Concept  ·  Agentic mobile  ·  2026

Aura

An ambient AI agent for your phone.

A design exploration of the hardest questions in agentic products: how much it can do, what it can see, and when it should ask.

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Apps wait for taps. Agents act.

01 · Ambient

It lives on the lock screen.

No app to open. Aura surfaces only what matters, the moment it matters, and fades back to glass when it doesn't.

9:41Aura ●
Today, handled for you
Rebooked your 3pm
Moved the design review to 4pm and told the team. ✓
✦ Drafted a reply
A note back to Sarah is waiting for your ok.
Review 2 drafts
9:41Autonomy
Confirm
level 2 of 3
Suggest Confirm Auto
Aura asks before it acts.
02 · Trust

You set how far it can go.

One dial, three postures. Suggest only, confirm each action, or let it run. Autonomy is a setting, never an assumption.

The hard part isn't ability. It's trust.

03 · Human in the loop

Nothing ships without a yes.

Before any action with consequences, Aura shows exactly what it will do, in plain language, with one tap to approve, edit or hold.

9:41Pending
✦ Aura wants to send
To: Sarah Kim
"Thursday works great, I'll send an invite for 2pm and loop in the team."
Approve
Edit
Hold for later
9:41Context
What Aura can see
✉
Mail & Calendar
read · last used 2m ago
On
◷
Location
while using · today
On
⊘
Photos
off
Off
Every source. Always visible. Always revocable.
04 · Transparency

It shows its work.

An agent you can't inspect is an agent you can't trust. Aura keeps a live, legible ledger of what it sees, remembers and acts on.

05 · Reasoning

You can watch it think.

When Aura works, it narrates, step by step, in real time, so the moment it heads the wrong way you can catch it.

9:41Working…
Step 1
Read the thread with Sarah ✓
Step 2
Checked your calendar for Thursday ✓
Step 3 · now
Drafting a reply in your voice
9:41Not sure
?
Two flights fit. Which feels right?
I'd rather ask than guess.
7:10am · nonstop · $320
home by dinner
11:40am · 1 stop · $210
cheaper, longer
06 · Honesty

When unsure, it asks.

The bravest thing an agent can do is admit doubt. Aura surfaces its uncertainty as a choice, not a silent guess you discover later.

Designed to be felt, not managed.

Core capabilities

Built for trust & autonomy

Everything an agent needs to
act on your behalf.

Reply to Sarah, move the 3pm to Thursday, and give the team a heads up before standup
✦ Add more details

Smart suggestions

Acts across your apps

Memory & context

07 · The system

An iridescent language for a living thing.

Aura gradient
presence, motion, life
Palette
cool to warm, calm to act
Type
Inter
Instrument
clarity + soul
Material
glass over depth
Project
Aura
Type
Self-initiated concept
Focus
Agentic mobile UX
Role
Product design, prototyping
Year
2026

The agent should feel
like a calm presence.