Chatting with Alfred

How to open, put away and switch between Alfred chats from any screen.

Chat is where you ask Alfred about your portfolio or the rules, from any screen.

Open it

Select Ask me anything at the top of a screen, or Chat in the side menu. A drawer opens beside the page you are on. Type your question in the box at the bottom. Complex questions can take up to a minute.

Put it away and bring it back

Click outside the drawer, or press Escape, and it shrinks to a small Alfred button in the bottom-right corner. A reply he is writing carries on. It says New reply — tap to read when one lands. Select the button to open the drawer again. Select the x on the button to close it.

Switch chats

The drawer's menu has New chat and your recent chats. Open the full Chat page shows them all. A conversation started in the drawer appears on the full page too.

When a link in his answer takes you to another screen, the drawer tucks itself away so you can act at once.

For what he can and cannot do, see What Alfred can and cannot do.

If something's not right

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