Brave announced this week that it will integrate its artificial intelligence assistant, called Leo, into its iPhone and iPad application. The assistant, which is already available on Android and desktop computers, allows users to ask questions, summarize pages, create content, and much more.
The Leo release on iOS includes the voice-to-text feature, which is not available in the Android version, and allows you to write by simply speaking out loud, without the need to type queries or questions. Brave claims that this functionality facilitates interaction with AI.
In addition to summarizing pages or videos, Leo can also answer questions about the content it reads, generate lengthy writings, translate or rewrite pages, create transcriptions of video or audio content, and write code. By providing access to an integrated AI assistant, Brave hopes that users will not rely on ChatGPT or other similar services.
Leo includes access to the Mixtral 8x7B, Claude Instant models from Anthropic, and Llama 2 13B from Meta. Brave has set Mixtral 8x7B as the default model for Leo, but users have the option to select another model or upgrade to Leo Premium for higher rate limits for $14.99 per month.
Brave is not the only browser company that has launched an AI assistant: Opera launched an AI assistant called Aria last year, created in collaboration with OpenAI, which has a chatbot-like interface that allows you to ask questions and receive instant answers.
The integration of Leo in Brave for iOS is now available for all iOS users who have updated to version 1.63. To access Leo, open the browser, type in the address bar, and select “Ask Leo”. Leo is an optional feature and can be disabled through the app settings.
