Auri AI is an AI keyboard and assistant for writing, translation, and everyday productivity, covering iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Its positioning is an "assistant built into the keyboard": users can directly dictate, rewrite, translate, or ask for help in any app where text can be entered, such as Messages, Mail, WhatsApp, Slack, Safari, and Notes, without switching to another app.
Main capabilities
- AI keyboard: retains swipe typing, the original keyboard layout, and typing speed, while also providing dictation, rewriting, translation, and grammar correction.
- Dictation and transcription: supports voice input; can convert recordings, imported audio or video files, and YouTube links into text, automatically add speaker labels, and further organize them into meeting notes, summaries, or to-do lists.
- Writing tools: correct grammar, rewrite, and translate, suitable for non-native English speakers or situations that require quickly polishing text.
- Ask Auri: ask questions directly within the keyboard, with access to data sources such as Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Gmail, Location, Notion, and Health (each requiring user authorization), for example checking schedules, finding nearby coffee shops, and adding events.
- Auri Chat: answers are not limited to text and can generate charts, comparisons, steps, tables, and interactive follow-up screens.
- Notes and recording: supports Markdown writing, voice notes, and importing audio and video, and can translate, summarize, or turn transcriptions into lists.
- Auri Voice on Mac: press a shortcut and speak naturally; Auri removes filler words and false starts, adds punctuation, and enters the polished text into most Mac apps. A local voice engine can be selected for offline dictation.
How to use
- iOS keyboard: enable it in "Settings > Auri > Keyboard" and allow full access, then long-press the globe key on any keyboard to select Auri. Auri does not appear in password and bank card fields.
- Cross-device: one Auri account, used deeply on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch according to each device; added vocabulary syncs between Auri and Auri Voice.
- Mac: the Auri app hosts chat and notes, while Auri Voice can enter dictated text at the cursor in any app and supports an offline local voice engine.
- Apple Watch: you can ask Auri questions, record voice notes, or dictate directly to iPhone or Mac.
Use cases
- Grammar correction and translation for everyday messages, emails, and social replies.
- Transcription, summarization, and to-do organization for recordings of meetings, interviews, classes, and more.
- Writing polishing for non-native English speakers.
- Continuous writing and note-taking across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.
- Q&A and actions that need to combine personal data such as Calendar, Contacts, Gmail, and Notion.
Languages and limitations
- The keyboard supports 85 languages and all layouts; dictation and transcription cover 58 languages; translation supports 31 languages.
- The free plan can use the keyboard, dictation, writing tools, Ask Auri, chat, transcription, and notes, but is calculated by minutes and daily usage counts; Auri Pro removes the limits, priced at $10 per month billed annually ($120 per year) or $17 per month, and one subscription covers iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Auri Voice on Mac is a standalone app with its own separate free plan.
- Regarding privacy: Auri does not track or store user input; notes and chats are encrypted and stored in the user's own iCloud; AI requests do not carry personal identifiers and are not used to train AI models. Auri Voice on Mac can run entirely locally; if a cloud model is selected, the required text or audio is encrypted and sent to the chosen provider.
- Some features (such as keyboard dictation, writing tools, and chat) use the cloud; on iPhone there is an on-device English engine that can transcribe recordings offline, and on Mac Auri Voice can dictate locally offline.
- Other specific features, pricing, or platform details are not yet provided.
