Hey folks 👋

We’ve kept busy working on Kin - it’s been two weeks already!

Read on to hear what we’ve been up to, and reach the end for this edition’s super prompt.  

What’s new with Kin 🚀

Smarter characters, easier flow ✏

We’ve cleaned up the home screen, and made it possible to edit advisor characters right from the homepage selector.

This way, you can make sure all the sides of Kin are exactly who you need them to be - not just your own custom prompt.

Advisors that advise 🧙‍♂️

Your advisors are no longer passive chat partners - when they’ve got something to say (like wondering whether you’ve remembered that meeting you usually forget), they’ll reach out to you personally with a push notification.

You’re in control of this: feel it’s too much? You can turn down the frequency in the app. But if you like it? You can turn it up too.

Memory that remembers who matters 🫂

Our next memory update means Kin now does a better job of extracting people from your messages into your Kin’s private database.

Conversations about important folks should feel more accurate and natural now, as Kin remembers more of the important stuff about them.

Help getting what you need 💡

We’ve also added advisor interaction reminders and frequency tracking. Now you can see how often you’ve chatted with each advisor, and set up reminders to make sure you’re talking with each advisor as often as you’d like.

Voice mode 🎙

We’ve heard your thoughts loud and clear: voice mode is a favorite, but more stability and longer usage times are needed.

There was also an issue for Android users with headsets - we’ve dealt with that, so now Kin’s voice mode shouldn’t get so confused by wires.

For everything else, we’re working on improvements to make it feel seamless. More soon.

Other fixes & polish 🛠

• Removed emojis from filter types for better readability
• Tweaked chat font design for smoother legibility
• Fixed the journal voice button floating mid-screen (no more runaway buttons)
• Cleaned up chat formatting in general
• Further fixes for Android keyboard issues (hopefully the last!)
• Fixed Journal title generation, so auto-generated titles should work much better now
• Resolved the double user issue, for those that had it!

Your turn 💭

Kin is moving fast. We have big plans to reach by the end of the year - and we want to make sure we arrive at a place you love as much as us.

So, like we say every time, there are multiple ways to tell us your thoughts about Kin. Good, bad, strange… we want them all!

You can reach out to the KIN team at [email protected] with anything, from feature feedback to a bit of AI discussion (though support queries will be better helped over at [email protected]).

For something more interactive, the official Kin Discord is still the best place to talk to the Kin development team (as well as other users) about anything AI.

We have dedicated channels discussing the tech behind Kin, networking users, sharing support tips, and for hanging out.

We also regularly run three casual calls every week, and you’re invited:

• Monday Accountability Calls - 5pm GMT/BST
  Share your plans and goals for the week, and learn tips about how Kin can help keep you on track.
• Wednesday Hangout Calls - 5pm GMT/BST
  No agenda, just good conversation and a chance to connect with other Kin users.
• Friday Kin Q&A - 1pm GMT/BST
  Drop in with any questions about Kin (the app or the company) and get live answers in real time.

You’re the centre of this conversation - make sure you take your place. Kin’s for you, not for us.

Finally, you can also share your feedback in-app. Just screenshot to trigger the feedback form!

Our current reads 📚

Article: How people really use AI (Claude vs ChatGPT)
READ - thedeepview.co

Report: Mobile app trends in Denmark
READ - franma.coArticle: Apple launch the iPhone 17 pro,  featuring the new A19 chipset built with running LLMs in mind (making a truly-local Kin instance more possible)
READ - Apple

Report: a16z’s app affinity scores for AI users (what other AI apps are users of particular AI most likely to have?)
READ: Olivia Moore via x

This edition’s super prompt 🤖

This time, we’re asking your Kin:

What kind of support do I best respond to?”

If you have Kin installed and up to date, you can tap the link below (on mobile!) to explore how you think about pressure, and how you can keep cool under it.

As a reminder, you can do this on both iOS and Android.

Try prompt in Kin

This is your journey 🚢

Kin always has been and always be for you as users. We want to build the most useful and supportive AI assistant we can.

So, please: email us, chat in our Discord, or even just shake the app to reach out to us with your thoughts and ideas.

Kin is only what our users make of us.

With love,

The KIN Team

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