Memories.ai and Qualcomm have introduced an AI assistant for laptops that builds a persistent memory of what a user does on the machine. The system, based on Memories.ai’s visual memory model, tracks activity across applications, documents and meetings so that users can later find information or pick up unfinished work by asking for it in plain language.
The companies say the assistant runs entirely on the device, using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors and their on-device AI hardware. No activity data is sent to the cloud, a design choice intended to address the privacy objections that similar products have drawn.
Learning from Recall’s reception
The concept is not new. Microsoft’s Recall feature for Windows, which periodically captures screenshots to create a searchable timeline, was delayed and reworked in 2024 and 2025 after security researchers and users raised concerns about surveillance and the risk of sensitive data being exposed. Memories.ai and Qualcomm are positioning on-device processing as the answer to those concerns.
Memories.ai, a startup founded by former Meta researchers, has built what it calls a Large Visual Memory Model, designed to index and reason over long streams of visual information. The company announced a version of the model that runs on Qualcomm hardware, and the laptop assistant is one of its first applications.
Rollout timeline
According to the companies, a developer preview was shown at CES in Las Vegas in January, and a full consumer and enterprise rollout is expected during the first quarter of 2026. Specific laptop models and pricing had not been announced at the time of reporting.
If the approach works as described, it would move the laptop assistant from a tool that answers questions to one that understands a user’s digital habits and offers help before being asked. That raises a question the companies will have to answer in the market: whether people are willing to trust an assistant that remembers everything they do, even when that memory never leaves the device.
