# Jarvis Automation — Voice and home, fully private > Voice and home, fully private (iPhone/iPad app by Alexander Berardi.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jarvis-automation/id6760924901 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Alexander Berardi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1731453929) - Category: Lifestyle, Utilities - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 36 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-06-30 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jarvis-automation/id6760924901/reviews.md ## What is Jarvis Automation? Jarvis Automation is a private, self-hosted voice assistant for your home. Pair a Raspberry Pi Zero (or any node) once with a QR code, connect your smart devices, and Jarvis listens, responds, and runs your routines — all on hardware you own. No third-party servers, no analytics, no tracking. Your voice, your data, your house. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Chat with Jarvis from your phone — handy when speaking out loud isn't an option. • Provision Pi Zero voice nodes in minutes with QR-code pairing and guided Wi-Fi setup. • Control lights, locks, plugs, thermostats, cameras, and speakers across Home Assistant, Hue, LIFX, Govee, Kasa, Nest, Schlage, SimpliSafe, Z-Wave, and more. • Organize devices into rooms (rooms can nest — Upstairs > Bedroom) so Jarvis picks the right device when you say "the bedroom light". • Design routines that trigger by voice or run quietly in the background, then drop alerts into your inbox. • Browse the Pantry — an open package store of voice commands, background tasks, and integrations. Install on whichever nodes you choose. • Enroll your voice profile so Jarvis recognizes which household member is speaking. • Invite family members to a shared household with admin / power-user / member roles. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Self-hosted by default. Voice recordings, transcripts, and commands stay on the server you run. • Per-node secrets (API keys, OAuth tokens) are encrypted with AES-256 using a key that never leaves your phone. • No analytics, advertising, crash reporting, or tracking SDKs in the app — ever. • Push notifications are optional and can be disabled for a fully on-network experience. • Open source. Inspect the code, fork it, run it yourself. WORKS WITH Home Assistant, Philips Hue, LIFX, Govee, TP-Link Kasa, Nest, Schlage, SimpliSafe, Z-Wave, Spotify, Pandora, Music Assistant, Google Calendar, Drive, Gmail, OpenWeather, Meteo, and more — all configurable per node. REQUIREMENTS Jarvis Automation is the mobile client for a Jarvis backend. You'll need a Jarvis server running on your network (Mac, Linux, Docker, or a hosted instance). OPEN SOURCE Jarvis is fully open source. Source, docs, and self-hosting instructions: https://docs.jarvisautomation.dev QUESTIONS Email alex@alexberardi.net or open an issue on GitHub. ## Version history (last 4 releases) ### 1.0.3 — 2026-08-21 Presence — Jarvis knows when you're home Opt in, and your phone quietly lets Jarvis know when you arrive or head out — so it can welcome you back, stay quiet while you're away, and power your automations. Your exact location never leaves your phone; only "home" or "away" is shared. It keeps working even when the app is closed, with optional arrive/leave notifications and a live Home/Away status. Automations in plain English Write simple rules for the things Jarvis notices — for example, "When I leave home, lock the front door." Choose whether each rule runs on its own or checks with you first. Smarter suggestion cards Editable dates and times on Jarvis's tap-to-confirm cards now open a proper date/time picker, and a new "Suppressed suggestions" screen lets you review and un-block anything you've told Jarvis to stop suggesting. ### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-09 Jarvis can now do more for you — including picking up the phone. Phone calls - Ask Jarvis to call a business on your behalf — book an appointment, ask a question, or handle an errand that needs a real person. Manage who Jarvis can call in the new Phonebook, save your call details once, and review, revise, or confirm any call right from your inbox. Errands & scheduling - Just say what you want done. Jarvis plans it and shows you an editable card to run, tweak, or cancel — and you can schedule errands to run once or on a repeat. The new Scheduled Errands screen shows what's coming up. Give Jarvis a voice - Choose how Jarvis speaks to your household — Warm & folksy, Terse, Dry & witty, or Classic Jarvis — and set your location so business lookups stay local. Face ID / Touch ID - Sign in with biometrics, plus smoother sessions and a cleaner sign-out. Devices & nodes - Scan and pair devices through your node (including HomeKit), and turn on over-the-air updates for your nodes from the app. Plus fixes and polish across the inbox, chat, and settings. ### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-07 Talk to Jarvis faster, automate more, and keep even more under your control. NEW • Instant voice access on iOS — launch straight into a listening Jarvis from the Action Button, Control Center, or a Shortcut. • Face ID / Touch ID login — opt-in biometric unlock for your account. • All-new routine builder — build automations step by step with smart dropdowns for your actual devices, rooms, and commands, plus schedules and a Run Now button. • Memories — review, edit, or delete what Jarvis remembers about you, right from Settings. • HomeKit pairing — pair locks, thermostats, and more directly from the Devices tab. • Interactive lists in your Inbox — turn a voice-made shopping list into an exported cart, with an item picker when there's more than one match. • Node updates are now consent-based — nodes never update until you explicitly enable it, and the consent travels end-to-end encrypted so only your phone can flip it. • Package health at a glance — "Needs setup" and "Failed" badges, plus one-tap revert to the previous version of any installed package. • More voice tuning — new node voice settings including wake acknowledgment and sensitivity controls. IMPROVED • Chat is ready the moment your node is — newly paired nodes appear without restarting the app, tools load automatically, and the message box waits until your node can actually hear you. • You stay signed in reliably, and signing out is instant and clean. • Push notifications are now off by default — enable them only if you want them; everything else stays on your network. • Your login tokens now live in the iOS Keychain. • Better server discovery on tricky networks, and a pinned server address is always respected. FIXED • A crash when creating or importing password-protected key backups. • Long dropdowns in the routine editor now scroll. • General stability improvements throughout the app. ### 1.0 — 2026-06-30 No release notes. ## More apps by Alexander Berardi - [HoneyDo Mobile](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/honeydo-mobile/id6478035517) All apps by Alexander Berardi: https://appshunter.io/developer/1731453929 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-30.*