer, and Badu sends a notification even when it's closed, with an Approve button right on it. If no Badu app is open, it also messages you on WhatsApp or Telegram after a minute, and you can reply “approve” there. Pick the sound or turn any of it off under Approvals, Getting your attention.
Shorten or set the end of a free trial NewGave someone too many trial days? On Plans & money, Customers, press “Change end date” next to their name, then type how many days from sign-up they should get or pick the day it ends. It works earlier or later, and shows the days left as you type. You can also ask Badu: “Make Ama's trial 30 days from when she signed up”, and it changes it once you say OK.
A warm welcome for every new sign-up NewWhen someone starts a free trial or a plan on usebaduai.com, Badu now emails them straight away: their own link, three simple steps to start chatting on the web, on WhatsApp and on Telegram, and a short list of what Badu can do for their business. It's written in plain words, for people who aren't technical. You can switch it off on Plans & money.
Receipts for every payment NewWhen someone pays for a plan on usebaduai.com, their welcome email now comes with a PDF receipt attached. Renewals and extra messages get a receipt in their own email too. Each receipt shows the name you pick on Plans & money, the date, how they paid, what they bought and the total. Ask Badu to “send Kofi his receipt again” any time.
Reminders before a plan ends NewPeople on a plan or free trial at usebaduai.com now get a friendly email 3 days before it ends, the day before, and on the day it ends, with a link that opens Your plan so they can renew or pick a plan with mobile money or card in a minute. Nobody loses anything when a plan ends, and Badu starts answering again as soon as they pay.
Ask Badu about your sign-ups NewIf you run Badu for others, ask “How many trials came in yesterday?” or “Who signed up after the forum?” and Badu answers from your Plans & money page: who joined, on which plan, from which country, whether they've opened their Badu yet, and what came in. “How is the Badu business doing this month?” gets the money side too.
Badu opens and answers faster FixedThe Badu app page was sent to your browser at full size, over 800 KB, which is slow on mobile data. It now goes out squeezed to about a fifth of that, so it opens several times faster on a phone, and so does everything else the app loads. Badu also starts sooner after an update, an open chat no longer downloads the whole conversation every few seconds to check for new messages, and with Claude each step of an answer picks up where the last one stopped instead of reading the whole chat again, so replies start sooner and cost less.
Replies start sooner FixedBefore every step of an answer, the AI read the descriptions of 120 of Badu's tools. It now reads 60: the ones Badu always needs, plus the ones your message is about. “Remind me every Monday”, “Who owes me money?” and “Turn the lights off” bring the right tools along, and Badu still finds any other tool when it needs one. That's about half the reading on each step, so answers come faster and cost less.
Talk mode speaks its answers and hears you better FixedIn talk mode Badu could stay silent: its own voice coming out of the speaker cut it off in under a second, phones and Safari could block the sound, and a noisy room kept it listening forever. Now Badu speaks every answer to the end unless you clearly talk over it, works on iPhones and Safari, learns how noisy your room is, and has an “I'm done, answer me” button. It also hears you more accurately: it uses OpenAI's newer listening model, knows your name and what it just said, shows “You: …” so you can see what it heard, and ignores the “Thank you for watching” lines speech services invent from silence.
Paying on the Get Badu page works in any currency FixedPicking a currency on usebaduai.com/join didn't always stick, and paying in US dollars with Paystack failed with “Currency not supported by merchant”. The currency you pick now stays put. When a way to pay only takes another currency (Paystack in Ghana takes cedis), the page says so and shows the price in that currency before you pay, so you never see a raw error or pay an amount you didn't see.
Badu keeps working when an AI maker retires a model FixedOpenAI switches off GPT-5, GPT-5 mini, GPT-5 nano, GPT-5 pro, o3 and o3-pro on 11 December. Badu now uses GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Terra instead, and if you picked one of the old ones, it moves you over for you. From now on, when any AI maker (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and others) switches off the model you use, Badu looks at that maker's current models, moves to the nearest one at the same price level, answers your message, and tells you what it changed. You can always pick another one in Settings, AI model.
