Press kit · Updated Nov 15, 2026
LAVA: the $0 AI voice assistant that lives in your browser.
Free. Unlimited. Offline. Private by architecture. LAVA runs on-device with Chrome built-in Gemini Nano — no servers, no subscriptions, no data collection. Just say “Hey LAVA” and chat anything in 15 languages.
Preferred credit: “LAVA Local AI Voice Assistant” → link https://fabledindia.com/lava/ and store link below. Contact via Chrome Web Store developer contact / publisher https://fabledindia.com/
Why LAVA matters.
Cloud AI charges a monthly fee and collects your data to get smarter. LAVA flips the model: the AI lives on your device, so there is nothing to upload, nothing to bill, and nothing to leak. Frontier-style help — homework, writing, translation, accessibility — for anyone with a browser, at $0 forever.
“AI is one of the most profound things humanity is working on. It is more profound than fire or electricity.”
— Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google“Privacy is a fundamental human right.”
— Tim Cook, CEO of Apple“Saying you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”
— Edward SnowdenFIG quote (free to publish): “LAVA was built to prove a simple point: powerful AI doesn’t have to live in the cloud. Once Chrome downloads its built-in model, LAVA is yours — free, unlimited, private, even in airplane mode.” — FIG team
Fast facts — copy/paste safe
LAVA in 30 seconds.
| Product | LAVA — Local AI Voice Assistant, free Chrome extension (v1.3.1, Nov 9 2026, 5.0/5 early rating) |
| Engine | Chrome built-in on-device AI (Gemini Nano) + local Web Speech STT/TTS. No backend AI servers. |
| Cost | $0 forever, unlimited. No signup, no tokens, no subscriptions, no API keys. |
| Offline | Yes — after one-time model download. Works in airplane mode. |
| Languages | 15, voice + text with spoken read-back (incl. Hindi, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese). |
| Modes | Hey-LAVA wake word + background mode, Click & Speak, typing with length control, talk-to-any-page / PDF, Playbooks, save to PDF / print. |
| Requirements | Desktop Chrome with built-in AI, mic + speaker. <6GB RAM tuned, light on CPU/battery. |
| Links | Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lava-local-ai-voice-assis/ldddhgaipfjeanombjgdofccfnpfkien · Home: https://fabledindia.com/lava/ |
Story angles
Three stories worth telling.
The $720 question
A typical paid cloud AI plan costs about $20 a month — around $720 over three years. LAVA does everyday AI help for $0, forever, because on-device inference has no per-question bill.
Accessibility that talks
Seniors and anyone who struggles with typing can browse by voice: talk to web pages, dictate emails, hear answers read aloud — with nothing uploaded anywhere.
Homework, out loud
Students speak STEM questions like they would to a smart speaker, get instant spoken answers, and turn any topic into notes and quizzes — on a plane, on campus wifi, or with no connection at all.
Media assets — cleared for editorial use
Use these images freely.
All graphics in images/ — logo (lava-logo.svg), five feature banners (banner-free/life/how/privacy/languages.svg), and in-Chrome product shot (shot-3.jpg, 1080×720) — are cleared for editorial use alongside coverage of LAVA. Please credit “LAVA / FIG” and link https://fabledindia.com/lava/
Full press release text: download .txt (if hosted) or see FAQ + comparison for citable facts.