# Kiro CLI: Voice Mode, Opt-In Cloud Sessions, and Spec Review

- Product: Kiro (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro)
- Vendor: Amazon Web Services
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Original notes: https://kiro.dev/changelog/cli/2-18
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/kiro/releases/2026-08-12-cli-voice-mode-opt-in-cloud-sessions-and-spec-rev
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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This release lets you talk to Kiro instead of typing: /voice dictates your prompts with on-device transcription. Spec runs gain a review screen for reading phase documents and staging line comments, a…

- **added** — Add /voice command for on-device voice transcription of prompts
- **added** — Add review screen in Spec runs for reading phase documents and staging line comments
- **added** — Load AGENTS.md files as steering context from anywhere in the workspace tree
- **changed** — Make cloud sessions opt-in for enterprise administrators, with disabled default for organizations that do not set the toggle

This release lets you talk to Kiro instead of typing: /voice dictates your prompts with on-device transcription. Spec runs gain a review screen for reading phase documents and staging line comments, and AGENTS.md files now load as steering context from anywhere in your workspace tree. Enterprise administrators should note that cloud sessions are now opt-in, so organizations that never set the toggle will find them disabled.