No more repeated “WhatsApp was unlinked” alerts FixedWhen WhatsApp dropped for a moment and came back, Badu could tell you over and over that it was unlinked, even though it was working. It now tries the saved link again before giving up on it, only says WhatsApp is working again once it really is connected, and tells you about the same problem at most once every 12 hours.
WhatsApp anyone, once NewAsk “WhatsApp Richard about the October payment” and Badu writes the message and sends it from your linked WhatsApp once you say OK. It finds the number in your contacts, customers, invoices and past hand-offs, checks the number is on WhatsApp, and asks you for it when it only has an email. When they reply, Badu passes it on to you.
Badu understands Twi, Ga and Ewe messages through Khaya FixedWith a Khaya key saved, Badu only used Khaya for voice notes, and only once you had picked your language. Now it spots written messages in Twi, Fante, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, Gurene, Kusaal, Yoruba, Kikuyu, Meru and Luo on every channel and in your website chat, has Khaya turn them into English for your AI model, and answers back in the same language. Voice notes listen in your chat language when no voice language is picked, and are sent to Khaya in the sound format it understands best. Prefer answers in English? Change it in Settings, Voice.
Integrations: connect your other business apps NewConnect DigEvents for event tickets or ConnectrixPro for a chamber or association, and Badu keeps their events, members and customers in memory, tells you the moment a payment or new application comes in, and can do things there for you, like issuing a ticket or approving an application, each with your OK. Ask “How many tickets have we sold for the gala?” and it checks. Any other app can connect too, by describing itself to Badu in one small file (see Connect your app for developers). Open Integrations and press Connect an app.
Chamber office and Events desks NewOnce ConnectrixPro or DigEvents is connected, switch on a ready-made desk on Bots: the Chamber office looks at new applications, renewals and unpaid dues every morning, and Events watches ticket sales and answers attendees. Two new routines, Chamber today and Ticket sales, send you the same in one short message, and Home gets a Your apps card with what each app told Badu today.
Facebook and Instagram sign-in works with newer Meta apps FixedMeta apps made with "use cases" showed “Invalid Scopes” when you signed in. Facebook Pages now signs in with a login configuration ID you paste in Settings, and Instagram has its own sign-in through Instagram Login. Settings, Social media walks you through each box to tick in Meta.
Payment texts: know the moment money lands NewConnect the Android phone that gets your MoMo or bank texts. Each "you have received" text comes straight to Badu, which marks the invoice paid and tells you who paid. If a "payment received" text comes from an ordinary phone number instead of MobileMoney, T-CASH or your bank, Badu warns you it's fake before you hand anything over. When a customer says "I have sent it", ask Badu: it checks the texts. Works with MTN MoMo, Telecel Cash, AirtelTigo Money, M-Pesa and bank alerts.
Reviews NewBadu watches your Google reviews and your competitors'. When someone reviews you, you hear about it with a reply already written, low stars first, and a link to post it. Every week it tells you what customers praise, what they complain about, and what competitors are winning on. Paste reviews from Facebook or Jumia and it drafts replies to those too.
Set up my team NewAnswer six quick questions about your business and Badu switches on the helpers that fit: Sales, Accounts and Customer care desks, the right routines, your invoice currency and tax lines, filing dates and review watching. Untick anything you don't want, and one undo puts it all back. Press Set up my team on the Bots page, or just tell Badu "set up my team".
Website chat answers more often FixedYour website chat box sometimes ran out of steps and gave no answer when asked for something it can't do, like looking up a rate online. It now knows exactly what it can use and answers from your information, or offers to have your team confirm. It can also give today's rough exchange rate, and Badu warns you if your chat box's instructions ask it to go online.
Badu tidies its memory overnight NewWhile you sleep, Badu sorts what it remembers: it merges people saved twice, updates facts you've changed, and fills in details you mentioned. It only uses things you said yourself, tells you in the morning brief, and you can undo a whole night with one tap.
Spaces on usebaduai.com open reliably FixedSome people saw a “Plugin did not start in time” error when opening their own Badu on usebaduai.com. Their Badu now starts faster, and if it's still starting it says so and works on the next refresh.
