QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
Everything you should know before trusting ENAWA with your safety.
Clear answers about what ENAWA can do, what it can’t do, and how your privacy is protected.
About ENAWA
What is ENAWA?
ENAWA is a personal safety AI system designed to recognize supported conversation-based signals of scams, coercion, threats, and other potentially unsafe situations.
ENAWA combines mobile software, dedicated hardware, and local-first AI to provide risk alerts, explanations, and safety actions.
Is ENAWA a recorder?
Recording is not the core purpose of ENAWA.
ENAWA uses audio to understand supported safety situations. Routine audio is designed to be processed temporarily rather than become a permanent archive of everyday conversations.
Is ENAWA an AI companion?
ENAWA is first and foremost a safety product.
ENAWA's focus is understanding risk and helping protect people.
Detection
What kinds of scams can ENAWA recognize?
ENAWA recognizes supported patterns including bank impersonation, government impersonation, tech-support scams, refund scams, family-emergency scams, suspicious investment requests, gift-card, crypto or cash pressure, and remote-access scams.
Detection evaluates the context, intent, and behavioral signals in supported conversations.
Does ENAWA just look for keywords?
No.
Words such as "bank," "money," or "police" are normal in everyday conversations. ENAWA is designed to evaluate combinations of context, intent, urgency, secrecy, pressure, and requested actions.
How accurate is ENAWA?
ENAWA is designed to achieve near-100% detection and response across supported dialogue-based safety scenarios.
Can ENAWA detect every scam or dangerous situation?
No safety system can guarantee detection of every possible situation.
ENAWA works best when risk is expressed through supported audio and conversation patterns. Situations with no audible or recognizable signal may not be detected.
Can ENAWA detect crimes before they happen?
ENAWA does not predict crime.
It is designed to identify observable risk signals within supported interactions and help users respond earlier when something appears unsafe.
Privacy
Is ENAWA listening all the time?
During active protection, ENAWA can continuously process supported audio sources so that it can recognize risk as it develops.
That does not mean every conversation is permanently recorded or continuously uploaded to the cloud.
Does ENAWA upload everything I say?
No.
Routine audio is designed to be processed locally first. Cloud verification is activated selectively when a potential safety event requires additional analysis.
Can raw audio ever go to the cloud?
When higher-accuracy verification requires it, a limited encrypted segment of recent event audio may be securely processed in the cloud.
ENAWA is designed to minimize both the scope and duration of that data.
Does ENAWA permanently save my conversations?
ENAWA is not designed as a permanent life-recording service.
Temporary audio and processing data are intended to be automatically discarded according to ENAWA's data-handling rules unless needed for a safety event or explicitly enabled by the user.
Will my recordings be used to train AI?
Private raw personal audio is not used by default to train general-purpose AI models. Any voluntary research or product-improvement program requires clear disclosure and explicit user choice.
Can my family listen to me?
Not by default.
ENAWA Family Safety is designed around safety events and trusted-contact actions, not continuous remote access to someone's everyday conversations.
Hardware
Why does ENAWA need dedicated hardware?
Phones are powerful, but they are not always positioned to reliably hear or understand the physical environment throughout the day.
Dedicated ENAWA hardware is designed to provide a more consistent safety sensing point and a physical SOS control.
What is the difference between the Safety Card and Pendant?
ENAWA Safety Card and ENAWA Pendant are both first-generation ENAWA products.
The Safety Card is designed around everyday phone carry.
The Pendant is designed for natural body-worn use.
See the homepage for more details.
Does the Safety Card need my phone?
The first-generation ENAWA system is designed to work closely with the mobile app.
Certain local functions may continue independently, while broader AI, connectivity, and trusted-contact features depend on the phone and system configuration.
Is there a camera?
The first-generation ENAWA Safety Card is audio-first and does not require a camera for its core safety functions.
Connectivity and app support
What phones will ENAWA support?
ENAWA supports both Android and iOS.
Does ENAWA work without internet?
ENAWA supports both online and offline use. Core local speech and risk screening can continue while offline.
Cloud verification, trusted-contact notifications, and other connected safety functions require an internet connection.
Can ENAWA hear phone calls?
ENAWA works across supported call, app-audio, and nearby-conversation scenarios.
Exact availability depends on operating-system permissions, phone model, and audio-source support.
Does ENAWA work with WhatsApp, FaceTime, or other apps?
Yes. ENAWA supports safety monitoring across supported audio scenarios in WhatsApp, FaceTime, and other major communication apps.
Family and SOS
Who should use ENAWA?
Early use cases include older adults, people living alone, families, and people seeking another layer of personal safety.
Can I buy ENAWA for my parents?
Absolutely. Providing an additional layer of protection for parents and loved ones is one of ENAWA's core use cases.
ENAWA is designed to help them recognize unusual or high-risk conversations involving scams, threats, coercion, and other unsafe situations earlier, receive clear guidance, and reach trusted people or take action when needed.
The goal is to support independence — not turn family safety into continuous surveillance.
What happens when I press SOS?
When SOS is triggered, ENAWA can use your configured safety settings to share your current location and risk context with designated contacts and start the appropriate safety workflow.
Where enabled by the user and supported by local services, the system can also initiate an emergency or law-enforcement contact workflow.
For situations identified as extremely high risk, ENAWA can escalate the safety response accordingly.
Does ENAWA automatically call 911?
Not by default.
Where enabled by the user and supported by local services, the system can also initiate an emergency or law-enforcement contact workflow.
Battery and everyday use
How long does the battery last?
ENAWA Safety Card: approximately 7 days of battery life. ENAWA Pendant: approximately 2 days.
Actual battery life may vary depending on usage, connectivity, and operating conditions.
Is ENAWA designed for 24/7 protection?
Yes. ENAWA supports continuous everyday protection.
Actual availability depends on battery, charging, permissions, connectivity, supported devices, and device state.
Do I need to manually switch between phone and nearby modes?
ENAWA minimizes manual mode switching across supported audio scenarios.
The goal is for audio-source handling and safety processing to happen automatically wherever the operating system and connected hardware allow it.
Beta and launch
When can I buy ENAWA?
We will contact Founding Access members with purchase timing and launch information.
Join Founding Access to receive priority updates about availability and purchasing.
How much will ENAWA cost?
Final hardware and subscription pricing have not yet been announced.
Founding Access members may receive early launch pricing.
Will there be a subscription?
Some advanced cloud-based AI and connected safety services may require a subscription.
Product pricing and included features are specified in the applicable purchase information.
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ENAWA Safety Card / Pendant · First-generation products · Supports both Android and iOS