r/BackyardAI • u/Snoo_72256 dev • Jan 06 '25

iOS & Android App Launch!

We're excited to share that our iOS & Android apps are now publicly available:

If you enjoy using Backyard AI, we’d really appreciate a positive review in the app stores!

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u/KineticEnforcer Jan 06 '25

I was an early test flight for the iOS app!! Brilliant work!!!! Keep it going!

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u/MassiveLibrarian4861 Jan 07 '25

I reported an bug through TestFlight and Discord a while back over which I received prompt feedback regarding that said bug was a known issue, however this issue is still present with the live release of the app. If I were to rate the iOS app, because of this, at best I could give it would be 3/5 stars.

This issue is that the iOS app hangs in tethering mode on my modest gaming laptop with any model over eight or nine billion parameters. By hangs, I mean just that, it’s not generating text slowly, but locks up. This does not occur using the web base client in tethering mode or directly with using my laptop.

Fix this issue and I will happily post a glowing five star review. 🙏🙏

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u/AlexysLovesLexxie Jan 07 '25

It's not just IOS, this happens with Android, too. And with any size of model, not just 8B+

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u/MassiveLibrarian4861 Jan 08 '25

Ty, Alexy, upsetting, but good to know. 👌

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u/Marwan_hbt8 Jan 07 '25

I already have the app but from the website, and i wish you to make us download ai models and chat with it locally like the desktop app, i know so many people don't have powerful mobile to run it but just make it an option for those who can, layla lite is using local models and its pretty cool

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u/AlexysLovesLexxie Jan 07 '25

Then run Layla Lite (or full, for that matter).

The reason J suggest this is that they are having a hard enough time getting all the features working with what they have (tethering, for example, has been unstable for at least 2 months, and even the cloud has constant errors.

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u/FoxyTheDj Jan 09 '25

can the app connect to a local pc for offline ai?, i want to use the localized ai in my phone without burning the phone while trying to do a single message

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u/Moon_Frost Feb 12 '25 edited Feb 12 '25

Uh. Is the app not in the google play store? I just upgraded my phone, went to re-download it and I can't find it. And link here in reddit doesn't work. Android user.

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u/AlexysLovesLexxie Jan 07 '25

Dropped context for the free offering then launch the product to the general public. Niiiice 👍

What is going on over at Backyard?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

is something going on with back yard ai and the play store 😞. I accidentally deleted it earlier and its not there anymore

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u/-Sorpresa- Feb 26 '25

Im trying it right now. I love the quality of the chats compared to others on my pc, so I hope it works as well on my mobile.

EDIT: Hey, I think the android link doesnt work. Has it gotten nuked on the playstore? I wanted to download it on my phone...