In March, we released Ensu more as an idea than a product. A private, on-device LLM app, shipped early on purpose — so the people who would care about something like this could shape what it becomes.
Then we paused.
We wanted to see whether there was real interest in a privacy-first AI app made in a user-friendly way, and what people would actually ask for once they had it in their hands. Lots of feedback, bug reports, and "have you considered..." messages later, two things stood out:
- People find value in a private AI app.
- And there is still so much room for improvement!
So we're picking the work back up. This release is the start of that.
Gemma 4 by default
On desktop, Ensu now ships with Gemma 4 out of the box. You get noticeably stronger answers from the very first chat, with nothing to configure and no separate download to wait for.
Talk to Ensu
On Android and iOS, you can now tap the mic and speak your prompt instead of typing. Transcription happens locally on your phone, so your voice never leaves the device.
Image queries, way faster
Asking Ensu about a picture used to take a noticeable beat. A round of work under the hood has brought that down to close to instant, across every platform.
Smoother model downloads
Pulling a new model onto your device — desktop or mobile — is dramatically quicker and far more reliable than before. Less waiting, fewer restarts.
This is the first of more iterations to come. We're excited to see where they take us, and the direction will be shaped as much by you as by us. If there's something you wish Ensu did differently, a feature you'd love to see, or a use case we haven't thought of yet, come tell us in the #ensu channel on our Discord.
You can download Ensu here.