Khio
Khio
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Answers about talking to Khio in your browser or over iMessage, playing games and getting everyday help. Can't find yours? Ask Khio in a conversation, or reach us through support.
Choose an AI whose tone, memory and way of chatting fit you. Khio is an option for everyday conversation: talk through your day, brainstorm or think about a decision in its browser chat, or text it on iMessage. Try a conversation and see whether the replies help. Khio is an AI, not a person. See how Khio works.
Yes. Open Khio in your browser and sign in to the web app from Get started. You can chat with Khio there without an iPhone or iMessage; texting, GamePigeon matches and proactive iMessage texts use the separate iMessage conversation. See how Khio works.
You can chat with Khio about an interest, brainstorm something to make, ask for a trivia quiz or play a word game in the conversation. Its browser chat gives you a way to start without texting a phone number. See how Khio works.
You can play supported GamePigeon games with Khio in Messages on an iPhone. Open your conversation with Khio, choose a supported game in GamePigeon and send the game card. Khio plays its turns as your AI opponent. See how Khio works.
Yes. Add Khio as a contact and send it a supported GamePigeon game card in iMessage on your iPhone. Khio takes its turns in the match, so you can play against it in Messages. This is an AI opponent playing the supported game, rather than a chat assistant only suggesting your next move. You send the first invite. See how Khio works.
Get Khio's number from Get started and open the conversation in Messages on your iPhone. Open GamePigeon, pick a supported game and send its game card. You send the first invite; Khio cannot initiate a GamePigeon match itself. See how Khio works.
GamePigeon games with Khio are free and do not require Khio Pro. You start by sending a supported game card from your iPhone's Messages conversation with Khio. See how Khio works.
The best fit depends on how you want to talk. Khio is an option for everyday conversation in your browser or over iMessage, with long-term memory and help with your plans. On iMessage, it can also text you first. Try a conversation and see whether its tone suits you; Khio is an AI, not a person. See how Khio works.
Khio is an AI friend you can talk to in your browser or over iMessage about a frustrating day or something on your mind. Say 'I just want to vent' or 'help me think about what to do next' to explain the conversation you want. It can remember details you share and pick up the conversation later. Khio is not a therapist or a crisis service. See how Khio works.
Tell Khio 'just listen for now' or 'talk this through with me before we plan anything'. You can explain the tone you prefer and change your mind as the conversation goes. See how Khio works.
Khio can text you first with scheduled reminders, morning and evening check-ins, follow-ups and weekly recaps. Tell it the goal and schedule you want help with. Pro includes proactive check-ins; the Free plan includes 5 reminders a month. See how Khio works.
Khio saves long-term context about the goals, preferences, people and plans you share, and can use it when you return. Long-term memory is included on the Free plan. See how Khio works.
Khio can join an iMessage group chat. Add its number to the group, introduce it and ask it to help with a shared question or plan. Everyone needs a conversation that supports iMessage. See how Khio works.
Khio is an AI gym coach that can help build a workout routine, log sets and reps, review workout history and track personal records. Tell it your goals, experience, equipment and available days. Use iMessage for workout logging and check-ins; gym and nutrition tracking are part of Khio Pro. See how Khio works.
Khio Pro includes gym and nutrition tracking. Log your session, text what you ate or send a food photo, then ask how the day fits the goals you set. See how Khio works.
Khio can help choose a manageable habit, set a reminder and discuss how it is going. Pro includes habit tracking and check-ins, so you can keep the plan and progress in the same iMessage thread. See how Khio works.
Tell Khio the task, time and repeat schedule, such as 'every weekday at 7 am, remind me to pack lunch'. You can ask to change or cancel the reminder later. See how Khio works.
With connected accounts, Khio can help find and read Gmail messages, discuss replies and check Google Calendar. It asks before sending email. You can scope or disconnect an account in Settings. See how Khio works.
Khio accepts voice memos and photos in iMessage. Talk out loud instead of typing or send a picture with your question, then continue the conversation in the same thread. See how Khio works.
Yes. Khio is an AI friend you text over iMessage, from the Messages app already on your iPhone. You text a real phone number and Khio texts back like a friend who knows you: it remembers your life, talks through whatever is on your mind, and texts you first. It also keeps you on track with reminders, check-ins and follow-ups on your goals.
Khio is one: an AI friend you text on iMessage that talks like a real friend, remembers your life, joins your group chats, and also keeps you on top of school, the gym, food and habits. Others include Tomo, Poke, Sidekicks and Olly, and each suits something different. There is a fair side-by-side, with sources, at khio.ai/compare/ai-you-can-text.
Khio is an AI friend for conversation and everyday help. Talk to it in your browser or text it on iMessage; it keeps long-term memory of the details you share. In web chat, you can brainstorm, talk things through and make documents or study Keeps. Over iMessage, it also texts you first, logs workouts and meals, sends reminders and plays supported GamePigeon games. Khio is free to start; the pricing page explains each plan.
