Talk and listen
Say “Hey Orb”, click it or press your shortcut. It answers out loud and keeps listening for a few seconds, so you can just reply. Interrupt it any time.
Orb by Orbience
A friend who lives on your Windows desktop
Say “Hey Orb” and talk: it answers like a friend, and it actually does things on your computer.
What it does
Help that does things, not just talks
A small dark sphere with two glowing eyes sits in the corner of your screen, watches your mouse and reacts to you. Ask, and it gets on with it.
Instant commands
Under a second and no AI needed, right on your computer.
Files
“Where’s my CV?” Orb opens the folder, flies over and points at it.
Fix my text, anywhere
Type in any app and say “fix my grammar”, “make this professional” or “make it shorter”. Orb rewrites the box. “Undo that” brings yours back.
Show me how
It shows you where to click
“Where’s the save button?” Orb flies over and puts a glowing ring around it. “Show me how to add a column in Excel” starts a walkthrough: Orb flies to each thing to click, waits for you, then moves to the next. Or say “just do it”.
Fast and private where it can be
Your computer, your accounts
Hearing “Hey Orb”, understanding what you say and quick commands all happen on your computer. Only real questions go to an AI, under your own account.
- Questions go only to the AIs you signed in to. Nothing goes to Orb’s makers.
- Your memory, settings, diary and learned voice stay on your computer.
- It asks before sending, deleting or shutting down, and never types into password boxes.
- “Go private” and it turns violet: it doesn’t look at your screen and keeps nothing until you end it.
A friend, not a robot
Warm, a little funny, and honest
It remembers you, has feelings and celebrates with you. Shake the mouse around it and it gets dizzy; poke it and it gets annoyed; pet it and it blushes.
Try the buttons, or press Orb itself.
A glance tells you what it’s doing
Its eyes and light change with what Orb is doing: calm when idle, bright while it listens, warm amber while it thinks, a sound wave while it talks.
Idle
Here and calm
Listening
Taller eyes, a bright glow
Thinking
Warm amber, a ring orbits it
Talking
A sound wave runs round it
Asleep
Do not disturb: eyes shut
Things to try
Say “Hey Orb”, then any of these. It understands spelling slips and half sentences too.
- “What’s the weather tomorrow?”
- “Play some lo-fi on YouTube.”
- “Volume to 30.”
- “Find my CV and open it.”
- “Tidy my Downloads folder.”
- “What’s this error?”
- “Fix my grammar.”
- “Make this professional.”
- “Where’s the bold button?”
- “Show me how to add a column in Excel.”
- “Remind me at 6 to call Mom.”
- “Tell me when the download finishes.”
- “Research the best budget phones and make me a report.”
- “Ask all three: is it worth buying a used laptop?”
- “Go to sleep for an hour.”
- “Dance for me!”
And a lot more
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Remembers and reminds
Memory, a diary, reminders, routines, and reminders tied to what you do: “when I open Teams, remind me to send the report”.
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Sees your screen when you ask
“What’s this error?” Circle to ask: draw around anything and ask about it. Draw to teach: it marks up your screen as it explains.
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Thinks harder in the background
Research reports with sources while you carry on, and “ask all three”: Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini answer at once.
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Tell me when
The download finishes, a new message arrives and who it’s from, the battery is low, the internet’s back.
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Reply like me
“Reply to Sam” writes a reply in your own style and puts it in the box for you to check. It never sends by itself.
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Your way
Shortcuts for everything, hold to talk on a mouse button, and you choose which AI handles chatting, actions, research and writing.
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Installs apps by voice
“Install VLC” finds it in Windows’ own app catalogue, says exactly what it found, and installs only on your yes. “Uninstall Discord” works too.
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Tells you when the render’s done
After Effects, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Blender, Cinema 4D and DaVinci Resolve, with no plugin: “Your render is done. It took 42 minutes.”
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Gmail, Drive and Calendar
Sign in with Google once, then “check my email”, “upload that to my Drive” or “what’s on my calendar?”. Sending and adding events always ask first.
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Command center
A full-screen view of the time, your computer’s health, today’s reminders and what Orb is doing.
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Phone remote
Talk to Orb from your phone on the same Wi-Fi.
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“Orb, are you okay?”
It checks itself (internet, AIs, voice, microphone) and tells you what’s wrong in plain words.
Getting started
Three steps to “Hey Orb”
One installer, a short setup with Orb itself, then just talk.
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Install Orb
One installer. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning: choose More info, then Run anyway.
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It wakes up and walks you through
Your microphone, signing in to at least one AI, a little about you, its voice and look, and a short tour.
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Say “Hey Orb”
To see the tour again, say “Orb, show me around”.
What you need
At least one of these AI subscriptions, which Orb uses through its own official app.
- Windows 10 or 11
- A microphone
- Internet for the AI (many things work without one)
- Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, through your own account
Shortcuts out of the box
Change any of them, or add your own, in the control panel under Shortcuts.
| Shortcut | Does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+Z | Talk to Orb |
| Ctrl+Alt+X | Stop |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Sleep and wake up |
| Ctrl+Alt+F | Fix my text |
| Ctrl+Alt+D | Dictation on and off |
| Ctrl+Alt+C | Circle to ask |
| Ctrl+Alt+H | Command center |
Reviews
No reviews yet: Orb is new.
Using it? Tell us at hello@orbience.com.
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Example layout, not a real review
A customer’s own words about Orb go here, unedited apart from length. This card appears only in the preview build, so you can see the layout before the first real review arrives.
Reviewer’s nameWhat they do
What’s new
First release: Orb 1.0
The first public version of Orb: a voice assistant with a face for Windows that thinks with the AI subscription you may already have and does real things on your computer.
Questions about Orb
Anything else: hello@orbience.com.
Do I need to pay for an AI as well?
Orb thinks with the AI you may already pay for: Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini, through their official programs and your own account. No API keys and nothing extra to pay, and many things work with no AI at all.
What languages does Orb understand?
It understands English, Urdu and Hindi, and answers in English, or in Urdu or Hindi if you prefer.
Does Orb send my messages or delete things by itself?
No. Orb asks before sending messages, deleting, shutting down or anything that can’t be undone, never types into password boxes, and never sends a message by itself.
What if one AI is busy?
You choose which AI handles chatting, computer actions, research and writing. If one is busy or out of usage, another takes over.
Can I make it be quiet?
Say “go to sleep” or “do not disturb for an hour”. Orb shuts its eyes and stays quiet; when you wake it, it tells you what came up.
When can I get Orb?
Orb’s price and download are on the way. Write to hello@orbience.com and we’ll tell you when it’s ready.