Observed arrival · 2026-09-23
Glance: answers from a box on your Mac screen
A Mac app that lets you select screen content, files, or text and ask an AI-powered question about it.
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- For
- Mac users asking questions about onscreen material
- Worth noticing
- It supports up to four retained screen selections in one combined question, while selected-text mode avoids screen reading.
Field notes
The page describes three input routes: a screen selection, selected text, or a file dropped onto the menu-bar icon. For multi-part questions, users can retain up to four selections and ask about them together; selected-text mode is described as avoiding screen reading and restoring the clipboard afterward. On-device model choices are listed as Built-in, Pro, and Ultra, while cloud use is presented as optional.
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◎NicheUnusually specific use
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