Voice-First Daily AI Companion with Sesame
Voice assistants often answer flatly, break pacing mid-sentence, or forget what was just said. Sesame is a voice-first conversational workspace, a AI Companion tool, that pairs spoken dialogue with persistent agent personalities on iOS and Android. Particularly strong at natural, low-latency voice conversation — not built for users who need a production API or desktop access.
- United States 34.5%
- Vietnam 15.2%
- United Kingdom 3.2%
- Brazil 3.1%
- Other 44%
What Sesame Does
Sesame handles everyday spoken conversation by running parallel searches while an agent speaks and weaving results into the reply as it streams. Each agent — Maya, Miles, Simone, or Charlie — keeps its own voice, personality, and memory, so a conversation picked up during a commute carries context from an earlier session. Sesame also surfaces image-based search cards, stores Notes for later reference, and offers Deep Dives when a topic needs more depth than a quick spoken answer provides.
Sesame connects to Gmail and Google Calendar, letting an agent draft emails or check a schedule inside the same voice conversation rather than switching to a separate assistant.
Main Features
Conversational intelligence
Sesame agents respond by running multiple parallel searches while speaking, balancing latency against accuracy, and folding relevant results into the reply as they stream in. This avoids the dead air common in search-then-answer assistants, so a spoken question gets a reply that keeps building in real time instead of pausing to “think.”
Curiosity engine
Sesame’s curiosity engine prompts agents to surface insights and timely information during ordinary moments of the day, rather than only answering direct queries. It turns idle time, like a walk or a commute, into a window for learning, so Sesame functions as a discovery companion rather than a pure Q&A tool.
Naturally personalized agents
Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie each carry a distinct voice, personality, and point of view, with separate memory stores for each. Because memory is kept consistent per agent, switching between them does not blend their histories together, so a user can maintain separate ongoing relationships with each one.
Incognito Mode
Incognito Mode lets an agent draw on prior context during a conversation without saving or committing anything new to memory. This gives Sesame a way to handle one-off sensitive topics without altering the agent’s long-term record, so regular memory stays unaffected by a single private session.
Use Cases
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Conversational intelligence agent
iOS users interact with agents like Maya and Miles through natural voice exchanges rather than typed prompts. Sesame streams search results into the reply as it speaks, so responses build in real time during everyday conversations.
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Curiosity and learning companion
Users seeking discovery turn to Sesame during commutes or walks for timely information and reflective conversation. The curiosity engine surfaces insights without a direct prompt, turning idle moments into learning opportunities during ordinary parts of the day.
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Email and calendar assistant
Google Workspace users connect Sesame to Gmail and Google Calendar so an agent can draft emails and manage scheduling. The connection runs through the same voice interface, keeping inbox and calendar tasks inside one ongoing conversation.
Best For / Not For
Sesame is built for people who want a spoken, persistent AI presence rather than a typed chat window.
iOS users testing an early voice agent, users seeking discovery who want information during commutes or downtime, and Google Workspace users who want Gmail and Calendar reachable by voice are the core audiences. Each group benefits from agent memory that persists across sessions, so a conversation does not reset every time the app reopens.
Sesame is currently iOS-only with a waitlist in play, so Android-first users and anyone needing a stable, documented production API should look elsewhere until the rollout matures.
Pricing
Sesame’s only published plan, the iOS Preview, is free, giving full access to agents Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie during the initial phase of the public rollout, though new users may face a short waitlist before activation begins. The free plan includes agent access across iOS, along with the Gmail and Google Calendar connections described in Main Features, at no added cost during this phase.
| Plan | iOS Preview |
|---|---|
| Price | Free |
| Included | Free during the initial phase of the rollout |
| Free tier | Yes |
No paid tier, usage-based API, or post-preview pricing has been published, so what Sesame will charge once general availability begins past the iOS Preview phase remains unknown.
Pricing checked 2026-10-26.
Quick Comparison
Call Annie is Sesame’s main alternative for voice-based daily AI conversation. Call Annie focuses on video-call-style interaction with a visible AI character on screen. Sesame differentiates with its Curiosity engine and per-agent memory across Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie. Choose Call Annie if a visual, video-call format matters more than text-free voice interaction. Choose Sesame if separate, persistent agent personalities and Gmail or Calendar integration fit the workflow better.
Verdict
Sesame runs four distinct voice agents with persistent memory on iOS and Android, free during the preview rollout. It suits users wanting voice-based discovery or Gmail and Calendar access instead of typed chat. It is not built as a production voice API.
