ByoKey– AI Chat & API Hub
Your keys, full control
About
What's New in ByoKey
2.0
October 29, 2026
New in 2.0 • ByoKey on iPad: a layout made for the large screen, with the chat list as a sidebar next to the chat. ByoKey works in portrait and landscape, in split screen and in a resizable window. With a keyboard attached, Return sends and Shift-Return starts a new line, and the main commands have shortcuts, such as ⌘N (new chat) and ⌘F (search chats). Drag files and images onto the chat – they go through the same checks as with the paperclip. • Sub-agents: up to three further models – also from other providers – review the main model's answers one after another, each in its own role: reviewer, critic, tester, second opinion or your own. If you like, the main model then revises its answer with their notes. A provider receives nothing until you have agreed to it; tokens and cost (where a price is known) appear under every contribution. • Several chats at once: up to four answers run in parallel, one per chat. Switching chats never cancels anything. Dots in the chat list show what is running, what is done and unread, and which chat needs you – for example after an error or an interrupted answer. • Keeps going in the background: if you leave the app, a running answer keeps writing for as long as the system allows. If the time is not enough, the text so far stays, and “Continue writing” picks it up. • Notifications (optional, off by default): ByoKey lets you know when an answer is ready or needs you while the app is in the background – without the message content. • Bring your project: attach a ZIP archive, a whole folder or single source files. In a sheet with the file tree you decide what goes along and see tokens and estimated cost beforehand. Dependencies, build folders and binary files stay out; files that may contain credentials are marked and never preselected. • Export files: the newest version of each file from your import and from the answers – as a ZIP or as a folder in the Files app, for one chat or for all chats of a project. • Projects rebuilt: first the overview, then the project page with instructions, default model, sub-agents and the project's chats. Six templates help you get started. • Organize chats: select several chats, move them into a project or merge them – costs still count exactly once, and right after merging, “Undo” reverses the merge. “Select chats” and “Merge” are in the “…” menu next to Settings. • Response length: choose it freely in Settings – or “Unlimited”. If an answer is still cut off, “Continue writing” picks it up in the same message. • Dictation: the microphone in the message field writes down what you say – never via your AI provider, and nothing is sent until you tap send. A short tap on the waveform button lets you dictate right in the chat, and your message is sent automatically after a speech pause you set. Press and hold it to open voice mode. • Follow-ups: while an answer is still arriving, you can already send your next message – it goes out as soon as the answer is complete. • Categories in the model list: text and images – with OpenRouter also music & audio, voice and areas such as programming. There, music models create a piece right in the chat, and models that speak themselves answer in voice mode with their own voice. • More information while waiting: if an answer takes longer, ByoKey shows the waiting time and – as far as the provider reports it – whether the request was accepted and the connection is alive. • HTML preview without JavaScript: pages show their layout, styles and images; scripts on the page do not run. • Long chats open much faster, and images are there instantly when you reopen a chat. Plus many fixes, including for accessibility.
More
