Phantom

Phantom is an AI assistant for macOS that lets you control your computer by speaking. Instead of clicking through menus or typing commands, you tell Phantom what you need — open an app, draft an email, move files — and it handles the actions. It combines voice input with on-demand screen context, so it can see what you're looking at and act accordingly. The tool is built around the idea that speaking is faster than navigating interfaces, and it aims to turn your voice into a direct way to get things done on a Mac.

Phantom works by using macOS accessibility permissions and screenshots only when a task requires them. You grant permissions for specific apps and actions, and Phantom follows an Action Policy you set. It can type, click, scroll, launch apps, use shortcuts, and send actions to connected services. Processing happens partly on your Mac and partly in the cloud for certain features. The tool does not continuously watch your screen or inventory your running apps — it only grabs context when you give it a task. Phantom offers three plans: a free starter tier with shared capacity, a $20/month Pro plan, and a $100/month Max plan for power users.

This tool is best for Mac users who want to speed up repetitive tasks or prefer speaking over typing. It's useful for dictation, launching workflows across multiple apps, or automating actions that would normally require several clicks. If you spend a lot of time in front of a Mac and wish you could just tell it what to do, Phantom is worth a try. The free plan lets you test the basics, and the paid plans add more usage capacity for daily use.