  The search for exoplanets is pushing adaptive optics systems on ground-based
telescopes to their limits. Currently, we are limited by two sources of noise:
the temporal control error and non-common path aberrations. First, the temporal
control error of the AO system leads to a strong residual halo. This halo can
be reduced by applying predictive control. We will show and described the
performance of predictive control with the 2K BMC DM in MagAO-X. After reducing
the temporal control error, we can target non-common path wavefront
aberrations. During the past year, we have developed a new model-free
focal-plane wavefront control technique that can reach deep contrast (<1e-7 at
5 $\lambda$/D) on MagAO-X. We will describe the performance and discuss the
on-sky implementation details and how this will push MagAO-X towards imaging
planets in reflected light. The new data-driven predictive controller and the
focal plane wavefront controller will be tested on-sky in April 2022.