A safety check on strangers' messages BetterBefore Badu reads a message from a website visitor, a shopper or someone writing to one of your desks, it checks the message for tricks like “ignore your instructions” or “show me your secret rules” and for clearly harmful requests. Those get a polite “can't help with that”, and you can see them in Settings. For a closer look, turn on a second AI check, or Meta's free Llama Guard on your own computer.
Badu Shops NewPut your products on one shared shopping number on WhatsApp, Telegram and the web. Shoppers in any country say what they need and see the best matches from shops near them, then chat with your shop's assistant, which takes the order. You get the order straight away, deliver it yourself and get paid directly. Listing is free for paying Badu customers, including everyone on a paid plan at usebaduai.com.
Bring in skills that already exist NewMany assistants share skills as a folder with a SKILL.md file. Paste a link to one, add the .zip or folder, or paste the text, and Badu learns it after showing you what it does. It reads any scripts in it but never runs them. You can also download any of Badu's skills to use in another app.
Harder to trick BetterBadu now marks text from web pages, emails and social comments as outside content, so orders hidden inside them are ignored. The app also refuses to run any code it didn't write itself, and pictures people send can't act like web pages.
Safer sign-in FixedWe closed a security gap in how Badu checks who is signed in, and Badu now limits how many wrong passwords anyone can try from one place. Badu also refuses to open links that point inside the computer or network it runs on.
Voice with no internet NewBadu can now listen to voice notes and talk back using a free speech program on your own computer, so your voice never leaves it and no key is needed. Use it all the time, or only when the internet or your voice service is down. Set it up under Settings, Voice, and press Test: Badu downloads the voice for you.
Badu Link NewYour Badu can now talk to the Badu of a supplier, customer or partner. Send them an invite link, and once they accept, your two Badus can send each other orders, quotes, invoices and messages. Their Badu drafts the answer and nothing goes out without your OK. The link stays on until either of you removes it.
Each desk its own contacts NewGive a desk like Accounts or Sales its own WhatsApp number, Telegram bot or email address. Customers message it directly and it answers with the same safe rules as your website chat, and you can read every answer.
Use your ChatGPT plan NewAlready pay for ChatGPT? Soon you can sign in with it and Badu answers from your own plan, with no message limit from us. It switches on as soon as OpenAI approves Badu.
My Book NewTell Badu about a sale in a voice note, in Twi or English, and it writes it down: who bought what, who owes you, promises to pay and deals in progress. It reminds you who to chase, notices when a good customer goes quiet, and can make a turnover summary for a loan, which only leaves Badu when you say so. Export your book any time, free.
Voice notes in African languages NewWith a free Khaya key, Badu understands voice notes in more than 30 African languages, including Twi, Fante, Ga, Ewe, Dagbani, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin and Swahili.
Edit and cancel invoices NewChange a draft invoice from chat, fix one you already sent (with your OK), cancel with a reason, and undo your last changes. Prices can include VAT.
Ghana tax lines on invoices NewGhana invoices now show NHIL 2.5%, GETFund 2.5% and VAT 15% as separate lines, the way GRA asks.
Do it all from chat BetterAnything you can do on a screen you can now ask Badu to do in chat, including changing most settings and editing or sending email drafts. Pick the address Badu writes from.
Business email at your web host FixedAdding an email address from hosts like ResellerClub or Bluehost now works: Badu finds the right mail server itself, explains what to change if it's hidden behind Cloudflare, and lets you set ports and security by hand.
Better people search BetterBadu finds people's LinkedIn profiles and public work emails more reliably, even with no search key, and can use Google results if you add a Serper key.
ID documents stay private BetterPassports, Ghana Cards and other ID documents in Docs are marked sensitive and kept out of anything Badu shares.
Why “Badu”? NewBadu is named after our founder's dad, Badu, a tenth-born and a workhorse who never once took leave before he retired. Ask Badu and it will tell you the story.
Sign-up page FixedSearch engines and AI assistants now see whether sign-ups are open and what the plans cost, without needing to load the page.

