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Opposable has launched a tool that lets AI agents click, swipe, and type on an Android phone screen on the user's behalf; iPhone requires control via a paired computer. According to The Register, the tool's visual processing is handled by the GUI-Owl 1.5 2B model via llama.cpp, and about 40 common tasks still use fixed code. In the official example, using Claude Code via MCP to switch to dark mode and set a 5-minute timer took 50 seconds and 17 tool calls; querying Apollo 11 information took nearly 2 minutes and cost $0.44. On 8 untuned tasks, the tool succeeded only 4 times and 3 times. There are currently no further developments.
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Opposable launches Android tool for controlling phones with AI agents
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Opposable launches an agent tool that uses AI to operate phones on users' behalf; switching to dark mode takes 50 seconds and 17 tool calls
Opposable has launched a tool that lets AI agents click, swipe, and type on Android phone screens on users' behalf; the iPhone requires a paired computer for control. Its visual processing is handled by the GUI-Owl 1.5 2B model via llama.cpp, and about 40 common tasks still rely on fixed code. In the official example, using Claude Code via MCP to switch to dark mode and set a 5-minute timer took 50 seconds and 17 tool calls, while querying information about Apollo 11 took nearly 2 minutes and cost $0.44; on 8 untuned tasks, it succeeded only 4 times and 3 times.