Nia

What Nia talks to

29 apps and services. The Apple ones, through the system frameworks on your own phone. The Google ones, by connecting the account once. The rest, as far as iOS lets you.

On your iPhone, with nothing to connect

The Apple apps Nia reaches through the system frameworks. There is no account to link: just the permission, asked for the first time it is needed.

Calendar. EventKit. Creates, moves and reads events, with the place geocoded and whatever reminder you ask for. Free
Reminders. EventKit. Day, time, repeat, notes, link, priority, list, and on arriving at or leaving a place. Free
Clock and alarms. AlarmKit. It rings on silent and with a Focus mode on. Free
Contacts. Read on the phone to work out who you are calling or writing to. It goes no further. Free
Photos. Saves to the "Nia" album, reads the last photo and edits it. Free
Maps. MapKit: places nearby, travel times, and the map drawn on any card with a place in it. Free
Music. Apple Music through MusicKit: the catalogue with a subscription, your own library without one. Free
Translation. The Translation framework, on the device. Free
Shortcuts. Nia writes the whole Shortcut and opens Apple's import sheet; she also runs the ones you already have. Plus
Siri. "Hey Siri, ask Nia..." answers without opening the app. Free
Weather. WeatherKit, inside the morning summary. Plus
Health. HealthKit: writes workouts, water and weight; reads sleep, steps and workouts. Pro

Your Google account

You connect it once in Settings, under Integrations, and Nia works with it until you disconnect it.

Gmail. Summarizes the inbox, sends real emails and, with the wider permission, archives, marks as read, stars and bins. Plus
Google Calendar. Merges with the iPhone calendar into a single diary, with no duplicates, and says which sources it managed to read. Plus
Google Drive. Searches by name and by content, and gives back an extract. Plus
Google Search. It runs inside the turn, for what happened today or for a fact Nia cannot know. Free

Other people's apps

What iOS lets you do with an app that is not yours: open it at the exact spot, with everything already written.

WhatsApp. Resolves the contact and opens the conversation with the message written. You press send. Free
Messages. The iOS composer with the recipient and the text filled in. Free
Phone. Starts the call with the iOS confirmation. Free
Google Maps, Waze and Apple Maps. They open with the route set and the travel mode chosen. Whichever one you pick in Settings. Free
Uber. A universal link with the destination filled in, and the map before you confirm. Free
Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube Music. Nia works out the exact track and opens the service on it. It plays there, and Nia says so. Free
Instagram. The share sheet with the caption and the photos; Business accounts post through the Graph API. Plus
Telegram. Nia's bot writes to you on your phone. You link your chat once with a code. Plus

The house and the car

HomeKit and Matter. On, off, brightness, temperature and scenes. Plus
Car Bluetooth. When it disconnects, Nia saves where you parked. Plus

What you add yourself

Nia does not stop at her own catalogue: one sentence from you can call anything that speaks HTTPS.

HTTPS webhooks. One sentence from you calls your URL. HTTPS, a 15 s limit, with your secret headers if you set them. Plus
Your Shortcuts. One sentence from you runs a Shortcut you already have, with input text and an answer back. Plus
Your own documents. You give her PDFs and notes and she answers quoting the file and the page. Plus

Once, in Settings, under Integrations

  • Google connects with OAuth. Nia asks only for the permissions it uses, and each one can be granted separately: reading and sending mail is apart from archiving and binning.
  • The Apple ones are not connected: they are granted. The Calendar permission is asked for the first time you ask it for an event, not when you sign up.
  • Other people's apps ask for nothing. WhatsApp, Uber or Waze open with a link: there is no account to link and no password to hand over.
  • They disconnect just as easily, from the same screen.
The Nia integrations screen with Gmail, Drive and Google Calendar, the ones arriving later and the ones already on this iPhone

What is not there yet, said without dressing it up

Instagram Business and the bank connection are today a connection screen and nothing more, and that is how they are marked inside the app: "Coming soon", not a switch that looks like it works.

Telegram, the Google Calendar on the server and the Live Activities launched from the server work as soon as their credentials are in production. And if you miss something, there is always the door that does not depend on us: a skill of your own with an HTTPS webhook.

About the integrations

Does Nia work with Google Calendar and Gmail?

Yes, on the Plus plan. You connect the account in Settings, under Integrations, and Nia reads your Google Calendar alongside the iPhone calendar as a single diary with no duplicates, summarizes your Gmail inbox, sends real emails and searches Google Drive by name and by content.

Can Nia control the lights in my house?

Yes, on the Plus plan: HomeKit and Matter. On, off, brightness, temperature and scenes. If it cannot find the lamp you named it tells you, instead of guessing and switching something else off.

Can Nia create iOS Shortcuts?

Yes, on the Plus plan. Nia compiles the steps, signs the file and opens Apple's import sheet. You press "Add Shortcut", and until that moment the shortcut does not exist, and the card says so above the button, instead of taking it for granted.

Does Nia appear outside the app?

Yes, in seven places: the Home Screen widget with your next event, the Control Centre control and the Action button, Siri and Shortcuts, the Live Activities in the Dynamic Island, Spotlight search, the share sheet in Photos and the notifications for a finished job.

Shall we begin?

Download Nia, tell it the first thing and see what happens. The free plan asks for no card.

Free to start. Requires iOS 18. In English and Spanish.