Practise on your real life.
Point Calios at a menu, a sign or a street performer and it starts the conversation about it. The camera only looks when you ask, and images are discarded after processing.
The robot parrot that speaks your next language.
Calios rides on your shoulder and talks with you about whatever you show it, correcting you as you go.
Spanish¡Hola!
Which language are you learning?
9
languages to practise, from Spanish to Hindi
¡Hola!Bonjour !こんにちは안녕하세요Hallo!Ciao!你好！नमस्तेHello!
8hrs
of conversation per charge
Leave homeBack for dinner
$1Refundable
holds your founding price
$174$249 at retail30% off
Refundable anytime. You pay the rest only when it ships.
The problem
You've got a 400-day streak. Can you order dinner?
Fluency comes from conversation, and that's the hard part to find.
| Need | Learning apps | AI chat apps | Tutors | Calios |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real conversationBack-and-forth, not flashcards | No (Learning apps) | Yes (AI chat apps) | Yes (Tutors) | Yes (Calios) |
| Hands-free, anytimeNo booking, nothing to hold | No (Learning apps) | Yes (AI chat apps) | No (Tutors) | Yes (Calios) |
| Sees the menu, phone awayOr the sign, or the market stall, right then | No (Learning apps) | No (AI chat apps) | No (Tutors) | Yes (Calios) |
Point. Answer.
Get corrected.
Learning words is the easy part.Now say them out loud.
A partner that never cancels.
It rides on your shoulder, so the walk to work counts as practice. Nothing to book, nobody to wait for. Five spare minutes is enough.
Fixes mistakes in the moment.
It checks your level at setup, then gently fixes your grammar and pronunciation mid-sentence. Total beginner? It explains in your own language whenever you’re lost.
Picks up where you left off.
Choose a personality. Its head tilts when it’s confused and it perks up when it’s excited. It remembers what you’ve talked about, so every conversation builds on the last.
How it works
Set up once. Then just talk.
Pair and personalise
Pick a language, take the level check, choose a personality.
Clip it on
Magnetic fabric clips hold it on your shoulder.
Just talk
It starts conversations and corrects you as you go.
Review in the app
New words and mistakes, saved after every walk.
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caliosJL
Calios C-01Paired over Bluetooth
I’m learningFrançaisFrench
Level checkElementary
Personality
Start talkingCuriousPlayfulCalmWitty
Before you ask.
Ask Calios the things people wonder about a parrot on their shoulder.
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The practical details.
Calios is in development and we’re aiming to ship in mid 2027. Retail will be $249; founding reservations get 30% off, so you pay $174.
Yes, nearby. Calios connects to the internet through the app over Bluetooth, so your phone stays in your pocket or bag.
It holds the $174 founding price. It’s fully refundable anytime, and the rest is due only when Calios ships.
English, Mandarin, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Spanish.
Yes. It has a second, forward-facing speaker, so it can translate what you say for the person in front of you: you speak Spanish to Calios, and it tells the server in English.
A streak counts days.
Fluency counts conversations.
“Three of the four of us had app streaks in the hundreds of days, and none of us could get past two turns with a native speaker. So we built someone to talk to.”The Calios team
Speak a little, every day.
$174$249Founding price, held with a $1 refundable deposit
Next: hold your price with a refundable $1, or just get updates. Aiming to ship mid 2027.