Search anything.
Learn how to use it.

Install SlyOS on your Android

SlyOS installs from an APK you download from this site.

1. On your phone, open slyos.world and tap Download for Android.
2. When it finishes, tap the downloaded .apk file (in your notifications or Files → Downloads).
3. If prompted, allow “Install unknown apps” for your browser, then tap Install.
4. Open SlyOS. To update later, just download and install the newer APK over it — no uninstall needed.

First-run setup

A short wizard gets SlyOS ready to be you. Everything stays on your phone.

1. Pick your brain: choose a model and paste its API key. Gemini has a free tier — start there. (Get a key from the linked page.)
2. Offline backup (optional): choose a small on-device model to run when you’re offline.
3. About you: a few lines — your name, work, how you text — so replies sound like you.
4. Bring in your data (optional): import your chat exports to teach your voice (see “Import your history”).
5. Turn it on: grant the permissions, then set SlyOS as your Home app.

Set SlyOS as your home screen

SlyOS is a launcher — it replaces your home screen so it’s what you see on Home.

1. In setup, tap Set SlyOS as my Home app (or later: phone Settings → Apps → Default apps → Home app).
2. Choose SlyOS → Always.
3. Press Home — you’ll land on SlyOS. Reverse anytime from the same Settings screen.

Grant the permissions it needs

Each permission unlocks a capability; all are revocable and everything stays on-device.

1. Notification access — lets it read & reply across WhatsApp, SMS, Telegram, etc. (Settings → Notifications → Notification access → SlyOS).
2. Accessibility — lets it read the screen and operate apps for you (Settings → Accessibility → SlyOS). After enabling, toggle it off/on once if a feature says it can’t see the screen.
3. Display over other apps — for the floating bar and on-screen helpers (Settings → Apps → SlyOS → Display over other apps).
4. Microphone & Camera — for voice and Look mode. Granted the first time you use each.

Ask it anything

The Home screen is one box that understands what you mean and does it.

1. On Home, type a request — “text Anna I’m running late”, “what’s the weather”, “remind me at 6 to call mom”.
2. Press send. SlyOS decides the best action(s) and does them — often several at once.
3. Anything it prepares to send shows a confirm card first, so you stay in control.

Talk to it (voice)

1. On Home, tap or hold the mic at the bottom.
2. Speak your request; it transcribes and runs it.
3. Replies can be read aloud — handy hands-free.

Auto-reply to your messages

SlyOS can answer incoming messages in your voice, with an undo window.

1. Make sure Notification access is granted (see permissions above).
2. Turn on auto-reply from the Now screen / settings.
3. Incoming messages get a drafted reply in your voice; you get a moment to undo before it sends.

Ask your memory (the brain)

Everything flows into a private, searchable memory you can just ask.

1. Tap the Brain icon (center of the bottom bar).
2. Type a question — “what did Papa say about the trip?”, “do I know any VCs?”, “what did I spend on food this month?”.
3. It answers from your imported chats, notes, docs, receipts and past conversations.

Import your history

Optional, but it’s what makes the brain sound like you.

1. WhatsApp: open a chat → ⋮ → More → Export chat → Without media → save the .txt to your phone.
2. LinkedIn: Settings → Data privacy → Get a copy of your data → tick Connections & Messages → they email a .zip.
3. Instagram / Telegram / Messenger: use each app’s “Download your information” → JSON.
4. In SlyOS: setup → “Bring in your data” (or Brain → About) and pick the files. It detects the format and learns your writing voice.

Use the chatbot

A regular Claude/ChatGPT-style chat on your chosen model, with web search and your brain.

1. Go to Research (bottom bar) → tap Chat.
2. Tap New chat and type. It can search the web and draw on your brain.
3. Long-press a chat’s name to rename it. Tap the copy/delete icons under any message. Attach an image or use the mic.
4. Search past chats with the search box on the chat list.

Operate your phone for you

SlyOS can tap and type across any app to complete a task. It stops before spending money.

