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Show HN: Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)

8 points by yincrash 5mo ago

Aide is an Android app that replaces your default digital assistant. It can register as your default assistant, so corner-swipe and power-button-hold summon it instead of the Google assistant. I wanted to do something other than Google, but ChatGPT and Claude's integration couldn't do anything on device, so I built this. Bring your own key for Claude, OpenAI, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM). Keys are encrypted on-device; conversations go straight to your provider. Free: chat on any provider, multi-provider switching, web search + URL fetching as built-in tools, custom system prompt, markdown. Pro ($6.99 launch week, $9.99 after, one-time): voice input + streaming TTS, voice-first overlay, photo/file attachments, device actions (SMS/calendar/alarms, every intent confirmed), screen context, Home Assistant integration.

newsdeskx 5mo ago
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- yincrash 5mo ago
  Still needs a server. You could run a server locally if you had a model that your device could handle then point aide to the localhost URL.
  - subscribed 5mo ago
    New phones can run Gemma 4 quants pretty nicely. It's a surprisingly good model. Google's Edge Gallery also offers some choice to try.
    - subscribed 5mo ago
      Missed the window for edit: I agree that ideally I'd have a tiny local MOE-kind of model, able to establish the complexity of the request, route simple local requests to the instantly available local agent, and route all the rest outside (to one of several models).
subscribed 5mo ago
Looks cool, but I think your maths isn't mathing :) It's a second day of the first week (as per Google Play), and it shows $9.99 already (£8.99 in the Play Store). I'm not saying it's expensive, feature wise it's awesome, I'm saying it's inconsistent :))) BTW, is there any chance for the trial key (even one day)? My phone is running GrapheneOS and I would need to see if all I'd like works (or I can make it work). Maybe beta programme?
- yincrash 5mo ago
  Unfortunately, it's my first time using the discount code, and I didn't realize it required in-app code to enable it. There is a new build that should now have the discount. I will extend it another week. I like the trial idea. Will see if I can get that out quickly.
  - yincrash 5mo ago
    Free trial implemented. 5 day trial
    - subscribed 5mo ago
      Fantastic! Thank you so much.
    - subscribed 5mo ago
      Thanks, trial works. Onboarding on the custom API is very tedious (I used openrouter: took me 20 minutes to guess the URL and model format you expected, full of 404 and 200 errors). I added the model, connection test worked, I added all the requested permission and set Aide to be default assistant, but unfortunately after tapping a microphone I get "Client-side error", and after asking it via text something super basic (eg: "what's the time now") it responded with "Provider error". I'll probably try tomorrow with my local model so I can have full visibility of the traffic because frankly the app doesn't help much :) Looks sleek, I hope it works too ;)
      - 5mo ago

8 points by yincrash 5mo ago

newsdeskx 5mo ago

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yincrash 5mo ago
Still needs a server. You could run a server locally if you had a model that your device could handle then point aide to the localhost URL.
- subscribed 5mo ago
  New phones can run Gemma 4 quants pretty nicely. It's a surprisingly good model. Google's Edge Gallery also offers some choice to try.
  - subscribed 5mo ago
    Missed the window for edit: I agree that ideally I'd have a tiny local MOE-kind of model, able to establish the complexity of the request, route simple local requests to the instantly available local agent, and route all the rest outside (to one of several models).

subscribed 5mo ago

Looks cool, but I think your maths isn't mathing :) It's a second day of the first week (as per Google Play), and it shows $9.99 already (£8.99 in the Play Store). I'm not saying it's expensive, feature wise it's awesome, I'm saying it's inconsistent :))) BTW, is there any chance for the trial key (even one day)? My phone is running GrapheneOS and I would need to see if all I'd like works (or I can make it work). Maybe beta programme?

yincrash 5mo ago
Unfortunately, it's my first time using the discount code, and I didn't realize it required in-app code to enable it. There is a new build that should now have the discount. I will extend it another week. I like the trial idea. Will see if I can get that out quickly.
- yincrash 5mo ago
  Free trial implemented. 5 day trial
  - subscribed 5mo ago
    Fantastic! Thank you so much.
  - subscribed 5mo ago
    Thanks, trial works. Onboarding on the custom API is very tedious (I used openrouter: took me 20 minutes to guess the URL and model format you expected, full of 404 and 200 errors). I added the model, connection test worked, I added all the requested permission and set Aide to be default assistant, but unfortunately after tapping a microphone I get "Client-side error", and after asking it via text something super basic (eg: "what's the time now") it responded with "Provider error". I'll probably try tomorrow with my local model so I can have full visibility of the traffic because frankly the app doesn't help much :) Looks sleek, I hope it works too ;)
    - 5mo ago