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Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)

  • Hacker News

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 cou...

  • Published: Apr 22, 2026
  • First seen: Apr 22, 2026
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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 cou...

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Why it matters

Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Key Features

  • Primary public product URL is https://aideassistant.com/.
  • Description: 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....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)".
  • Source description: 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....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-22.

Use Cases

  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.
  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-22).
  • Primary public product URL is https://aideassistant.com/.
  • Description: 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....
  • Listed on Hacker News as "Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)".

Why Now

Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider) is appearing on fresh discovery surfaces, so it is worth reviewing while momentum is still forming. Confidence is currently low (41/100), so treat this as an early signal rather than a settled trend.

Community Signals

Trend score

39

24h momentum

Rising

Hacker News points

5

Rising

Facts / Signals / Inference / Unknowns

Facts

  • Listed on Hacker News as "Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)".
  • Source description: 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....
  • Source publish date is 2026-04-22.
  • Description: 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....
  • Primary public product URL is https://aideassistant.com/.

Signals

  • Hacker News mention is recent (2026-04-22).
  • Primary discovery source is Hacker News.

Inference

Trust data is still pending

The evidence pipeline has not produced enough structured trust blocks for this product yet.

Unknowns

  • Documentation is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • No tagline is stored on the current product record.
  • Pricing details are not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.
  • Recent changelog or release history is not explicitly linked in the current allowed evidence set.

Evidence Snapshots

Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)

Listed on Hacker News as "Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider)".

Aide – A customizable Android assistant (voice, choose your provider) official profile

Primary public product URL is https://aideassistant.com/.

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