How to Use Kin’s Memory
Every conversation builds your story—and Kin remembers every word.
Kin’s advanced memory allows it to instantly record and recall any information you tell it in context, all while storing everything on your device.
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So, how do you use it? I’ll cover the following to explain it:
How to Navigate Kin’s Memory
Maximizing Kin’s Memory
Extra Tips for Your Personal AI
Get Started Today with Your AI Companion
How to Navigate Kin’s Memory
Here’s a step-by-step guide:
Step One: Navigate to the Chat
Open up the Kin app, and tap the speech bubble icon in the bottom right to open up the Chat feature. From here, you can say anything you want to Kin.
💡 Use the Voice controls in the input box to talk with Kin, rather than text with it.
Step Two: Tell Kin Something
Let Kin know something about you, those around you, or your situation.
Once you send the message, or Kin transcribes it, you’ll see that any keywords Kin thinks it should remember are highlighted in the chat thread.
💡 Has Kin missed out a keyword? Want to know more about what it knows? Just ask—Kin can record and explain knowledge on request.
Step Three: Visit the Streaks & Stats Tab
Any highlighted keywords (and the information about them) are automatically added to Kin’s Memory by its artificial intelligence.
By tapping the “x” button in the top left to return to the homepage, and hitting the flame icon in the top right, you can enter the Streaks & Stats tab.
Here, Kin shows you the amount of days you’ve used Kin in a row (your streak), and what Kin has learned about you today across its Chat and Journal features.
💡 In the top right of the tab, hit the connected dots icon to view your Knowledge Map, which showcases every connection and fact Kin has recorded about you.
Maximizing Kin’s Memory
Kin’s memory can do more than just this, though. Here’s how to make the most of our AI assistant’s memory:
1. Interact with Kin Daily
By making Kin a habit, it’ll catch more of the small things that might be easily lost. New names, spontaneous promises, mid-shower realizations—Kin can save them all for you, if you let it.
2. Share Deeper; Go Further
When sharing facts and situations, full context is the most helpful for Kin to remember—explain social dynamics, highlight important sections, and include your feelings. Our Journal feature is especially helpful for helping you do this.
Kin can even combine this information with analyses and web searches for personalized yet informed responses that help guide you through life.
3. Set Strategic Reminders
You can set custom Reminders with Kin to help you track particularly important or elusive things.
Got to remember that email? Trying to build a new nightly routine? Just tell Kin what you'd like to be reminded about when, and Kin will keep tabs—both on the homepage, and in your Chat.
4. Keep Privacy Controlled
You can trust that Kin does this privately and securely, too. Kin’s entire Memory is stored only on your device, invisible to anyone but you.
At any time, you can head over to the Knowledge Map and see or delete it—all in one place.
Extra Tips for Your Personal AI
There’s more you can do to make Kin’s memory more powerful. Consider doing the following in your conversations with Kin:
Introduce Yourself: Tell Kin who you are, what you do, and what your goals are to give it a baseline about you.
Cover Context: Explain what's currently going on at work and at home, so Kin can understand your situation and how it might be affecting you.
Catch Everything: Nothing’s too small. Make sure you cover how you're feeling, and little things like new names you've learnt and off-the-cuff promises you've made.
Set Reminders: Ask Kin to remind you about a few things coming up—whether that's a discussion with a colleague, or your next haircut—so you can get a feel for how they work.
Probe Gaps: Check if there's anything else Kin would like to know about you, so it can improve its support of you.
And, remember—Kin's Memory becomes more valuable the more you use it. Small, regular interactions, with larger conversations as you want them, are a good way to build a habit and keep Kin informed.
Get Started Today with Your AI Companion
Ready to begin maximizing Kin's memory? Here's to send to Kin which will kick off the process:
“Hey, Kin. What do you know about me, and what would you like to know about me?”