Mistral AI: launch of the application on smartphone

Far ahead of Lucie, the ia chatbot supported by the government which had caused a lot of ink despite himselfMistral AI has just deployed its mobile applications for iOS and Android devices. Thought as an assistant capable of answering all the questions in record time, “the cat” of his sweet code name comes to encroach on the platforms of his fiercest competitors like Chatgpt, Gemini or the Perplexity application.

Mistral AI now exists on smartphone and unveils a new feature

Put online in a web version in February 2024 by Mistral AI, a French startup having developed and trained its own model of AI, the cat is not at its first try. In a publication on X, the startup praises the features and possible use of its chatbot on a smartphone.

This deployment announcement in application format comes with the arrival of a new feature called “Flash Answers”. As its name suggests, it, available in Preview version only, uses the most advanced models of Mistral which have a latency supposed to be extremely low. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an answer to a question in record time, Mistral stressing that this time of reflection is less than that of all other chatbots. The startup also indicates that its models can treat up to 1000 words per second.

After downloading the application on your Android smartphone or your iPhone, it will be necessary to create an account on Mistral AI, if you do not yet have identifiers. The interface is quite minimalist, in line with other AI chatbots such as Chatgpt or Gemini. Here are the main features to know of this application:

• To start a discussion: enter text in the bar provided for this purpose at the bottom of the screen;
• To consult the discussion history: press the icon of the Burger menu (the three parallel lines) located in the upper left corner of the screen;
• Remove a file: Tap the “+” button located on the left in the text input bar.