Show HN: Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider) (opens in new tab)

Aide is an Android app that replaces your default digital assistant. It can register as your default assistant, so corner-swipe and power-button-hold summon it instead of the Google assistant.

I wanted to do something other than Google, but ChatGPT and Claude's integration couldn't do anything on device, so I built this.

Bring your own key for Claude, OpenAI, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM). Keys are encrypted on-device; conversations go straight to your provider.

Free: chat on any provider, multi-provider switching, web search + URL fetching as built-in tools, custom system prompt, markdown.

Pro ($6.99 launch week, $9.99 after, one-time): voice input + streaming TTS, voice-first overlay, photo/file attachments, device actions (SMS/calendar/alarms, every intent confirmed), screen context, Home Assistant integration.