Amp 2026.01.13
Amp 2026.01.13 was released on .
Summary
Handoff, Please Up until now, you had to click a button or trigger a command to handoff when your thread became too long or you had finished a task. Now you can just ask the agent: - After implemen...
Release Context
- This was the 6th Amp release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped the same day as Amp 2026.01.13.2 (January 13, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Replit Agent 2026.01.16 (January 16, 2026)
- v0 2026.01.16 (January 16, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.9 (January 15, 2026)
- Cline v3.51.0 (January 15, 2026)
- OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.85.0 (January 15, 2026)
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Release Notes
Handoff, Please Up until now, you had to click a button or trigger a command to handoff when your thread became too long or you had finished a task. Now you can just ask the agent: - After implementing a feature: "Handoff and build an admin panel for this" - After fixing a bug: "Handoff and check if this issue exists elsewhere" - After planning: "Handoff to implement the plan" The agent starts a new thread with the relevant context and keeps working.
Other Recent Amp Releases
- 2026.10.19 (October 19, 2026)
- 2026.10.16 (October 16, 2026)
- 2026.10.13 (October 13, 2026)
- 2026.10.12 (October 12, 2026)
- 2026.10.12.2 (October 12, 2026)
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