A companion, not another work bot
Not a wall of specifications. Every feature has its own page, an interactive example and one clear answer to where it matters in private life.
PersonalNot one AI. The right person to talk to.
James does not give every subject the same sterile AI voice. Choose from fifteen characters, from a discreet butler and a candid friend to a ruthless contrarian. Each brings a distinct tone, perspective and conversational style. For heartbreak, family chaos, decisions or gloriously strange ideas, you get more than an answer: you get the person you need beside you right now.
Enter this worldPersonalDo not choose a role. Write a new one.
The Character Creator does not repaint another standard AI. It lets you invent a voice for a role that did not exist before: the attorney for your unlived life, a bouncer who keeps family guilt outside, or the chronicler who knows fifteen years of friendship better than any photo album. Give the character something to defend, clear boundaries and a voice of its own — then use a trial conversation to see whether it genuinely comes alive.
Enter this worldPersonalNot merely stored. Carried forward.
Living Memory turns isolated chats into an ongoing relationship. With your permission, James remembers important people, worries, plans and turning points, follows up later and updates a memory when life changes. Rather than starting from zero in the next conversation, you continue where you left off — while you remain in control of what is allowed to stay.
Enter this worldKnowledgeOne question. Several truths in the same room.
James Multi-Chat does not make you ask the same private question four times in four separate conversations. Bring built-in or custom characters into one room and choose debate, collaboration, interview or free form. They respond, challenge one another and test each other’s blind spots. The result is not a majority vote, but a next step that has survived disagreement.
Enter this worldCamera & ARLive Lens · James sees with you
A breakfast that looks healthier than it keeps you full. A strange flea-market find. Three outfits before a first date, a camera from Grandma’s box or a clue that should appear only in this room. Live Lens lets you show James the moment instead of reducing it to text. He marks what matters inside the camera view and keeps the same context for follow-up questions.
Enter this worldPersonalJames does not just answer. His answers can be used.
Special Bubbles are interactive, iOS-native answers inside the James chat. A private question automatically becomes the right tool: a message decoder with tone controls, a tappable bill split, a care plan, a gift finder or a decision compass. You can tap, change and finish things where the conversation happens — without opening a second app or building your own system from a long answer.
Enter this worldEveryday lifeThe app is closed. James is still there.
James brings what matters in your private life directly to the Home Screen, Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Personal updates, shortcuts, pinned Special Bubbles and Live Activities stay visible and interactive while the app is closed — iOS-native, deliberately configurable and only as present as you want them to be.
Enter this worldEveryday lifeJames builds the small app only you were missing
Personal Tools turn a request into a small, usable Mini App inside James. Describe the rules in everyday language and James builds the interface: a games-night scorekeeper, a fair trip kitty or a question deck that is too specific for the App Store. The result keeps its state, remains editable and can live on your Home Screen instead of disappearing in a chat.
Enter this worldVoiceA companion when a screen is the wrong place
Speak to your characters in real time, let James call a restaurant for a reservation or take the conversation onto the road through CarPlay. Interrupt and follow up during voice conversation. For restaurant calls, provide the party size, time and requests first, then receive the confirmed result.
Enter this worldCreateOne idea becomes an image, film, podcast, song or story
Creation Studio turns the same personal source into several finished media forms without making you begin again. A voice note can become a song; a character conflict can become a podcast; a memory can become a short film or audiobook. Cast, tone and history remain connected while you decide what the idea should become next.
Enter this worldVoiceReserve without making the phone call yourself
James can call a selected restaurant on your behalf. You specify the restaurant, party size, preferred time and special requests before the call begins. James then speaks to the restaurant and returns the outcome in writing. James does not call you or other private individuals, and a reservation is only secured when the restaurant actually confirms it.
Enter this worldKnowledgeAutonomous research
James researches for several minutes, checks many sources and turns them into a traceable, cited answer. An open question becomes a structured research report with sources, counterpoints and a clear conclusion.
Enter this worldKnowledgeJust ask
James is a personal AI chat for iPhone, iPad and Mac. You choose a James character, ask in everyday language and continue with follow-up questions without rebuilding the context in every message. The chat can use different supported AI models, while characters, optional memory and native Apple features turn the conversation into something designed for private life rather than a generic productivity window.
