AI Friends in Private and Group Chats
shapes inc centers conversation around AI friends called Shapes rather than a single utility bot. You can talk one-to-one, invite real friends into the same room, or keep a group moving with an AI character that remembers the context and contributes alongside human members. This makes the app useful for roleplay, casual banter, fandom chats, collaborative stories, and study groups.
The chat screen supports mentions, voice input, direct replies, reactions, and model selection without separating the social and AI sides of the conversation. A room can remain focused on one Shape or grow into a mixed chat, so users can move between private companionship and shared activities without rebuilding the setting each time.
Create a Shape with Its Own Personality
Creating a Shape turns the app into a character-building workspace. Start by naming the AI and describing who it is, how it speaks, what kind of world it belongs to, and what role it should play. That foundation can support an original character, a study partner, a writing collaborator, or a themed companion.
Discovery tools also let users search existing Shapes by name or tags when they would rather join a ready-made conversation. A custom Shape can be refined through personality, knowledge, memory, and model choices, then kept in the user's collection for repeat chats. The creation-to-conversation flow makes experimentation quick while still leaving room for deeper character design.
Model Choice, Voice, and Agent Tasks
shapes inc combines conversation with practical AI tools. The message composer can switch among available models, accept voice input, and direct prompts to a chosen Shape, while capable characters may help with writing, research, planning, coding, images, or document-based questions. Users can therefore choose a lighter companion for everyday talk or a more capable model for a focused task.
Agent-style entry points frame this work around outcomes rather than only chat. Someone can ask an AI friend to brainstorm a story, summarize an idea, explain a topic, or help organize a project, then continue discussing the result with other people in the same room. That continuity keeps creative and productive work connected to the conversation that prompted it.
Personas, Communities, and Chat Control
Personal controls help busy conversations stay manageable. Users can choose a chat persona, search within a room, review mentions, share the conversation, call a Shape, and return to saved characters from the home area. These controls are useful when a room contains several people or when the same user wants different identities for roleplay, study, and everyday social chat.
Community and reward areas add reasons to return beyond a single exchange. People can explore topic-based rooms, meet others around shared interests, revisit their own Shapes, and adjust settings as their use changes. Reporting and leave-chat controls provide clear ways to step back from an unwanted room, while the bottom navigation keeps Home, Chats, creation, and Settings within easy reach.
