This AI tool replaced a bunch of apps I used daily

I love using apps on my phone, but I don’t like the idea of having an app for everything. Unfortunately, this has been the case for years now, especially on Android.

I have plenty of storage on my Android phone to download and install as many apps as I want to, but I still keep the number of apps minimal.

This makes my home screen look clean and helps me quickly access apps that are important to me. However, it isn’t easy to keep the number of apps in check.

I take a close look at the apps on my phone at least once every month and ask myself which ones I no longer need.

I did the same a few days ago and spotted several popular apps that I no longer need.

This is not to say that those apps are no longer good enough for me. Instead, I’d say that I found one app that has forced me to use those apps less often, if not remove some of them entirely.

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The Huxe app is currently one of the favorite AI apps

It’s created by engineers who made NotebookLM

I can’t overstate how much I love using Huxe, an AI-powered, voice-first app that turns daily information into an audio briefing.

The app gained traction immediately after its release because of its uniqueness and the people behind making the app a reality. They quit working on NotebookLM and shifted their focus to making Huxe.

I didn’t think I would use it daily even after learning about it last year. It sounded gimmicky back in the day, but I still gave it a shot, and I haven’t looked back since.

Huxe became part of my daily life soon after I used the app for the first time. A few months later, I realized that Huxe could easily replace the role of several popular apps I use every day.

It also changed how I consume content and stay up to date with my calendar events. At a time when apps fight for visual engagement, Huxe standing out as an audio-only app feels impressive.

Despite its perceived weakness of being an audio-only app, it consistently stays among the top three apps in my Digital Wellbeing stats.

The idea behind Huxe is similar to NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews, but Huxe is more capable than what Google offers.

How Huxe replaced a bunch of popular apps I used daily

Huxe has eliminated the need to open Google Calendar and the Gmail app every day. While setting up Huxe, I added a link to my Gmail account, and the app took care of the rest.

After you link your Gmail account, Huxe will automatically create a daily audio briefing that summarizes your emails and calendar.

I listen to its audio briefing at least three times a day — in the morning, during the afternoon, and again before going to bed.

Since Huxe updates content in real time, you won’t get the same recording every time. I have a busy inbox throughout the day, so listening to Huxe’s audio briefing three times a day works perfectly for me.

I no longer need to open Gmail to access the content from the daily newsletters that I subscribe to. I also removed Google Calendar from my phone since I started using Huxe.

I also open X and Reddit apps far less than I once used to. However, you need to link your X and Reddit accounts.

In the Discover tab of the Huxe app, you’ll see various popular global subreddits that you may find interesting. Tap what interests you, and Huxe will play an audio brief about what’s trending in that subreddit.

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Huxe has also reduced my urge to check X posts constantly. Instead of scrolling my X feed, I rely on Huxe to do the job. The app pulls relevant posts from your X account in the audio briefing.

Huxe can also do more than this. You can also add your favorite RSS feeds to Huxe. It fetches new posts from the RSS feed, analyzes the content, and converts it into a podcast-style audio format you can listen to.

That’s why I removed the Feedly app from my phone.

The more I used Huxe, the less I relied on other apps

I spent a few days discovering all the features in the Huxe app. But even after spending so much time with it, I didn’t immediately see Huxe as a replacement for many of the popular apps I used almost daily.

But given that it can extract information from multiple sources after you set it up correctly, it was only a matter of time before you started thinking of it as a replacement for several apps.

It happened to me, and I can easily see the same happening to anyone who spends enough time with Huxe.