Enter this worldKnowledgeOne app, many models
James brings supported AI models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI and DeepSeek into one app. You can choose a model by situation or let the James experience connect model and character. Availability changes with app version, region and plan; James is not the official client of any named model provider.
Enter this worldKnowledgeBeyond the training cutoff
James combines AI reasoning with up-to-date information from the web. News, weather, markets, films, places and other time-sensitive subjects flow into one answer.
Enter this worldPersonalAnswers with your context
Optionally add your language, profession, interests, goals and preferences. Recommendations no longer start from zero and can focus on what is relevant to you.
Enter this worldPersonalA relationship, not a reset
The more you talk to a character, the more familiar their tone becomes across ten relationship levels. Activity views, milestones and character statistics make that shared progress visible.
Enter this worldEveryday lifeStart prepared
A personal briefing combines appointments, important mail, reminders and selected inspiration. Instead of opening five apps, see the things that genuinely need attention today.
Enter this worldKnowledgeAnswers from your files
James lets you ask questions about a PDF, Word or Excel file you provide. Request a summary, find a named passage or compare statements without manually searching every page. The answer can still miss tables, scans, footnotes or context, so important contracts, studies and financial documents must be checked against the original file.
Enter this worldKnowledgeAnalyse files together
Compare multiple studies, contracts or reports inside one research task. Contradictions, common ground and missing evidence become visible across documents.
Enter this worldKnowledgeSee risks at a glance
A visual document analysis highlights key statements, deadlines, risks and unresolved points. Dense text becomes a clear review surface that prioritises what matters.
Enter this worldCreateMake knowledge visible
Turn a document into a visual summary in one step. Numbers, processes and key claims become a shareable infographic instead of a wall of text.
Enter this worldCamera & ARAsk your images
James Vision analyses a photo, screenshot or document that you select. Ask what an unfamiliar object is, what a warning on a device could mean or which visible detail matters in the situation. Unlike Live Lens, James Vision begins with an existing image rather than a continuous camera view, and every identification remains an AI assessment that may need verification.
Enter this worldVoiceReal-time conversation
Talk V2 is the real-time voice conversation in James. Speak to a selected character, interrupt an answer and continue immediately instead of waiting for a recorded monologue to finish. Latency and voice quality depend on connection, device and selected voice; the feature supports conversation but does not replace an emergency service or professional human advice.
Enter this worldVoiceAnswers with character
Have written responses read aloud by natural, high-quality voices. Long texts, stories and explanations become a relaxed listening experience.
Enter this worldVoiceLanguage connects
The James Live Interpreter translates a spoken exchange between two selected languages so both people can continue the conversation without typing every sentence. It is useful for everyday travel and private situations, but machine translation can miss dialect, specialist terminology and cultural nuance. For medical, legal or binding conversations, use a qualified human interpreter.
Enter this worldVoiceTurn audio into text
James turns a voice message or audio file you deliberately share into readable text. You can request a full transcript, a short summary or a structured view of decisions, dates and unanswered questions. James does not automatically access WhatsApp, iMessage or an entire conversation; you choose the individual recording that should be processed.
Enter this worldCreateWords become images
Describe an idea and turn it into illustrations, photos, graphics or campaign visuals. Control style, format and quality in everyday language without learning design software.
Enter this worldCreateThe right tool for each style
Choose leading image models for photorealism, typography, illustration or fast concepts. Reinterpret one idea with different visual strengths without leaving the app.
Enter this worldCreateEdit by describing
James edits an image through everyday text instructions. Ask to remove a distracting object, change lighting or atmosphere, extend the frame or refine a generated motif. Each result is a new AI interpretation rather than a guaranteed pixel-perfect correction, so faces, text, hands and fine product details should be inspected before sharing.
Enter this worldCreateMultiple inputs, one result
Fuse several photos into a coherent new composition. Combine a product, environment and style reference while preserving the desired aspect ratio.
Enter this worldCreateFrom line to visual
Sketch to Image uses your rough drawing as the spatial starting point for a generated image. Upload a layout, pose or scene, then describe the intended style, format and atmosphere. James develops the visual detail while trying to preserve the structure you supplied; complex geometry, text and exact proportions can still drift between versions.
Enter this worldCreateA topic becomes a conversation
James turns a personal subject into a produced podcast with a chosen cast, opposing perspectives and a deliberate narrative arc. You can let James and Mia analyse a one-sided friendship, stage an argument about a family secret or give two original horror icons their own show. The real examples on this page are playable outputs, not silent mock-ups.
