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Choose a personality, share a story or start a game. iPhone and Android use different controls; follow the instructions for your phone below.

Pick a personality

Choose Personality Style to change your pet’s conversational flavor. Your pet keeps its name, photo and species; the voice choice is separate.

  • Classic
  • Valley Girl
  • ’90s Rapper
  • Country Storyteller
  • Surfer Dude
  • Drama Queen
  • Noir Detective
  • Fancy Aristocrat
  • Grumpy Retiree
  • Overdramatic Shakespearean
  • Conspiracy Nut
  • Motivational Coach

Stories to hear, read and steer

On iPhone, open Stories. On Android, open Stories & Play. Choose Tell Me a Story, Short Story, Long Story, Bedtime Story or Interactive Adventure. In an interactive adventure, answer the character’s prompts or tap a choice to steer the story.

On iPhone: choose Custom story from 1–10 minutes, then Start Custom Story. Choose Read Story — text mode to read instead of listen, or Read from here during a story. In text mode, use Play from beginning, or choose Part to play and Play from selected part.

Use Pause, Resume — replay interrupted part, Repeat last part and Quit activity. Completed parts lets you revisit the text. For an unfinished saved activity, choose Resume saved activity or Start New — replace this unfinished activity.

On Android: request a story with the length in your spoken or typed request, such as “Tell me a story for 5 minutes.” Custom requests support 1–10 minutes. Use Pause, Resume and Quit. Choose Read Story / text mode to read, or Hear from the displayed boundary to switch back to speech. Say “repeat” to hear the latest part again. Completed stories offer Read completed story, Play completed story and Save Story text.

Lengths are approximate and vary with speech and interaction. With a camera picture, ask for a fictional story inspired by what it shows. On iPhone the mode is Story From What You See, with Tell a fictional story about this picture in camera games. Android offers Tell a Story About This. See Camera guidance.

Ten activities in Fun & Fortune

On iPhone, open Fun & Fortune; on Android, choose an activity in Stories & Play:

  • Horoscope — a playful reading for a chosen sign.
  • Fortune Teller — a pretend glimpse into the future.
  • Paw Tarot — a fictional card-style reading.
  • Daily Pet Wisdom — a pet-sized thought for the day.
  • Dream Interpreter — an imaginative response to your dream.
  • Pet Court — let your character hear a playful dispute.
  • Would You Rather? — choose between the offered options.
  • Tiny Quests — try an optional indoor activity, then confirm completion or skip it.
  • Hype Me Up — ask for encouragement.
  • Gentle Roast — invite some light teasing.

Use the offered choices or type Your answer when prompted. Submit with Submit answer on iPhone or Send answer on Android. Readings are fiction, not predictions. Use Keep this activity clean to keep that session free of adult language.

Five games

Open Games and choose Snack Heist, Who Stole My Spot?, Sound Trail, Tiny Detective or Treasure Trail. Follow the displayed rules, tap a choice or say its full name.

For a clue, use Give me a hint on iPhone or Hint on Android. Both offer Hear this turn again, Pause game and Resume game. If the controls are unavailable, finish the current reply or stop music first.

Six camera games

A connected camera is required. On iPhone, open Camera Games; on Android, choose a camera game in Stories & Play:

  • I Spy — guess an object from the picture.
  • Find a Match — look for the requested match.
  • What Changed? — compare pictures after changing an object.
  • Memory Tray — remember the objects before the picture hides.
  • Odd One Out — pick the object that does not belong.
  • Scene Detective — follow clues from the picture.

Each round uses a captured picture; moving the camera does not change the target. Recognition can be mistaken, so repair the picture or skip a round if the description is wrong.

On iPhone: choose Take Picture / Check This when prompted. Use That is not there — repair picture, Hint, Skip round, Pause camera game, Resume camera game or Quit camera game as needed. In Memory Tray, Untimed picture lets you study longer, Ready — hide picture begins your answer and Replay Picture — practice scoring lets you practice again.

On Android: use Capture / check this, Hint, Ready and Replay Picture · practice when offered. Use Pause, Resume and Quit for the activity. You can say “skip” to skip a round or “that is not there” to repair a mistaken picture. Submit a typed response with Send answer, or use Speak answer. Memory Tray waits for Ready before hiding the picture.

These are games rather than a reliable assessment of your surroundings.

For entertainment purposes only. AI characters do not translate animal speech or reveal your pet’s thoughts.