How Vibes works
Analyzes every few seconds
Conversation occurring close to the watch gets analyzed on a regular basis, making sure the result is always up to date.
Confidently interprets the emotion
Once the watch recognizes the correct emotion confidently, a custom tap and animation will notify you.
Recognizes 7 Basic Emotions
Discrete Haptic Feedback
Feel unique taps for each emotion with a disappearing visual label that only appears when your screen is pointed towards you.
See Vibes in Action
Privacy is Important to Us
We created this technology to improve emotional connection and friendship across diverse communities of people, and aim to always prioritize and empower people traditionally ignored by big tech
We Believe
- In respecting the privacy and security of user voice and emotion data
- In building technology as an extension of friendship and connection
- Users should be choosers, and technology should take in the minimum necessary information to deliver value to users without mass data collection
We Practice
- On-device processing for Vibes for Apple Watch, so your vocal data and emotional classifications will never be accessed by us or a third party
- No monetization of any data collected about users
- Allowing users to opt in to features that require sensitive data like processed audio to leave your device
The Power of Neurodiversity
Valence recognizes the power of neurodiversity and seeks to empower people of all neurotypes to better interpret emotions without having to change their fundamental communication style.
Used and trusted by the community
“The app was extremely useful and helpful with my everyday life! Conversation was a lot less stressful with this helping me.”
“It’s fun to share! And friends love trying to experiment with it!”
Frequently asked questions
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Vibes uses only on-device processing, so your vocal data and emotional classifications will never be accessed by us or a third party because they do not leave your device. Your watch will temporarily record brief intervals of speech to analyze the emotional content, but they are automatically deleted from your device within seconds, so you will not be able to access them either.
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Vibes for Apple Watch costs $8.99 per month (with a one week free trial) or $89.99 per year on the App Store. We currently have a promotion running for 44% off the first year for yearly subscriptions, costing $49.99.
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Currently, Vibes is only available for Apple Watches Series 4 and later. An iPhone standalone app is coming soon, and in the future we’d like to support other smart watches and platforms.
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Vibes currently only supports North American English speakers, including age, gender, race, neurotype, geography and communication style diversity within North American English. More languages and accents are coming soon!
