diff --git a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
index bc207baa109a..38e1eee3afef 100644
--- a/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/WatchApp/Sources/WatchInboxMessages.swift
@@ -436,6 +436,42 @@ struct WatchAppSnapshotMessage: Codable, Equatable {
     var sentAtMs: Int64?
     var snapshotId: String?
 
+    private init(
+        gatewayStatus: OpenClawWatchAppStatus,
+        gatewayConnected: Bool,
+        agentName: String,
+        agentAvatarURL: String?,
+        agentAvatarText: String?,
+        sessionKey: String,
+        gatewayStableID: String?,
+        talkStatus: OpenClawWatchAppStatus,
+        talkEnabled: Bool,
+        talkListening: Bool,
+        talkSpeaking: Bool,
+        pendingApprovalCount: Int,
+        chatItems: [WatchChatItem]?,
+        chatStatus: OpenClawWatchAppStatus?,
+        sentAtMs: Int64?,
+        snapshotId: String?)
+    {
+        self.gatewayStatus = gatewayStatus
+        self.gatewayConnected = gatewayConnected
+        self.agentName = agentName
+        self.agentAvatarURL = agentAvatarURL
+        self.agentAvatarText = agentAvatarText
+        self.sessionKey = sessionKey
+        self.gatewayStableID = gatewayStableID
+        self.talkStatus = talkStatus
+        self.talkEnabled = talkEnabled
+        self.talkListening = talkListening
+        self.talkSpeaking = talkSpeaking
+        self.pendingApprovalCount = pendingApprovalCount
+        self.chatItems = chatItems
+        self.chatStatus = chatStatus
+        self.sentAtMs = sentAtMs
+        self.snapshotId = snapshotId
+    }
+
     static func parsePayload(_ payload: [String: Any]) -> Self? {
         guard let type = payload["type"] as? String,
               type == WatchPayloadType.appSnapshot.rawValue
@@ -548,21 +584,21 @@ struct WatchAppSnapshotMessage: Codable, Equatable {
         self.chatItems = try container.decodeIfPresent([WatchChatItem].self, forKey: .chatItems)
         self.sentAtMs = try container.decodeIfPresent(Int64.self, forKey: .sentAtMs)
         self.snapshotId = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .snapshotId)
-        self.gatewayStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.gatewayStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .gatewayStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
+            forKey: .gatewayStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
             text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .gatewayStatusText),
             connected: self.gatewayConnected)
-        self.talkStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.talkStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .talkStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
+            forKey: .talkStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
             text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .talkStatusText),
             enabled: self.talkEnabled,
             listening: self.talkListening,
             speaking: self.talkSpeaking)
-        self.chatStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.chatStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .chatStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(
+            forKey: .chatStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(
             code: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusCode),
             text: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusText))
     }
diff --git a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/WatchCommands.swift b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/WatchCommands.swift
index 3ffb5ede58b5..494a7074c5ed 100644
--- a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/WatchCommands.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawKit/WatchCommands.swift
@@ -384,6 +384,53 @@ public struct OpenClawWatchAppSnapshotMessage: Codable, Sendable, Equatable {
         self.snapshotId = snapshotId
     }
 
+    public init(
+        gatewayStatusText: String,
+        gatewayConnected: Bool,
+        agentName: String,
+        agentAvatarURL: String? = nil,
+        agentAvatarText: String? = nil,
+        sessionKey: String,
+        gatewayStableID: String? = nil,
+        talkStatusText: String,
+        talkEnabled: Bool,
+        talkListening: Bool,
+        talkSpeaking: Bool,
+        pendingApprovalCount: Int,
+        chatItems: [OpenClawWatchChatItem]? = nil,
+        chatStatusText: String? = nil,
+        sentAtMs: Int64? = nil,
+        snapshotId: String? = nil)
+    {
+        // Preserve the shipped source API while producers migrate to semantic statuses.
+        self.init(
+            gatewayStatus: Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
+                text: gatewayStatusText,
+                connected: gatewayConnected),
+            gatewayStatusText: gatewayStatusText,
+            gatewayConnected: gatewayConnected,
+            agentName: agentName,
+            agentAvatarURL: agentAvatarURL,
+            agentAvatarText: agentAvatarText,
+            sessionKey: sessionKey,
+            gatewayStableID: gatewayStableID,
+            talkStatus: Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
+                text: talkStatusText,
+                enabled: talkEnabled,
+                listening: talkListening,
+                speaking: talkSpeaking),
+            talkStatusText: talkStatusText,
+            talkEnabled: talkEnabled,
+            talkListening: talkListening,
+            talkSpeaking: talkSpeaking,
+            pendingApprovalCount: pendingApprovalCount,
+            chatItems: chatItems,
+            chatStatus: Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(code: nil, text: chatStatusText),
+            chatStatusText: chatStatusText,
+            sentAtMs: sentAtMs,
+            snapshotId: snapshotId)
+    }
+
     private enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
         case type
         case gatewayStatus
@@ -426,25 +473,25 @@ public struct OpenClawWatchAppSnapshotMessage: Codable, Sendable, Equatable {
         self.snapshotId = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .snapshotId)
 
