It seems Elon Musk has been working hard to get Grok into as many hands as possible recently. When its AI company, xAI, first launched the AI chatbot, it was kept behind a paywall, but last week the platform announced that it was working on a free version of Grok that would be available for all users.
Now, reports suggest that xAI, which announced $6 billion in Series C funding this week, is going even further, working on a standalone iOS app for Grok, potentially eliminating the need for an ‘to use. The move could be a big step forward in making Grok more widely accessible.
The app, as noted, will work similarly to Grok within the X platform, offering features like text rewriting, summarizing, Q&A, and generating images from prompts of text. It will also access real-time Web and X data to provide up-to-date answers.
Although registration details remain unclear, users may need to create an account or link it to their X account. It is also unclear whether the app will be completely free or include features behind a paywall , as with version X.
That said, this standalone app positions Grok as a versatile AI tool, in direct competition with other major chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, which also offer standalone platforms.
Unlike these other major platforms, Grok’s standalone app would only be available in Australia and available in beta in some other countries. It’s also a bit odd that the company decided to make a standalone app for iOS rather than Android.
Some believe this move could be due to the more controlled nature of the iOS ecosystem, which could make it easier to test and optimize the app before expanding it to Android, which requires adjustments for a variety of applications. devices and software versions.
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With some regions already having it available, it’s only a matter of time before it’s rolled out to everyone.
X reportedly has around 611 million monthly active users, per Explosive topicsbut when Grok was initially paid, only about 1.3 million paying subscribers could access the chatbot. With the introduction of a free version, these numbers are expected to increase quickly. But as Grok expands into the mainstream AI market, its user base could see a significant increase in a short period of time.
As the app goes live, it will be interesting to see how it performs and whether Grok can eventually challenge ChatGPT and Gemini’s dominance in the competitive AI space.
