Sesame gives voice agents their own computers
Sesame updated its assistant preview on October 6, 2026, giving voice agents their own computers. The iOS and Android preview uses a new voice model and supports connections to Google services and custom MCP tools.
The company says its staff have used the assistants to direct Devin, Claude Code and Codex by voice. Users can ask agents to use tools, coordinate other agents and return with updates. Those are company examples rather than independently measured reliability results.
What you can try now
The US App Store listing describes a free English language iPhone app that requires iOS 18 or later and carries an 18 plus age rating. An Android app is also listed. A free download does not establish unlimited computer use, and the announcement does not specify comprehensive usage quotas.
For an initial task, a useful checkpoint is whether the agent can describe what it intends to do, return the resulting artifact and explain any unfinished step. Voice interaction can make delegation convenient, but a spoken confirmation alone is a weak basis for assuming an external action succeeded. These are evaluation criteria, not results of a ByteForward test.
Google access has specific controls
Sesame’s Google apps guidance from July 2026 describes controls that predate this preview. Gmail access includes reading and finding messages, drafting replies and managing labels. Sending email requires user approval. Calendar access includes viewing accessible calendars and creating, changing or deleting events. The email approval rule should not be assumed to cover every Calendar action.
Users connect an account through Google authentication and can review or disconnect it in Integration Settings. The guidance distinguishes directly retrieved Gmail or Calendar data, which is excluded from model training, from conversation content. If users enable model improvements, Sesame says conversation content may be used to improve its models, including pasted Google data and assistant responses containing account information.
Incognito is described as preventing memory storage. That is a separate control from the model improvements setting. Users should review both before discussing sensitive account material. Sesame also says rare human review can occur for safety, security and quality purposes.
The privacy policy adds that third party integrations can carry additional terms. Connecting another tool therefore calls for checking that service’s access and privacy terms as well as Sesame’s own controls.
What remains unproven
The announcement does not document every computer permission, task boundary or failure recovery behavior. Its staff examples do not establish how consistently an agent completes another person’s workflow. A useful trial should check the final file, sent message or calendar event directly and keep consequential actions subject to review.
Sesame is developing the assistant alongside glasses. More eyewear details, better memory and developer tooling remained future plans in the October announcement. This preview was not a glasses launch.
For another approach to delegating desktop work, see our coverage of Copilot desktop control and reusable workflows.
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