Typeahead 2.0 - Private AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac
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Typeahead 2.0 is private AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac, with writing styles per app, support for any language, and smarter context that adapts to how you work. It now feels more customizable and more useful every day, while staying lighter on memory and faster in the background. You also get private Insights to see your time saved. One-time $79 purchase, free updates, no subscription.
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@alexandru_bodea Thanks Alexandru, glad it's working great! It's light because it works in short bursts, drawing power only for the moment it's generating a suggestion, then settling to almost nothing at rest and unloading the model when you step away. That on-demand approach keeps energy usage minimal, and your M5 Pro will handle it with ease 😃
Does Typeahead has ability to change writing styles across work emails, Slack messages, and other apps?
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@himani_sah1 Yes! Set a style per app and Typeahead switches automatically, so work emails stay formal and Slack stays conversational.
One BIG red flag is a lack of a trial! If if it's the perfect tool, I wouldn't spend a penny on something that doesn't offer a trial!
the local model approach is such a thoughtful choice, especially the way it keeps suggestions inline without that jarring popup feel. really nice craft on something most assistants get wrong.
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@nurullahbekik Thanks for the kind words! A lot of care went into that inline feel. The ghost text matches each app's font and sits exactly at the cursor, so it always feels like it belongs in the app you're in. You can even customize how the suggestions look, pick a color, make them bolder or keep them subtle. Really glad the craft comes through 😃
How well does it actually handle context across longer pieces, or does it just predict a few words ahead like basic autocomplete?
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@hasankzlasnnhs This goes well beyond basic autocomplete! Most other tools simply guess the next word from your last few keystrokes. Typeahead understands what you've written, where you're writing and the tone you're using. You can also fine-tune your suggestions with custom writing styles and instructions per app. It's very good at knowing exactly what you're going to write next.
One thing I'd love is the ability to create custom tone presets — like "work email," "casual chat," or "academic" — so I can switch how suggestions sound depending on where I'm typing instead of getting the same default voice everywhere.
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@ekelikilkn72240 Good news, this is already here in V2! It's exactly what Writing Styles do. You can create named presets like Work Email, Casual Chat or Academic, each with its own tone and instructions, and Typeahead switches between them automatically as you move from app to app. Your email stays formal, your chats stay casual, no default voice everywhere. There are even a few ready-made styles to get you started (Professional, Friendly, Concise) ✍️
This is neat. Does context capture work differently in apps that load content dynamically, like web CRMs?
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@dhiraj_patel5 Thanks Dhiraj! It handles those really well. The context engine intelligently captures relevant text from the window as you type, so content that loads in dynamically gets picked up in real time. Suggestions stay accurate, even in busy web apps like CRMs.
Local autocomplete across every Mac app is a strong trust boundary. The detail I would watch is how much control the user has over context capture, especially in messy real work where one app may hold customer notes and another may hold public draft text.
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@krekeltronics Exactly the right thing to watch, and it's controllable per app. You can switch off window and clipboard context in the app with your customer notes while leaving it on where you're drafting public text. Sensitive apps are off by default, and since it all runs locally, any context it uses never leaves your Mac. You're always in control of the context Typeahead has access to.
I use different writing styles every day so app specific instructions stand out. How well does Typeahead learn after repeated edits? A personal learning mode with easy reset controls could make results feel even better.
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@nathan_jake Great suggestion! Personalization is definitely something we're putting a lot of focus into. Our main goal is to get you great suggestions out of the box, through custom writing styles, instructions and per-app control you set, without making you train it over weeks. We've got plans for more smart learning features down the line too, but built right, so it genuinely understands what you write and why, rather than just repeating things you've typed before.
The part that stays with me is that it slowly starts sounding like me, @samasante . Most writing helpers flatten everyone into the same polite voice, so something that leans into how I actually write really lands, and keeping it all on my own machine puts me at ease.
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@emmanuel_costa5 Thanks Emmanuel! Sounding like you instead of flattening your writing into the same generic voice is exactly what we set out to do, so it's great to hear that clicked for you. And it all staying on your machine means your writing is always yours, which matters to us just as much. Really appreciate you sharing this 🙏