Spike, the cheeky pup
Warm, playful and a little bit rude. He tells jokes, plays rock paper scissors, teases you into drinking your water and roasts you when you've earned it. Tell him you had a long day and the teasing stops.
Meet Spike
Small dog. Big opinions.
Spike is a cheeky pup who lives with you: on your computer, on your phone, and soon on your desk. He chats, remembers, wakes you up and keeps you company, and he has a friend called Spicy.
Personality
Two characters, one switch.
Swap between them any time. Each has a face, a voice and a way of talking to you of their own.
Spicy, the sassy cat
Spike's friend, with more attitude and less patience. Smug, dry and secretly fond of you, though she would never say so.
What he does
Everything here works today.
These are the things Spike for Windows does now. The Android app does many of them too once it has his brain, from a free Gemini key or from Spike on your PC.
Talk or type
Press Space and talk, or just start typing. He hears his name, answers out loud, and shows what he heard.
Memory
Tell him about yourself and he remembers, on your computer. See everything he knows, and make him forget one thing or all of it.
Alarms and reminders
One click, or just ask: "remind me to stand up in an hour". He wakes you with yips, then barks, then jokes.
Face Studio
Start from a face like Classic Pup, Beagle or Husky, then change every feature, colour and size. Save favourites and share a face with a code.
Voices
Natural voices from Google's Gemini give Spike and Spicy their sound, with Windows' own voice as a backup.
Out of your way
A mini window keeps his face on top of your work. Close the app and he waits in the tray.
Face Studio
Make him look like your dog.
Nine starting faces, seven moods to try them in, and every eye, ear, patch and colour to change. Six save slots, and a share code for friends.
- Starting faces: Classic Pup, Spicy, Beagle, Husky, Minimal, Night, Anime Pup, Sticker Buddy, Midnight Tux.
- Moods: happy, love, playful, sad, sleepy, cross and wow.
- On the robot too: the face you wear is the face his screen shows.
On the robot
What his body is built to do.
The robot is a prototype being built now. This is only what his real body can do, checked against his motors and his balance. Anything it can't do, the apps don't offer.
Desk-edge stops live in his firmware and are always on; no app can switch them off.
About the robotBuilt to do
Drive around your desk
Sit
Lie down
Play bow
Head tilt
Snuggle
Wag
Short spins
Back-paw lift
In development
Walk in development
Give paw in development
He's waiting on your desktop.
Free on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11.
Get it onMicrosoft Store