Lokey releases local AI Android keyboard
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Developer doodlesdev has released the Android input method Lokey, whose prediction, dictation, and translation all run locally on the phone, with no account, subscription, or connection to an inference service required. Lokey requires Android 9 or later and ARM64 devices, and is currently in beta. Ordinary keyboard input requires no model download; for local AI features, model files must be downloaded separately from outside the app, with optional text models such as LFM 2.5 350M (about 230 MB) and Qwen 3.5 0.8B (about 533 MB), as well as the Parakeet v3 and Qwen3 ASR speech models. The software supports 39 languages and 11 keyboard layouts.
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- Hacker News AILokey – A native Android keyboard with local AI for prediction, autocorrection
Lokey is a native Kotlin Android keyboard that runs word prediction, autocorrection, dictation and translation models locally on the phone, without an account, subscription or inference service connection. It supports 39 languages and eleven keyboard families, with optional models including LFM 2.5 350M, Qwen 3.5 0.8B, Parakeet v3 and Qwen3 ASR, downloaded separately from the app. It requires Android 9 or later on an ARM64 device, is beta software, and is released under the MIT license with third-party runtimes and model weights under their own licenses.
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