MentraOS allows multiple apps to run at the same time and access context at the same time by running apps in the cloud.
This is enabled by relay servers. You can use Mentra's relay server, or host your own.
This is the architecture that we use and recommend so multiple apps can run at once and access powerful AI, while saving your phones battery. If you need to run offline or on the edge, we're working on the Mentra Edge SDK so you can skip the cloud, but it has downsides - only 1 app at a time.
Remember, every app on your phone is communicating with its own backend - which you have to trust. This isn't different.
Users aren't forced to use the store. You can self host a relay server, self host a store, etc.
This is enabled by relay servers. You can use Mentra's relay server, or host your own.
This is the architecture that we use and recommend so multiple apps can run at once and access powerful AI, while saving your phones battery. If you need to run offline or on the edge, we're working on the Mentra Edge SDK so you can skip the cloud, but it has downsides - only 1 app at a time.
Remember, every app on your phone is communicating with its own backend - which you have to trust. This isn't different.
Users aren't forced to use the store. You can self host a relay server, self host a store, etc.