Last week

27 to 31 October 2026

Docs keep your files NewKeep certificates, signed contracts, logos and spreadsheets on your documents: pictures, PDF, Word, Excel and CSV, up to 10 MB each, private and encrypted. File them under tags like Certificates or Contracts (one document can have several) and filter by tag. Send Badu a scan in chat and it files it for you, writes down the number and expiry date, and can attach it to an email later without you sending it again. Badu also spots copies of the same document and merges them, and you can undo any merge.
Badu's Space NewBadu and your Bots now take a little free time each day to look over your business and share what they think: ideas, things they noticed, ready plans, safe experiments, questions and bigger dreams, each with the numbers behind it. They build on each other's posts. Say Good idea, Not now or No, reply, or tap Do it and they take it forward. Nothing is sent or changed without you, and you choose how often they think and how much it may spend.
Badu knows itself NewBadu now knows how each of its own features works and which controls it has, so when something isn't right it can look at the real cause and fix it, not guess. Ask “why is my website chat getting answers wrong?” and it reads the chat box's setup, changes it with your OK, then tries a practice question to check. It can also rewrite a Bot's job. Help lists everything Badu can do.
Chat boxes learn from your Memory BetterWhen you tell Badu someone’s role or correct a name, your website chat boxes now use it. Shared Memory entries pass on their description and role, and anything you mark public, like a business email. Your corrections always win over older notes. Chat boxes no longer make up support channels, and Badu checks its memory before saying it doesn’t know. Memory shows exactly what visitors can be told.
Badu in your language NewThe app and this website now show in your own language: Twi, Ga, Ewe, Hausa, Yoruba, Swahili, French, Arabic, Portuguese and more than 30 others. Badu picks your browser's language, and the globe button at the top lets you change it. Each word is translated once and kept, so it stays fast and costs almost nothing. Your chats, emails and documents are never changed.
Use Badu on ours NewDon't need a server of your own? Sign up at usebaduai.com/join, pay with mobile money or card in your own currency, and get your own private Badu in a minute, from $7 a month, with no setup fee. Try it free for 7 days with no card. See your messages and buy more on Your plan, add people on Business and Team, and move to a server of your own whenever you like.
Drafts and Sent NewRead every email Badu wrote for you, right next to your Inbox. Drafts wait for you to edit, send or delete. Sent shows each reply, invoice, reminder and invite that went out, from all your addresses. Ask in chat too: “What did you send to Kofi?”
Your business team NewSet up three ready-made desks with one tap: Sales sends quotes and follows up quiet customers, Accounts chases unpaid invoices and matches mobile money, Customer care handles complaints and hands jobs to your staff. Customer messages go to the right desk, and the desks pass work to each other. Nothing goes out without your OK.
Bots can ask Badu NewYour Bots and desks can now pass work and questions to Badu itself, not just to each other. You can read those talks in Your chats.
Leads from your website NewWhen someone on your website wants a price, a quote, a visit or a call back, the chat box now asks for their name and phone number, saves them under Leads and Customers, and tells you on WhatsApp or Telegram straight away. It can also send them to someone on your team, pass them to a desk like Sales, or book them a test drive or appointment on your calendar. From Leads you can call, WhatsApp or reply in one tap, and mark each one won or lost.
Check and correct your chat answers NewEvery answer your website chat boxes and widgets give is now kept and checked: made-up prices, claims of saving or booking something that didn't happen, missed customers, and anything against your instructions are flagged under Chat answers. Mark an answer wrong, say what it should have said, and that chat box follows your correction from then on. Ask it the same question again to check, or download everything for an audit.
Website chat tells the truth FixedThe chat box used to say it had “noted” a visitor's details when it couldn't save anything. Now it only says something is saved, sent or booked when it really is.
What's new page NewThis page. Every change to Badu, in plain words.

Two weeks ago

20 to 26 October 2026

Badu fixes itself NewIf an AI service is down, a chat app disconnects or a routine fails, Badu switches to a backup, reconnects and tries again, then tells you in plain words what it did.
Forgot your password? NewGet a code on your chat apps or email, or use a recovery code you saved. Team owners can reset a member's password.
Invoices and quotes NewMake them from chat or the Invoices page, in any currency, with your mobile money and bank details on each one.
Receipts from a photo NewSend a picture of a receipt on WhatsApp and Badu logs the expense. See spending by month and export it for your accountant.
Statement check NewSend a mobile money or bank statement and Badu marks which invoices have been paid.
Hand-offs to staff NewBadu messages staff and suppliers on WhatsApp, SMS or email, catches their replies and follows up.
Tax and filing deadlines NewGhana and Nigeria filing dates plus your own renewals, with reminders before they're due.
Customer book NewWho bought what, who owes you and who to call today.
Price watch NewBadu watches product pages and tells you when a price drops or stock comes back.
Business at a glance NewHome now shows money in, what's due, customers to call, staff hand-offs, spending and price drops.
Ready-made routines New25 routines you switch on with one tap, like inbox tidy-up, meeting prep and unpaid invoices.
Vault NewSave logins, cards and contact details. Badu types them in for you without the AI ever seeing them, and asks first every time.
Email upgrades NewCC, BCC and attachments, with documents sent as PDFs.
Fewer stuck chats BetterChats no longer get stuck after an empty AI reply, and LinkedIn sign-in works without company page approval.
A tidier app BetterA cleaner menu, a More sheet on phones and a simpler chat header.

Earlier in October

1 to 19 October 2026

Badu as an app NewInstall Badu on your phone's home screen, or get the desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Your own calendar and booking pages NewDay, week and month views, plus a public page where people book time with you.
Phone calls NewBadu makes calls for you, waits on hold, and can answer your phone.
Meetings NewRecord meetings, get live notes and minutes, or send Badu to join a call for you.
Its own mailbox NewBadu gets its own email address and handles every new email that arrives there.
SMS for basic phones NewText Badu from any phone, no smartphone or data needed.
Local languages NewChat with Badu in your own language.
Everyday life and Trips NewHealth, food, workouts, events and day-by-day trip plans.
Skills NewAdd skills from the marketplace, or make your own without code.
Works offline NewBadu can keep going on a local AI when the internet is down.

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