The Kinside Scoop 👀 #11

We’ve been heads down… here’s what’s up

Hey folks 👋

We know. It’s been a while.

The last time you heard from us in a Scoop, it was June 23rd… summer was just getting started, the days were long, and your inbox was quieter.

But while we’ve been quiet here, Kin hasn’t been sleeping. Behind the scenes, we’ve been tinkering, fixing, polishing — and yes, plotting a few surprises.

So. Let’s catch you up.

What’s new with Kin 🚀

We’ve got tabs on for you 📖

We’ve replaced our old left-hand menu with a snappy three-tab navigation system, so you can find your way easier around the app.

As an added bonus, navigating to the ‘You’ tab automatically brings up a Knowledge Map of the most recent memories your Kin has learnt about you.

All still private - just faster to use.

Field work complete 💬

Android users - a few of you have noticed Kin’s input field finding its way to odd places. It should stay put where it’s meant to now!

Stability boosts all around 😌

We’ve also cleaned up a whole slew of bugs in general. You might not notice the changes, but your Kin experience will feel calmer - just like it should.

Under the hood 🛠

Since the last Kinside Scoop, we’ve been putting serious hours into:

• Memory enhancements - Yes, work’s still going on to make Kin’s Memory one of the most accurate systems around today. We’re getting closer: stay tuned.

• Multi-language support - starting with the languages requested from our questionnaire, we’ve been laying the groundwork for your Kin to become a polyglot.

• Voice mode stabilisation - we know a lot of people are still experiencing issues when talking in real-time to Kin. We think we’ve nailed down the beginning of a solution - keep your phones at the ready.

A secret project… 🤫

We can’t say much yet, but there’s something new in the works - and also coming soon.

It’s unlike anything we’ve done before, but we think it makes Kin even better at being the part of your support system that lives in your pocket.

As soon as we can share more, we will. We’re excited.

Come chat with us 🔊

The official Kin Discord is still the best place to talk to the Kin development team (as well as other users) about anything AI.

We regularly run three casual weekly calls, and you’re invited:

• Monday Accountability Calls - 5pm GMT/BST
  Share your plans and goals for the week, and learn tips about how Kin can help keep you on track.

• Wednesday Hangout Calls - 5pm GMT/BST
  No agenda, just good conversation and a chance to connect with other Kin users.

• Friday Kin Q&A - 1pm GMT/BST
  Drop in with any questions about Kin (the app or the company) and get live answers in real time.

Our current reads 📚

Tools - OpenAI released gpt-oss
READ- OpenAI

Article - OpenAI also release GPT-5
READ - Reuters

Article - Google experiments with AI Web Guide summary mode
READ - Techcrunch

Tool - Mistral AI give Le Chat (often hailed as one of the most private LLMs around) voice recognition and deep research tools
READ - AI News

This week’s Super Prompt 🤖

“How can I be more consistent?”

If you have Kin installed and up to date, you can tap the link below (on mobile!) to immediately jump into discussing how you personally can work to be more consistent, using habit-stacking an implementation intentions.

As a reminder, you can do this on both iOS and Android.

You’re still here 🧩

Thank you for that. We’ve been making a lot of changes to Kin based on feedback recently, and we appreciate all of you helping to guide us to making the best tool we can.

Kin is yours as much as it is ours, if not even more so.

So please - reply to this email, chat in our Discord, or even just shake the app to reach out to us.

Your voice is as valuable as ever, both within Kin and outside of it.

With love,

The KIN Team