Household memory vs personal memory
Household memory helps shared home decisions. Personal memory helps a specific member and does not appear on shared surfaces by default.
Household memory helps shared home decisions. Personal memory helps a specific member and does not appear on shared surfaces by default.
Household memory is useful for the home. Personal memory is useful for one member.
Homie may use household context to help a member. Personal-to-household sharing requires explicit approval.
In personal mobile, Homie may combine household context with the member's private chat, memories, projects, watches, and connected accounts.
- Household memories that are safe to share
- Private member memories for the claimed phone owner
- Project chats that belong to that person
- Member mail and channel chats when connected
Private member content does not flow into the shared household by default.
- A personal chat does not appear on the iPad household feed.
- Member mail does not become household memory unless explicitly shared.
- A public or unclaimed device cannot see confidential member memory.
Personal memory depends on the device being claimed as a mobile device and bound to a household member.
The boundary depends on the device being trusted and tied to the right member. If Homie cannot tell who is speaking, it should stay away from confidential personal memory.
Read the privacy boundary before trying to fix behavior. Homie often behaves differently on a shared screen than on a claimed personal phone.
- Use personal mobile for sensitive projects, private chats, and member-specific mail.
- Use the shared iPad for home-wide context everyone can see.
- Check device setup if Homie seems to treat you as a public speaker.
Most Homie issues come from setup, identity, or approval state. Work through these checks before assuming Homie ignored the request.
- Check whether you are on a shared household surface or a claimed personal phone.
- Ask Homie what it can see from this device before assuming memory is missing.
- Use explicit language such as keep this private, share this, remember this, or forget that.
What stays private: Household-to-personal context is allowed. Personal-to-household sharing is blocked until the member approves it.
Tips
- Use personal mobile for sensitive projects, private chats, and member-specific mail.
- Use the shared iPad for home-wide context everyone can see.
- Check device setup if Homie seems to treat you as a public speaker.
- Keep this just for me.
- Share this with the household.
- What can the shared iPad see from this chat?