How Halo reads a screenshot

A screenshot is one of the most information dense things you save, and one of the hardest to find later. It is a picture of words, and your phone treats it like a photo of a sunset. Halo treats it like what it is: a scrap of your life with a fact inside.

Step one, read the words

The first thing Halo does is read the text in the image. A Wi-Fi password on a sticky note, the total on a receipt, the name of a restaurant in a message. That text becomes plain, searchable content attached to the image, so a picture of words behaves like words.

Step two, understand it

Reading the characters is not enough. Halo works out what the screenshot is about. Is this a receipt, a message, a boarding pass, a menu? Knowing the kind of thing lets recall be smart later, so when you ask where you parked, Halo knows a photo of a garage sign is a better answer than a photo of your lunch.

Step three, connect it

Finally, Halo links the new screenshot to things that belong with it. The boarding pass connects to the note about the trip and the hotel confirmation. You did not tell it they were related. It noticed.

You should never have to type out what is already in a picture you saved.

What we do not do

Your saved things are yours. We do not sell your data, and we do not build an advertising profile out of your camera roll. Recall runs against your own pile. You can export everything or delete all of it, at any time, from your Your data page. Privacy is not a setting you have to find. It is the default.

• Your items are private to your account by default.
• We never sell your data or use it to target ads.
• Full export and one-click delete are always available.