         let gatewayStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .gatewayStatusText)
-        self.gatewayStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.gatewayStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .gatewayStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
+            forKey: .gatewayStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyGatewayStatus(
             text: gatewayStatusText,
             connected: self.gatewayConnected)
         self.gatewayStatusText = gatewayStatusText ?? Self.legacyText(for: self.gatewayStatus)
         let talkStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .talkStatusText)
-        self.talkStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.talkStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .talkStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
+            forKey: .talkStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyTalkStatus(
             text: talkStatusText,
             enabled: self.talkEnabled,
             listening: self.talkListening,
             speaking: self.talkSpeaking)
         self.talkStatusText = talkStatusText ?? Self.legacyText(for: self.talkStatus)
         let chatStatusText = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusText)
-        self.chatStatus = try container.decodeIfPresent(
+        self.chatStatus = (try? container.decode(
             OpenClawWatchAppStatus.self,
-            forKey: .chatStatus) ?? Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(
+            forKey: .chatStatus)) ?? Self.decodeLegacyChatStatus(
             code: container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .chatStatusCode),
             text: chatStatusText)
         self.chatStatusText = chatStatusText ?? self.chatStatus.map(Self.legacyText)
diff --git a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/WatchCommandsTests.swift b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/WatchCommandsTests.swift
index 5faf65a2a355..505565508bd5 100644
--- a/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/WatchCommandsTests.swift
+++ b/apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/WatchCommandsTests.swift
@@ -29,4 +29,55 @@ struct WatchCommandsTests {
         #expect(object["chatStatus"] != nil)
         #expect(object["chatStatusText"] as? String == "No chat messages yet")
     }
+
+    @Test func `shipped snapshot initializer remains available`() {
+        let message = OpenClawWatchAppSnapshotMessage(
+            gatewayStatusText: "Connected",
+            gatewayConnected: true,
+            agentName: "Main",
+            sessionKey: "main",
+            talkStatusText: "Off",
+            talkEnabled: false,
+            talkListening: false,
+            talkSpeaking: false,
+            pendingApprovalCount: 0)
+
+        #expect(message.gatewayStatus.code == .gatewayConnected)
+        #expect(message.talkStatus.code == .talkOff)
+    }
+
+    @Test func `unknown semantic statuses fall back to legacy text`() throws {
+        let json = """
+        {
+          "type": "watch.appSnapshot",
+          "gatewayStatus": {"code": "futureGateway", "arguments": []},
+          "gatewayStatusText": "Future gateway state",
+          "gatewayConnected": false,
+          "agentName": "Main",
+          "sessionKey": "main",
+          "talkStatus": {"code": "futureTalk", "arguments": []},
+          "talkStatusText": "Future Talk state",
+          "talkEnabled": true,
+          "talkListening": false,
+          "talkSpeaking": false,
+          "pendingApprovalCount": 0,
+          "chatStatus": {"code": "futureChat", "arguments": []},
+          "chatStatusText": "Future chat state"
+        }
+        """
+
+        let message = try JSONDecoder().decode(
+            OpenClawWatchAppSnapshotMessage.self,
+            from: Data(json.utf8))
+
+        #expect(message.gatewayStatus == OpenClawWatchAppStatus(
+            code: .legacy,
+            verbatim: "Future gateway state"))
+        #expect(message.talkStatus == OpenClawWatchAppStatus(
+            code: .legacy,
+            verbatim: "Future Talk state"))
+        #expect(message.chatStatus == OpenClawWatchAppStatus(
+            code: .legacy,
+            verbatim: "Future chat state"))
+    }
 }