1. Enable the Accessibility service (permissions above).
2. On Home, say what you want in plain words: “turn on Bluetooth”, “set my ringer to silent”, “open Chrome and search for X”.
3. Watch the STOP banner while it works — tap it (or swipe it away) to take back control any time.
4. At any Pay / Buy / Checkout step it stops and hands you the final tap.

System toggles are the most reliable — it jumps straight to the right Settings page.

Sign up & log in (with 2FA)

1. Say: “sign me up for <app> with email you@x.com and password <pw>”.
2. It fills the fields and submits (your password is typed but never read back or stored).
3. If the app emails a link or texts a code, it reads it and completes verification automatically (keep Google connected for email codes).

Teach it a skill (do it once, it repeats)

Record a fixed routine once and SlyOS replays your exact steps forever — reliable, no AI guessing.

1. Go to Brain → settings → Teach a skill.
2. Name it (e.g. “message my landlord”), tap Start recording.
3. Do the task by hand in the app, then come back and tap Stop & save.
4. Run it anytime by saying: “operate: <the skill name>”.

Best for fixed sequences (stable buttons). Not for scrolling feeds, where targets move.

Look mode — identify anything

1. On Home, say “what is this” or open Look.
2. Point the camera; tap an object to lock on and ask about it out loud.
3. Then shop it, map it, or learn more in a tap.

Scan receipts & documents

1. Say “log a receipt” or open Documents.
2. Snap the receipt/form/ID — a receipt logs the expense with line items; forms & IDs auto-file into your brain.
3. Ask later: “how much did I spend at Costco?” or “show my scanned documents”.

Write research & publish it

1. Go to Research → New paper, describe the topic, tap Write paper.
2. Message it to expand or edit any section; it cites real sources and typesets a PDF.
3. Tap Zenodo to publish and mint a real DOI (paste your Zenodo token once).

Cowork — build real things

1. Go to Research → Cowork.
2. Ask it to build or edit something — a script, a spreadsheet, a document.
3. It produces real files and can create Google Docs / Slides / Sheets / PDFs you can open anywhere.

Give it a mission

1. On the Brain page, set a standing goal: “find me 10 new customers for my studio”.
2. It breaks the goal into a checkable plan and drafts the next best move in your voice.
3. It re-checks daily and pings you on a real jump, a stall, or the finish line.

Practice investing

1. Say “open my portfolio” or “invest”.
2. Tell it your risk & interests; it designs a diversified practice portfolio from real tickers with live prices.
3. It’s paper-traded — you tap to approve any trade; nothing is at risk.

Create an account & sync across devices

1. Go to Brain → settings → Account.
2. Enter an email & password and tap Create account (or Sign in).
3. Tap Sync now — your profile and chats sync to your account so a new device signs in and picks up where you left off.

Back up your brain to Google Drive

1. Connect Google, then open Brain → settings → Brain backup.
2. It continuously zips your whole brain to your Drive (and Downloads) — surviving uninstalls and new phones.
3. Tap Restore on a fresh install to bring everything back.

Bank vault (PIN-locked)

Store sensitive details end-to-end encrypted; only your PIN unlocks them.

1. Open Brain → settings → Bank vault, set a PIN.
2. Add entries (label + value). They’re AES-encrypted — nothing is stored in the clear.
3. Ask the brain “what’s my account number” and it prompts for the PIN, then shows it — on-device only, never sent to a model.

API keys, models & cost

1. Open Brain → settings → API keys & model. Paste keys — each shows a live ✓ Valid / ✗ Invalid dot.
2. In Models & spending, choose which model handles quick tasks vs heavy work, and watch your projected monthly cost.
3. On-device model: pick a small model to run free & offline as a backup (used only when you’re offline).

Floating nav panel

1. Enable it in Brain → settings → Floating nav panel (needs Display over other apps + Accessibility).
2. A glassy SlyOS bar floats over every app.
3. Tap the centre Brain over another app to read that screen, explain it, and save it to your brain. Swipe the bar to dismiss.