Enter this worldCreateGive ideas a sound
James creates music from specific personal material rather than a generic mood prompt. A chaotic voice note after a date can become dark synth-pop, an inside joke can become a birthday song and a memory of someone who died can become a quiet adult piece. You control mood, style and tone, then keep the finished track in your library.
Enter this worldCreateMake complexity clear
James develops the script, narration and visuals for a complete explainer video. A subject is not merely described but told as a clear visual sequence.
Enter this worldCreateStories made to listen
James turns a story idea into a longer narrated audio format with structure, chapters and a selected voice. You define premise, tone, length and intended audience, then refine the result before keeping it in the James library. Generated stories and voices can contain continuity or pronunciation errors, and commercial use depends on the current model and usage rights.
Enter this worldCreateA new adventure every night
Create age-appropriate bedtime stories with a name, subject and preferred length. The child can become the hero while James adapts language, tension and pacing.
Enter this worldEveryday lifeEverything you create
Chats, images, podcasts, audiobooks, videos and tools live in one organised library. Great results do not disappear into a timeline; they remain searchable and reusable.
Enter this worldEveryday lifeContinue on any device
Conversations, your library and personal settings follow you across the Apple ecosystem. Start on iPhone and continue on iPad or Mac without moving content manually.
Enter this worldConnectionsSay it and save it
Tell James a reminder in natural language, including the thing, date and time as you would say it to another person. James extracts the details and prepares an actual Apple Reminder after you approve it. The Reminders permission is required, and ambiguous phrases such as “later” or “next Friday” should be checked before saving.
Enter this worldConnectionsEvents in context
Connect Apple or Google Calendar so James can account for your day in its answers. Questions such as “What matters tomorrow?” get a concrete answer based on your calendar.
Enter this worldConnectionsImportant email, condensed
Optionally connect Gmail read-only for briefings and contextual answers. James summarises important unread messages without changing your mailbox.
Enter this worldConnectionsYour workday in the briefing
Connect Outlook.com or Microsoft 365 to include important mail in your Daily Check-in. Relevant senders, subjects and short summaries are combined only with your consent.
Enter this worldConnectionsIMAP included
Optionally connect providers such as GMX, web.de, Posteo or your own domain. The app connects securely to the mail server and keeps credentials in the iOS Keychain.
Enter this worldDevicesJames rides along
James brings selected voice conversations and information to Apple CarPlay through a driving-focused interface. You can speak instead of handling the phone and continue with a James character where the current app and vehicle support it. Availability depends on iPhone, vehicle, CarPlay and app version; never interact with James in a way that distracts from driving.
Enter this worldDevicesKnowledge on your wrist
James brings a native AI companion to Apple Watch. Ask a quick question by text or voice, choose one of the James characters and open saved content without first reaching for the iPhone. James is its own app and not an official ChatGPT client for Apple Watch; its advantage is the same personal characters and context you use across the James ecosystem.
Enter this worldDevicesMore room to think
The interface uses the larger screen for chat, navigation and content side by side. Documents, research and creative results remain visible without constant view switching.
Enter this worldDevicesAI in your workflow
Use James with a keyboard, large display and access to your work documents. Research, writing and file work fit the desktop workflow instead of a small browser window.
Enter this worldVoiceListen without a cloud detour
Optionally use on-device voices for spoken output. Saved content can be read efficiently when a premium voice is not required.
Enter this worldEveryday lifePass good answers on
Turn a conversation into a clear format that can be shared with others. Research, ideas and instructions reach a team without stitching screenshots together.
Enter this worldControlYou stay in control
No advertising profiles, no training on your content and sensitive credentials stored in the iOS Keychain. Optional connections can be removed anytime; memories and profile sync through your iCloud system.
Enter this worldControlFewer barriers
Core James features can be tried without creating a traditional user account or another password. That reduces the barrier to a first AI conversation, but it is not “anonymous ChatGPT”: James is an independent app, and technical data needed to provide the service is still handled under the James privacy policy. Saving, syncing or paid functions can require Apple services or an in-app purchase.
Enter this worldThe next chapter
Characters, conversation, creation, camera, memory, voice and native Apple surfaces become one continuous experience — while you remain in control of what James may know and use.