Aide — Customizable AI Assistant for Android

2 min read Original article ↗

BYOK assistant · Android

One app.
Every model.

Replace your default Android assistant with Claude, ChatGPT, your local Ollama — or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Bring your own API key; your messages never route through us.

Aide chat screen — a numbered answer about brewing better coffee

Why Aide

Your keys. Your provider. Your device.

The opposite of locked-in. Aide is a thin, fast client — the intelligence lives wherever you want it to.

Your keys, encrypted on-device

API keys are stored in Android Keystore with AES-256 hardware-backed encryption. Your conversations go directly from your phone to your provider — Aide's servers never see a single message.

Any model

Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, local Ollama, LM Studio, custom endpoints. Switch at any time.

Default assistant

Swipe from the corner, hold the power button, or voice-invoke — like the one it replaces.

Device actions

Send texts, set alarms, create events, call contacts, open navigation — all voice-driven, all confirmed.

Smart home

Connect to Home Assistant. Ask Aide to dim the lights or arm the alarm.

Real-time web, when it matters

Aide augments any model with live web search and URL fetching. So "what's the weather" works on Claude, "summarize this article" works on GPT, and your local Ollama can suddenly read the internet.

Getting started

Three steps. Takes about a minute.

01

Paste a key

From Anthropic, OpenAI, or point to any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (including your own).

02

Set as default

Aide walks you through replacing the built-in assistant in Android settings — one tap away.

03

Talk or type

Swipe from the corner, hold power, or open the app. Your new assistant is ready.

Pricing

Free to use. One-time upgrade, no subscription.

You pay your AI provider directly. Aide itself is as cheap as it can possibly be.

Free

Everything you need to replace your stock assistant.

  • Text chat with any provider
  • Multi-provider switching
  • Conversation history
  • Custom system prompt
  • Web search & URL fetching
  • Default-assistant integration

Pro

The unlock for voice, devices, and smart home.

  • Everything in Free
  • Voice input & output
  • Photo & file attachments
  • Device actions — SMS, calls, alarms, nav
  • Smart-home control via Home Assistant
  • Screen context — ask about what you see