01 / ASSISTANT
“Iris, what am I looking at?”
Read a sign. Ask about a plant. Look something up. Iris can use the camera on your glasses or your iPhone, and answer out loud.
For Ray-Ban Meta. Also on iPhone.
Look around.
Ask Iris.
More from the glasses you already wear. Ask about what you see, get an answer in your ear, or open Translate to understand someone speaking.
iPhone · iOS 17.2+ · Glasses optional
Internet connection required
Still a beta. Built with your feedback.
Try it in your day-to-day life. Tell us where it helps—and where it doesn’t.
Two tasks. One starting point.
See & ask through glasses or phoneHear & read live translationRevisit saved conversations
Start with what you need
A question. A conversation.
A different language.
No need to start the assistant just to translate. Both tasks have their own place on Home.
02 / TRANSLATE
Hear it in your language.
Read along, too.
Open Translate directly from Home. Choose one of 13 output languages and keep your phone out, facing the person speaking. No camera or wake word needed.
A look inside
Less clutter.
More conversation.
Readable turns, a clear way to switch tasks, and a Stop button that stays within reach. The app follows your phone’s light or dark appearance.
Start here
Choose your camera. Start Iris or Translate. Reopen a recent conversation.
Stay in the conversation
Clear speaker labels and camera controls. Keep talking with the live camera off.
Follow what’s being said
Change the output language on screen. Hear the translation and read along.
Read it again
Browse saved conversations and translations. Read, share or delete them.
These are simulator-rendered UI previews made from the current SwiftUI components, with sample conversations—not live AI sessions. The Assistant example has its camera off.
Showing light appearance.
Useful beyond the first question
For the things that
come up along the way.
Ask about what you see
Use the glasses camera or your iPhone. Ask Iris to read a sign, describe what’s in front of you, or take a closer look.
Look back a little
Ask about a moment from roughly the last five minutes of camera use. Photos captured in Iris join that recent window—not a permanent photo library.
Some brief moments can fall between samples. Searching for something without a time hint needs hosted sign-in.
Go beyond a quick answer
Ask Iris to look something up on the web and speak the result. Hosted access provides web actions; technical users can connect their own OpenClaw agent.
An action backend must be configured. It isn’t phone or app control.
Find your bearings
Ask for your location, the phone’s compass direction or today’s steps. Open a destination in Maps when you want a route.
Make it more yours
Choose Iris’s voice and response language. With hosted memory enabled, Iris can keep durable preferences for future sessions.
Tell us in the moment
Say “Iris, report this bug” to send feedback to the team. Or use Settings → Send Feedback for text, screenshots and a recorded voice note.
Spoken notes go to the Iris team; they aren’t a personal notes collection.
Live translation
13 languages.
Heard and read.
Choose the language you want to hear—not the language you need to recognise.
- English
- Spanish
- French
- German
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Vietnamese
Get started
Your iPhone is enough
to try it.
Have Ray-Ban Meta glasses? Connect them for an eyes-up assistant. Translate uses your phone microphone either way.
Install the beta
Open our invite on your iPhone. Install Apple’s TestFlight app if needed, then return to the invite and tap Accept → Install.
Open the beta inviteAsked for an invite code? You don’t need one. Open the invite link again after installing TestFlight.
Choose how to connect
Hosted: enter your email in the app and follow the sign-in link. Assistant, Translate, web actions and optional memory use your hosted account.
Your own keys: add a Gemini key for Assistant, an OpenAI key for Translate, or both. Translate works without a Gemini key.
Choose your camera
Home shows which camera Start Iris will use. Without glasses, it uses your iPhone. Tap Connect glasses to complete Meta’s handoff; when both are available, tap Change to choose.
Setting up Ray-Ban Meta glasses
Pair the glasses in Meta AI. For the public beta’s glasses setup:
- Open Meta AI → Settings → App Info.
- Tap App version five times.
- Return to Settings and switch Developer Mode on.
- In Irisware, tap Connect glasses and approve the handoff.
Start Iris. Or Translate.
Assistant: tap Start Iris, then say “Iris” and ask. After a long pause, say the name again.
Translate: tap Translate on Home, choose the output language, and keep your phone out facing the speaker. No assistant session or camera needed.
Free to join. Still an experiment.
Hosted beta access includes a small monthly usage allowance; the existing offer covers the first 100 hosted accounts. If the seats are full, the app offers a waitlist. Your own keys use your providers’ pricing and limits.
Do I need glasses?
No. The assistant also works with your iPhone camera. Translate uses the phone microphone and doesn’t need a camera. The iOS beta requires iOS 17.2 or later and an internet connection.
Can I just use Translate?
Yes. It has its own button on Home and works with a hosted sign-in or your own OpenAI key. You don’t need to configure Gemini or start the assistant first.
Can I switch modes by voice?
Voice switching is early access, not on by default. Ask us to enable it for your account, then turn on Settings → Advanced → Voice mode switching. The on-screen Assistant / Translate selector is available without that early-access unlock when both tasks are configured.
What does the five-minute look-back mean?
Iris keeps sampled camera frames from roughly the last five minutes of the current assistant session. You can ask about a recent moment, including a photo captured in Iris. It isn’t continuous video playback, and the window is cleared when the session ends. Finding an event without a time hint needs hosted sign-in.
Can I read a conversation afterwards?
Yes, when conversation history is enabled. Open a recent conversation on Home or choose See all. History includes assistant conversations and translated text, with controls to share and delete saved sessions.
Can Iris control apps on my phone?
No. Hosted actions can look things up on the web, and the Maps tool can open a route. Iris cannot place phone calls, read your phone’s contacts or control other phone apps. A self-hosted OpenClaw agent can provide its own integrations.
How do I send feedback?
Say “Iris, report this bug” during an assistant conversation, or open Settings → Send Feedback. The feedback screen supports text, screenshots and a recorded voice note. These messages go to the team building Iris.
Is there an Android beta?
Not at the moment. The public beta is iOS-only.
Give your next question somewhere to go
Put Iris in your day.
Try the beta on your iPhone.
Add your glasses when you’re ready.