Switch how you read any conversation - for focus, privacy, or comfort - without affecting anyone else in the chat.
No AI rewriting. No server processing. Just a different way to read.
Explore one real conversation, switch between lenses, and feel how reading changes instantly.
20 new messages while you were away. Three of them matter. Good luck finding them.
You're on the train and a personal message pops up. The person next to you can read every word.
Small text, dense bubbles, no way to adjust how you read. The app decides, not you.
What you send is what gets stored. Nobody rewrites it, summarizes it, or filters it.
Pick a view that fits your situation - focus mode, privacy mode, bigger text, or something else. It only changes what you see.
Switch anytime. Go back to the original anytime. Everyone in the chat can use a different view.
Built on Adaptive Message Views (AMV) - a communication paradigm that separates content from perception. Learn more →
Same conversation, different ways to read it. Pick the one that fits your moment.
The familiar chat view. No changes.
Use when you want the default messaging experience.
A clean reading view of what matters most.
Use when a busy group chat has buried the messages you need.
Hide messages from prying eyes. Reveal them when you're ready.
Use on the bus, at a café, or anytime someone might glance at your screen.
Bigger text, more breathing room.
Use when text is too small or your eyes need a break.
Choose how you appear - without creating another account.
Use when you want to keep your personal and professional lives separate.
Read conversations as a flowing story.
Use when you want to read a conversation like a book, not a feed.
An experimental view for developers who prefer structured, log-style output.
Use if you think in terminals and want your chats to match.
You're not the same person in every conversation. Your work chat, your friend group, your side project - different contexts, different sides of you. Profiles let you choose which version of yourself shows up, without creating separate accounts.
Each profile has its own name, avatar, and default lens. Use your real name at work, a nickname with friends, a pseudonym in a community. Other people can't tell your profiles are connected - each one stands on its own.
Free: 2 profiles. Pro: unlimited.
No. Lenses only change how messages appear on your screen. The original message is always preserved - nothing is rewritten, deleted, or modified.
Yes. Each person picks their own lens. The messages underneath are identical - only the way they're displayed is different.
No. Encryption protects messages during delivery. Lenses change how messages look after they've already arrived on your device.
Themes change colors and fonts. Lenses can change the entire structure of how you read - hiding text for privacy, reorganizing into a narrative, stripping away bubbles for focus. It goes much deeper than a color scheme.
Always. Switch to Classic anytime to see messages exactly as they were sent. Every lens is reversible.
No. Lenses are straightforward visual changes that you control. Nothing is rewritten by AI. What you see is always based on the original message - just displayed differently.
Each profile has its own name, avatar, and default lens. Use your real name at work, a nickname with friends, a pseudonym in a community. You use one profile per conversation, and other people can't tell your profiles are connected. Free accounts include 2 profiles. Pro accounts get unlimited.
Chameleon includes seven views (Classic, Focus, Privacy, Zoom, Identity, Story, and Terminal), multiple profiles per account, and the ability to switch how you read any conversation instantly. A live demo is available on this page - try it without signing up. Three of these lenses - Privacy, Zoom, and Focus - are now available as a free Gmail extension.
Chameleon is live as a browser extension for Gmail. Privacy, Zoom, and Focus - installs in 10 seconds.
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