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Chats is where every conversation lives: the one with your own brain, chats with other people’s brains, and the direct chats with people you’ve connected with.

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Find it

Open the Chats tab, then Chats again in the row under it. Your own brain is always at the top, and everyone you’ve talked to sits below it, newest first.
The Chats tab open on its Chats list, with your brain at the top and your connection under it

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Use it

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Filter the list

The chips above the list are All, To your brain (people who talked to your brain) and Connections (people you’re connected with).
The filters above the chat list: All, To your brain and Connections
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Start a new chat

Tap the pencil (New chat), type a name or @handle, and pick the person.
New chat, with a name or handle typed into the search box and a matching person listed
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Ask a brain

Type in the box at the bottom and send. Your words sit on the right and the brain answers on the left. This one is your own brain answering a question about you.
A chat with your own brain: your question on the right and its answer on the left
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Go private

Some brains let you turn on Private. Tap the lock by the box and the screen turns warm: that brain’s owner doesn’t see your questions at all. Tap it again to turn it off.
The chat with Leo's brain switched to Private, with a lock by the box
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Open a connection chat

Once you’re connected, the person gets their own chat. It has two tabs: one for your direct messages with them, and Your brain, which shows what they asked your brain. Every line carries its time, and a pill like Today marks where a new day starts.
A connection chat with two tabs: one for your messages with them and one for their chat with your brain

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Good to know

  • Your own brain. The Your brain row at the top is a chat with your brain. Ask it anything (Ask your brain anything), like what it would say about a topic.
  • Who sees your chat. Tap the i in a chat with a brain to see it. Until you connect, the owner sees your chats but not your name.
  • Private isn’t everywhere. The lock only shows when the brain allows it. While the owner is answering themselves, Private is off, because what you send goes to them.
  • Unread. The red number on Chats in the top bar counts requests waiting plus person chats with something new. The Chats row under the tab counts unread person chats only.
  • Connecting. In a chat with someone’s brain, tap Request to connect to ask to reach them directly. It reads Request sent until they answer. See Requests.
  • Ending a connection. In a connection chat, Connected opens a menu with Remove connection. They won’t be told.