Installation

System requirements

• iPhone or iPad: iOS or iPadOS 18 or later is required; supported hardware starts at A12 Bionic.
• Mac: Apple silicon with macOS 26 or later.
• Apple Vision Pro: visionOS 26 or later.
• Storage: keep enough headroom for the selected model, its context, and temporary download data. Five gigabytes is useful recommended headroom, not a universal fixed requirement.

Install from the App Store

1. Open Noema’s App Store listing on the device you want to use.
2. Tap Get and authenticate with Face ID, Touch ID, or your Apple Account password.
3. Open Noema and complete the welcome flow.
4. Choose the guided setup or open Explore to select a model yourself.

Choose the interface language

Open Settings → Language to choose Noema’s interface language. On first launch, Noema uses the system language when supported.

Noema 4.1 improves localization across setup, installation status, and everyday controls. Changing the interface language does not translate imported documents or existing conversations.

Choose a first model

Start with the model guided setup recommends for your device. In Noema 4.2, Explore recommends Noema 1.5 4B Fast for brief everyday reasoning and Noema 1.5 4B Deep for longer math and coding reasoning; Running models locally explains how to choose a format and quantization that fit.

The embedding model is optional for ordinary chat. Install it only when you want document retrieval, downloaded datasets, or Knowledge Packs.

Plan storage and memory

• Download large assets over Wi-Fi when possible.
• Do not assume parameter count alone determines fit; quantization, context length, runtime, and multimodal dependencies also consume memory.
• Keep free storage available for resumable download data and indexing work.
• Use the model page’s fit guidance before loading a larger model.