What HAB is
HAB is your household's own AI assistant. He runs on this home's PC (or, with HAB Cloud, on a secure server), not on a big company's cloud. His brain is an AI model on that PC; the owner can also connect a bigger online brain.
Where your chats go
Chats are saved on HAB's PC. They only go to an online AI if the owner connected one and you said yes (HAB asks each person first; Settings → AI brain changes it). Tester, the owner, can read every chat, and the adults in the family can read the kids' chats. Tester also has a log of all chats and a watcher (the Sentinel) that checks HAB's behaviour. This is so everyone stays safe, and it's the same for everybody.
What HAB remembers
HAB notes lasting things about you (likes, family, pets) to help later. If you correct him, he fixes the old fact instead of keeping both. Facts you type in yourself are never changed by HAB. See, add and delete them in Menu → What HAB remembers; anything changed or forgotten lately can be put back there. Tester, the owner, can see everyone's memories too, so don't tell HAB anything you wouldn't want the owner to know.
What can leave the house
- Lookups (web search, Wikipedia, YouTube, songs, weather, maps) search public websites with the words of the question.
- When you've said yes to an online brain, your messages go to it to be answered.
- Where HAB has the Stock Checker, it sends your home ZIP code only to Best Buy's stock lookup. Other stores just get a link you tap yourself.
- Voice is processed on the PC. Nothing is sent to a voice service. If HAB learns your voice ("who's talking?"), he keeps only a voiceprint (numbers, not a recording) on the PC; forget it any time in Settings → Voice & talking.
- Away from home, your phone reaches HAB end-to-end encrypted: the relay in between can't read anything.
Staying safe
If anyone mentions suicide or hurting themselves, HAB shows the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988, free, any time) and answers with care. HAB is an AI and never says he's a person. The "Sweet & flirty" personality is for grown-ups only: you confirm once that you're 18 or older, that HAB is an AI, and that the owner can see your chats. HAB never gets explicit and reminds you now and then that he's an AI.
Kids
Kid accounts have extra safety rules, filters and a check on every reply before they see it. Some abilities are turned off for them, and they always use the home brain.
Who HAB is for
HAB is for grown-ups (18 and over).
Passwords and sign-in
Passwords are stored scrambled. New accounts need an invite link from Tester. Five wrong passwords lock an account for 10 minutes. A phone you trust at home can use all of HAB away from home after your password (Settings → Account & devices → Trusted phones); family members stay unlocked on it, the owner, admins and helpers type the password again every 30 minutes, approvals always ask again, and 🔒 Lock this phone now ends it at once. Add a recovery email (Settings → Account & devices) in case you forget yours.
Your data, your choice
Delete a chat, a memory, or your whole account any time: Settings → Account & devices → 🗑 Delete my account.
If something looks wrong
Tap 🐞 Bug, or ⋯ under a reply → ⚑ Report this reply. HAB asks before doing anything risky, and only Tester can approve it.