About

Pets OS, by Fionn Mpho Mwaba.

Pets OS is a new operating system for phones and computers, created by Fionn Mpho Mwaba and published by ShouldBe.

The facts

  • Name: Pets OS
  • Created by: Fionn Mpho Mwaba
  • Publisher: ShouldBe (shouldbe.media)
  • Type: operating system for phones (Pets OS for Stephone) and computers (Pets OS for Frientom)
  • Latest version: Pets OS for Stephone 1.3.0, released 2 November 2026
  • Runs on: Android phones (as the Home Screen), iPhone (as a web app), and computers as a developer preview in a virtual machine
  • Price: free, with no ads and no account
  • Website: petsos.shouldbe.media

What makes it different

  • Pip, a pet who lives on the Home Screen and is looked after by looking after yourself.
  • Clarice, an assistant that answers on the phone itself.
  • Features no other phone has: Pip Walk, Time Capsule, Day Story, Pip Guard and Wind Down.
  • Its own apps as defaults: Lenda, Moments, Milo, StepMail, Sonix and the O Store.
  • Built-in Software Update that checks every update is genuine before installing it.
  • Two hardware design concepts made for it: Stephone and Frientom.

One-paragraph description

Pets OS is a new operating system created by Fionn Mpho Mwaba. On phones, Pets OS for Stephone brings Pip, a pet who lives on the Home Screen, and Clarice, an assistant that works on the device, with features like Pip Walk focus timers, Time Capsule messages to your future self and an evening Day Story. It runs today on Android and iPhone, and Pets OS for Frientom brings the system to computers as a developer preview.

Press and questions

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