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Abdulla Ababakre@abdullababakre · Oct 21, 2026

defining a new category: phone-use an mcp/api that gives ai agents their own phones cloud phones. real androids. real…

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PhoneUse is a new API/MCP that gives AI agents access to real cloud-based Android and iPhone devices, enabling them to operate apps like regular humans by solving three key problems: accessing closed apps (Uber, Instagram, etc.), bypassing corporate restrictions on automation, and receiving real-time context from notifications and push alerts.

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    defining a new category: phone-use an mcp/api that gives ai agents their own phones cloud phones. real androids. real iphones. tell your agent what to do, and it can operate a phone just like you do. today, ai agents face three fundamental problems and phoneuse solves them 🧵

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    1. agents can’t use most apps most mobile apps don’t have an api or mcp, or they heavily restrict it. uber, instacart, tiktok, instagram, whatsapp, telegram and most legacy apps are closed to agents, so agents can’t use them the way humans do. browser-use can't get into these apps either. only a phone can. since we expose the whole phone as the mcp, we can automate any kind of app inside the phone. here are examples with tiktok, instagram, geico, reddit and more.

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    2. agents are restricted amazon is blocking shopping agents. airlines are restricting automated bookings. financial institutions limit agent access. agents need phones to interact with the digital world the way humans do. in this video, agents are buying diet coke on amazon with zero friction.

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    3. agents lack context agents can’t see what’s happening inside your mobile apps. they can’t read your notifications, react to incoming messages, or proactively take action when something changes. in this video, a flight gets delayed. the ai agent receives the push notification and proactively texts alex.

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    phoneuse fixes all three. we’re giving ai agents access to the device that connects us to the digital world. browsers made agents capable of using the web. phones will make agents part of your life. the next generation of ai agents won’t just use browsers and computers. they’ll use phones. try it at phoneuse.com