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Update — June 30, 2026: The "big day" is confirmed. @cursor_ai launched Cursor for iOS in public beta — 3.9M views on the announcement post. Elon Musk quoted it: "Cursor for iOS!" The next morning, @XDevelopers shipped hosted MCP so Cursor agents can call the X API — see X hosted MCP guide.
The internet guessed wrong — and that is the story.
On June 29, 2026, Ben Lang posted "Big day for Cursor" on X. 87K+ views, quote tweets betting on Composer 3, Origin, and free Ultra. Hours later, @cursor_ai posted the answer:
Introducing Cursor for iOS.
Build from anywhere by launching always-on cloud agents. Or remotely control agents running on your computer from the app.
Composer 2.5 is 75% off in the app now through July 5.
3.9 million views. Elon Musk quoted it. Eric Zakariasson — who had been on the internal beta for weeks — described the workflow: go on a walk, dictate an idea, come back to a finished agent.
This is not a side feature. It is Cursor turning the phone into a first-class agent control surface — the third pillar from Compile, finally public.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Product | Cursor for iOS — native app, public beta |
| Who gets it | Paid Cursor plans (not free tier) |
| Download | App Store — Cursor (id6767085653) |
| Core pitch | Launch always-on cloud agents OR remotely control agents on your Mac/PC |
| Launch promo | Composer 2.5 at 75% off in-app through July 5, 2026 |
| Android | Not yet — Play Store searches come up empty; community asking |
| What did NOT ship | Composer 3 / from-scratch model, Origin GA, free Ultra |
| Ben Lang tease | Pre-announcement hype — mobile was the dark horse that won |
Cursor is not shipping a code editor squeezed onto a 6-inch screen. The iOS app is a control plane for agents that do the heavy work elsewhere.
Launch agents that run in isolated cloud development environments. They can:
This matches what Compile demoed as background / cloud agents — now reachable from your pocket without opening the desktop IDE.
Alternatively, control agents already running on your computer from the phone. Same session, different screen — useful when you stepped away mid-task and need to approve, redirect, or unblock.
Eric Zakariasson's walk-and-dictate workflow is the headline UX: speak a task, let the agent run, review when you get back. Voice lowers friction for capture-the-idea moments that used to die in Notes.app.
The mobile app supports Cursor slash commands — same muscle memory as desktop for power users. See our Cursor CLI slash commands reference for the full list.
Live Activities on the lock screen keep agent status visible without opening the app. Push notifications fire when:
For overnight or long-horizon agent runs, this is the difference between checking obsessively and trusting the loop.
From the phone you can review:
Then merge pull requests — closing the loop from "agent did work" to "work landed in main" without returning to desktop. That ties forward to Cursor Origin's agent-native git vision, even though Origin itself is still fall 2026.
Agents can hand off between local and cloud contexts — so a task started on your laptop can continue in the cloud while you commute, or vice versa.
Ben Lang is not Cursor's CEO, but he sits close to the team (Next Play, community events). His June 29 posts:
X: "Big day for Cursor"
LinkedIn: "Big day for Cursor! Excited to build together in this next phase with SpaceX."
The SpaceX line pulled attention toward the Colossus-trained from-scratch model and the $60B acquisition — both real, both still in flight, neither what dropped that night.
| What replies expected | What actually shipped |
|---|---|
| Composer 3 (from-scratch 1.5T model) | Still in Compile's ~2 week window — not June 29 |
| Origin (agent-native Git hosting) | Fall 2026 GA — unchanged |
| Cursor Mobile | This. Public beta on App Store |
| Free Ultra | No |
The crowd overweighted the model narrative because Grok 4.5 had dropped the day before and Compile's keynote emphasized Colossus compute. Mobile was always on the Compile slide — just easy to dismiss as "nice to have" until you try dictating a feature on a walk.
Strong fit:
Wait or skip:
New to Cursor? Start on desktop: What is Cursor — build your first HTML project. Add iOS once you have agents worth monitoring.
Mobile agent control is a category now. Two weeks ago we published How to control Claude Code from your phone — native /config remote, Orca, Tailscale + mosh + Termux, tmux over SSH.
| Cursor for iOS | Claude Code mobile | |
|---|---|---|
| App | First-party native | Mostly DIY / third-party |
| Cloud agents | Built-in, always-on | Session on your machine |
| Lock screen | Live Activities | None native |
| PR merge from phone | Yes | Manual / web |
| Voice | Built-in | Depends on setup |
| Desk depth | Hand off to desktop IDE | Terminal-first power |
Neither replaces the other for every workflow. Many teams will run Cursor for pocket control and Claude Code for terminal refactors — see Claude Code vs Cursor vs Copilot.
June 29 closed one chapter. Three Compile promises remain open:
Michael Truell said Cursor's first fully from-scratch model — Opus/GPT scale, Colossus-trained — ships "in the next couple of weeks" from June 16. That window extends into early July 2026. When it drops, re-read Cursor SWE-bench eval research before trusting headline benchmarks.
Origin — agent-native git hosting — targets fall 2026. The iOS app's PR merge from phone is a preview of that stack.
The SEC 8-K ($60B, close Q3 2026) and Colossus training continue in parallel. Ben's "next phase with SpaceX" was broader than one App Store listing — but June 29's consumer moment was mobile.
Early replies were overwhelmingly positive — "incredible", "Imma gonna cry I'm so happy" — with a loud minority asking why iOS only. Play Store searches for "Cursor" still miss the mark. Cursor has not announced Android timing; treat iOS as phase one of mobile, not the full story.
Some early users reported bugs in thread replies. Public beta is public beta — worth trying if you are on paid plans, but keep desktop as source of truth for production merges until your workflow is stable.
Ben Lang's "Big day for Cursor" was real. The product was Cursor for iOS — not Composer 3, not Origin, not a SpaceX press release.
That is still a big deal. Always-on cloud agents, remote control, voice, Live Activities, and PR merges from your phone make Cursor the first major AI coding vendor with a native mobile agent stack — not a terminal hack, not a web wrapper.
Download: App Store. Promo: Composer 2.5 at 75% off through July 5. Watch @cursor_ai for Composer 3 and Origin — those bets are still live.
Cursor for iOS features and pricing accurate as of June 30, 2026 per @cursor_ai announcements. Verify current availability at cursor.com and the App Store listing.