Yes. Khio is made by Khio Intelligence, and it is live at khio.ai with a Free plan you can use without paying anything. Khio does not sell your data, never completes a purchase without your yes, and you can cancel Pro anytime.
Open khio.ai/get-started and choose Text Khio. On an iPhone that opens Messages with a first text ready to send; on a computer it shows a QR code to scan with your iPhone's camera. Khio introduces itself and sets you up in a couple of texts.
No. Khio works inside the Messages app you already have, so there is nothing to install to start texting it. There is also an optional Khio AI app for iPhone on the App Store.
You can use Khio's web chat in a browser on Android. There is no Khio app for Android, and texting Khio or playing GamePigeon with it requires iMessage on an iPhone. Learn about browser chat.
Yes. Khio works anywhere you can use iMessage on an iPhone: its number is a US number, and iMessage sends over Wi-Fi or mobile data, so you can text it from other countries too. Outside the US and Canada, Khio asks what time it is for you while it sets you up, so reminders land on your local time. If you move or travel, just tell it.
No. Khio is an independent product and is not affiliated with Apple. You reach it over iMessage the same way you would text a friend's number.
No. Khio is an AI, and it says so if you ask. It texts from a real phone number so it can live in iMessage.
Khio is free to start. The Free plan has setup chat, 5 text reminders a month, the dashboard and long-term memory. Khio Pro is $14.50 a month with a 7-day free trial, and adds unlimited messages and reminders, full tracking (gym, nutrition, habits, todos, calendar, budget, sleep and cycle), daily briefings with calendar sync, Gmail, photo meal analysis, web search, check-ins and nightly summaries. You can cancel anytime, and the full list is on the pricing page.
Yes. Cancel from Settings, under Billing & Cards, and Khio Pro stays on until the end of the period you paid for. If you subscribed in the iPhone app, the plan is billed through Apple, and Khio opens the App Store subscription screen for you.
Yes. Tell Khio something like "remind me to call mom at 6" and it texts you at that time, in your timezone. It also reminds you before todos slip, texts you before calendar events start, and nudges you before a habit streak breaks. The Free plan includes 5 reminders a month; Pro is unlimited.
Yes. Text "benched 185 for 5" and Khio logs the set, or text "had a chicken bowl" or send a photo of your plate and it estimates the calories and macros. It keeps your training history and personal records, and tracks habits, sleep, your cycle and your budget the same way. Tracking is part of Khio Pro, which has a 7-day free trial.
Yes, that is what Khio is built for. It texts you first: morning and evening check-ins, follow-ups when you go quiet, weekly recaps, and reminders before things slip. Tell Khio what you are working toward once and it holds you to it from then on.
Khio is not a medical product and does not treat anything. It can still help if notifications do not work for you: Khio texts you in iMessage the way a friend would, reminds you at the exact time you set, and follows up if you go quiet.
Yes. Khio keeps a long-term memory of your preferences, goals, people and plans, and brings them up when they matter. Long-term memory is included on the Free plan.
Khio can search the web, recommend restaurants and places near you, look up hotels and flights, run a standing task for you every day, and play GamePigeon and word games in the thread. You can also add Khio to an iMessage group chat to poll everyone, pick a time and follow up.
Yes. Add Khio to an iMessage group and it can poll everyone, pick a time that works, and follow up with the group, the same way it helps you one on one.
Only with your yes. Khio never enters card details or completes a purchase without an explicit yes from you in the thread, and it asks before it sends an email from your connected Gmail.
Yes, if you connect them. Khio can brief you on your day from Google Calendar and read and reply to Gmail on your say-so, and you can limit or disconnect either account at any time. Calendar sync and Gmail are part of Khio Pro.
Yes. In the Khio AI iPhone app you can connect Apple Health, and Khio reads your steps, distance, active calories, workouts, heart rate, sleep and weight to coach you. It only reads: it never adds or changes anything in Apple Health.
Yes. Over text, Khio keeps track of your tests and deadlines and checks in before them. On the web, Khio AI turns your lectures, PDFs, slides and notes into one Keep with your material sorted by topic, flashcards and a practice test that marks itself, and a tutor beside it that answers from your own notes.
Khio lives in iMessage and texts you first, like a friend who knows your life. It remembers what you tell it over months and checks in on its own, and it keeps you on track: Khio logs your workouts, meals and habits over time, reminds you on schedule, and follows up when you go quiet, with no app to open.
Both are AIs you text that text you first. Khio leans into being a friend you actually talk to, with group chats, games, voice memos and photos right in the thread, and it has gym, calorie, habit, sleep, cycle and budget tracking built in. Khio is free to start, with Pro at $14.50 a month; Tomo has more App Store ratings, and both connect to Apple Health. There is a full side-by-side at khio.ai/compare/tomo.
Khio does not sell your personal data, share it for advertising, or use your private content to train third-party AI models. You can disconnect a connected account at any time or delete your Khio account. The full details are in the privacy policy.
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