Wear OS + Android
The AI gadget you already own.
Buddy turns your smartwatch into a private AI agent. Say what you need, and your phone does it.
Watch the demo.
A minute and a half: the watch, the phone and what stays private.
Small things still need both hands.
AI agents can already text, remind and look things up.But they live on laptops, and AI gadgets are one more thing to buy and charge.
- 1Take out your phone
- 2Unlock it
- 3Open Messages
- 4Find Alex
- 5Type it out
- 6Send
On your phone: 6 steps, both hands
“Hey Buddy, text Alex I'm running ten minutes late.”
With Buddy: one sentence, hands-free
Say it. It's done.
Buddy reads anything that goes out back to you, and waits for your yes. Nothing is sent without it.
- Hey Buddy, text Alex I'm running ten minutes late.
- BuddyTo Alex: “Running ten minutes late.” Send it?
- Yes.
- Sent.
It doesn't just answer. It acts.
Buddy runs the phone in your pocket, and shows every action as a small pop-up.
“Take me to the station.”
“Pasta timer, ten minutes.”
“Text Alex I'm late.”
And more
- Calls
- Replies in WhatsApp, Signal and SMS
- Alarms
- Calendar and reminders
- Notes
- Music and volume
- Do Not Disturb
- Find my phone
- Flashlight
- Open apps
Privacy-first, with on-device AI
Private things stay on your phone.
ChatGPT decides what to do. Your messages are read by an AI model on the phone, and never sent.
- ChatGPT hears
- “Any new messages?”
- Your phone reads
- Your messages, with Gemma on the phone
- ChatGPT gets
- “Done. The phone is telling the user itself.”
It can't be talked into things.
Every action passes one gate written in code, not in a prompt.
Your yes, every time
Texts and calls are read back and wait for your yes.
Only when you're there
Watch on your wrist, phone unlocked or earbuds in.
Ten an hour, at most
A hard limit on texts and calls.
Never your bank
Banking, payment and password apps are never read.
“Stop” means stop
It ends everything and drops what's waiting.
No new gadget. No new subscription.
Your watch
Mic, speaker and Buddy's face
Your earbuds
They take over the sound
Your ChatGPT plan
Plus or Pro, no API keys
Buddy
No servers of mine
Buddy Plus
Everything Buddy does is free.
Plus is for people who want to support it: choose your Buddy, get new things first, and a thank-you mark.
Runs on RevenueCat. Privacy and safety are never part of it.
Open source.
Read how it works, check the safety gate, or build it yourself. Apache-2.0.
Questions
Which watch and phone?
A Wear OS watch paired with an Android phone. I build and test Buddy on a Galaxy Watch5 and a Galaxy S23 Ultra.
What does it cost?
Buddy is free. It runs on your own ChatGPT Plus or Pro plan, so there's nothing new to pay for. Buddy Plus is optional.
Does ChatGPT see my messages?
No. They're read on your phone, and the phone answers you itself. If you switch that off in Settings, ChatGPT gets them with codes, numbers and links taken out.
Is it always listening?
“Hey Buddy” is heard on the watch itself after you raise your wrist, or all the time if you switch that on. Nothing is recorded or sent until it hears the phrase.
iPhone or Apple Watch?
Not yet. Buddy is built natively for Android and Wear OS.
When can I try it?
I'm getting a beta ready. Join the list and I'll email you once, when it opens. The code is open source, so you can also build it yourself today.
Get Buddy on your wrist first.
One email when the beta opens. That's it.