Abuela
ACTIVEPosture coach in your notch
Launched July 20, 2026
About Abuela
Your grandma now lives in the MacBook notch. She has opinions about how you're sitting. Abuela is a tiny on‑device posture coach for Mac users. It watches through the built‑in camera, uses Apple’s Vision models to measure head‑over‑shoulder alignment, shoulder levelness, forward lean and head tilt, and gives real‑time animated alerts that encourage you to sit upright. A quick 3‑second calibration sets a personal baseline, and a dashboard in the notch shows upright, drifting and slouching time over various periods. All processing is local with no data collection.
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Capabilities
On‑device posture monitoring
Uses the Mac’s camera and Apple Vision models to track head‑over‑shoulder alignment, shoulder levelness, forward lean, and head tilt without sending data anywhere.
Real‑time animated alerts
Displays grandma‑style feedback – beaming, golden shaking, or red flushing – when you slouch, encouraging immediate correction.
Personalized calibration
A 3‑second calibration captures your optimal sitting pose, creating a personal baseline for alerts.
Posture dashboard
Hovering the notch reveals charts of upright, drifting, and slouched time for the current session, day, week, and month.
Private‑by‑design operation
All processing occurs locally; no accounts, analytics, or network communication, and the camera turns off when paused.
Recalibration on demand
Allows a single‑click recalibration to update your baseline whenever needed.
Mac notch integration
Places the coach at the top of the MacBook notch and also works on other displays.
macOS 14+ compatibility
Runs on Macs with Apple M1 chip or later and requires macOS 14.0 or newer.
Use Cases
Developer coding sessions
Keeps software developers aware of their posture during long coding marathons.
For: Software developers and programmers
Remote work ergonomics
Provides remote employees using MacBooks with privacy‑focused posture reminders throughout the workday.
For: Remote workers and telecommuters
Student study support
Helps students maintain good posture while studying on a Mac, reducing fatigue over long study periods.
For: Students and academics
Privacy‑conscious health tracking
Offers health‑focused users a posture coach that never transmits personal data, aligning with privacy‑first values.
For: Privacy‑focused users