Littlebird runs continuously in the background of your computer, capturing everything you see and hear across apps and meetings to build a unified memory of your work. Instead of connecting to specific apps through integrations, it monitors your screen activity and audio to collect context automatically. You don't configure anything. It just starts watching.
The technical approach centers on passive observation rather than active integration. When you're in a meeting, it transcribes and summarizes the conversation. When you switch between Slack, email, documents, or browser tabs, it records those interactions. This creates a searchable timeline of your entire workday that the AI can reference when you ask questions. The system doesn't need API keys or OAuth connections because it's capturing visual and audio data directly from your machine.
Context collection can be paused whenever needed. The assistant maintains this background memory to answer questions that would normally require you to remember which app held specific information. You can search across everything instantly without opening multiple applications.
The chat interface accesses this accumulated context when you interact with it. Rather than starting each conversation fresh, it already knows what you've been working on. Meeting transcriptions happen automatically without manual recording setup. The Routines feature generates proactive insights and personalized updates based on patterns it observes in your work.
Journaling functionality lets you add notes that become part of the context pool. The system positions itself as an alternative to general AI assistants that require you to manually provide background information for each query.
The free Basic plan includes limited daily chats, limited meeting notes, limited active routines, and limited context history. Instant cross-app search works on the free tier. Plus costs $17 monthly when billed annually or $25.50 monthly. It removes most limits but still caps deep research capabilities. A 14-day trial runs before Plus billing starts.
Technical limitations are built into the free tier's chat volume, meeting note capacity, and how far back the context history extends. Even paid plans restrict deep research features. The monitoring approach means it's capturing everything on your screen, which creates privacy considerations that other tools with selective integrations don't face. The system depends entirely on local monitoring rather than pulling data from app APIs, so it can't access information from times when it wasn't running or from devices where it is not installed.
