ORB PRIVATE PILOT
Your Orb is ready.
Install the latest Orb pilot build on your Android phone and connect your Shard. This is an early pilot version. Things may still change — and your real-world feedback will help shape them.
ORB FOR ANDROID
Current pilot build
[APK VERSION]
[BUILD DATE]
[OPTIONAL SHORT RELEASE NOTES]
[ORB APK DOWNLOAD FILE / URL]
Android only · Private pilot build
Install Orb on Android
01 / Download the APK
Tap “Download Orb APK” and wait until the download has completed.
02 / Open the APK
Open the downloaded .apk file from your browser’s downloads or the Android Files app. Android may block it because Orb is a private pilot app and not yet in the Google Play Store.
03 / Allow installation from this source
If Android shows a security message, choose “Settings”. Enable “Allow from this source” or “Install unknown apps”, then return to the Orb APK. Wording and location vary by phone and Android version.
04 / Install Orb
Tap “Install”. Wait for installation to finish, then tap “Open”.
05 / Connect your Shard
Open Orb and follow the onboarding instructions to connect your Shard.
06 / Capture your first Spark
Press the Shard and say: “I need to finish the board presentation tomorrow.” Then keep going.
Download → Allow installation → Install → Open → Connect Shard → First Spark
Having trouble installing Orb?
Android says the app can’t be installed
I can’t find the downloaded APK
I don’t see “Allow from this source”
Do I need Developer Options?
This is a real-world pilot.
Orb is still evolving. Use Orb where thoughts actually happen — between meetings, while walking, driving, working or when you’re already doing something else. We want to learn what works naturally, what doesn’t, and where Orb still gets in your way.
Before using Orb with confidential, sensitive or work-related information, please read the pilot privacy and data-use information.
Read pilot privacy information
[PILOT PRIVACY PAGE / DOCUMENT]
Give feedback with a Spark.
Giving feedback works just like capturing any other thought. Press the Shard and say what happened.
FEEDBACK SPARK
“I want to give Orb feedback. The last Spark was put into the wrong area.”
That’s it. Press. Speak. Keep going.
“I want to give Orb feedback. The vibration didn’t happen after my last recording.”
“I want to give Orb feedback. I expected these two Sparks to belong to the same initiative.”
Start with “I want to give Orb feedback…” so Orb knows this Spark is feedback about the product.