Transparency
How Hearby AI lets people know it is listening
Hearby AI listens live on your own device and keeps no recording. Every screen shows when it is on, and telling the other person takes one tap, without breaking the flow of the conversation.
Shown on every screen, on every plan
- Menu bar pill
- Live Activity
- Dynamic Island
- Disclosure line
- No recordings
- No bots
Making transparency easy
We encourage everyone to say it at the start: a short, honest heads-up. Hearby AI gives you the words and shows it is listening the whole time.
Tell them
Heads up, I use a coaching app that listens live and does not record.
A line you can say or send, in one tap
- "Heads up, I use a coaching app that listens live and does not record."
- Copy it from the app and paste it in the chat, or say it at the start
Always on screen while it listens
- A menu bar pill with a live dot on the Mac
- A Live Activity and the Dynamic Island on iPhone, beside the system's own microphone dot
Transparency features work on every call app Hearby AI hears
For individuals
Every planThe listening indicator and the one-tap disclosure line, on every Mac and iPhone.
For teams
Sales TeamAdmins can require the disclosure line on every call, for every rep.
Privacy for IT and legal
What happens to the audio, and what never does.
No recordings
Audio is never kept. Speech is turned into text on the device by default.
Only what the next line needs
Only the words needed to write your next line leave the device, and nothing is kept after the session.
Admin-required disclosure
On Sales Team, the disclosure line can be required on every call.
No model training
Conversations are never used to train models.
Questions and answers
Does Hearby AI record?
No. It turns speech into text on your device and keeps no recording.
Does the other person see anything?
Nothing is added to their side. Tell them with the disclosure line; the app gives you the words.
Is it legal?
Rules differ by place. Some need everyone's consent to any listening. Tell the other person; the app gives you the words.
Cheat in real life.
Try Hearby AI on your next conversation. It's free to start.
