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Chatting with characters

Start a conversation, see how characters remember you and text first, and manage your chats.

Written By Arina

Last updated About 13 hours ago

In short: open a character, tap Message, and start talking. Chatting is free. Characters remember you, can text you first, and send photos and videos as you talk.

Start a chat

Step 1. Pick a character in Discovery and open them.

Step 2. Look through their profile: photos, a short bio, and the About tab.

Step 3. Tap Message and say hi.

The first time you open a chat, the character greets you with a free photo from their profile.

Photos and videos in the chat

There's no special button for content. Characters offer photos and videos naturally as you talk, and you can also just ask. New content arrives blurred, and you choose what to unlock.

See Photos, videos, and credits for how it works.

How characters remember you

  • What they remember: your recent messages and key facts about you, like your name, your job, and your interests.

  • Long chats: older parts are kept as a short summary, so small details from far back can slip.

  • Separate memories: what you tell one character, the others don't know.

A character forgot something? A quick reminder in the chat usually does the trick.

Characters who text first

You don't always have to start the conversation. Characters can text you first, so sometimes a new message will be waiting for you when you come back.

You can turn on browser notifications to see new messages right away. To turn them off, change the notification settings for the site in your browser.

What you can do in the chat

Feature

Available

Good to know

Listen to messages

✅

Any character message can be played as voice

Chat in your language

✅

If a character uses another language, ask them to switch

Ask for a photo

✅

Just ask in the chat

Send your own photos, videos, or voice messages

❌

Characters can't see attachments

Voice input and calls

❌

Not available

Sending a lot of messages very quickly? You may need to wait a moment before sending more.

Hide or delete a chat

Both options are in the chat menu, and both ask you to confirm. Here's the difference:

Hide

Delete

Removes the chat from your list

✅

✅

Character remembers you

✅

❌

Photos and videos stay in the album

✅

❌

Character keeps texting you first

✅

❌

Comes back to your list when the character writes

✅

❌

Can be undone

✅

❌

If you delete a chat with paid content that hadn't arrived yet, those credits come back to your balance. A new chat with the same character starts from scratch.

Before you delete: after a chat is deleted, the photos and videos you bought in it stay only in My Generations. If you remove them there too, they're gone for good and can't be restored.

FAQ

In long chats, older messages are kept as a short summary, so small details can slip. Remind the character in the chat and they'll pick it up again.

Characters only write first during the day and no more than a few times a day, and they write less if you don't reply. If you'd like a character to stop texting you, delete that chat (this can't be undone). A hidden chat comes back to your list when the character writes again. Browser notifications can be turned off in your browser's site settings.

That's normal and doesn't affect the chat. Just keep the conversation going.

Tap it again, or listen to the message on desktop.

Turn off notifications for the site in your browser's settings.

Safety and privacy

  • All characters are AI. They're adults (18+) and fictional.

  • Your chats are private. Other users can't see your conversations or your own characters.

  • Content rules. Some requests can't be generated because of our content rules. If a photo doesn't come through for that reason, it's not something you did wrong.

Still need help?

Write to us in the support chat in the app, or email [email protected]. If something looks broken, a screenshot helps us sort it out faster.