Your iPhone Just Became a Remote for Your Mac's AI: LM Studio Ships LM Link

Your iPhone can now run the largest local AI models. Borrowing compute from your MacBook 🤯
LM Studio just shipped LM Link for iPhone.
100% free. Works with every Open Source model you can run locally.
The problem with local AI has always been hardware.
Your MacBook or home server can run massive open models. Your phone can't. So the moment you leave your desk, you're back to cloud APIs and subscriptions.
LM Link fixes that.
Your models keep running on your Mac at home. Your iPhone connects to them securely from anywhere. You chat with your biggest local models from a coffee shop, a flight gate, the back of a cab.
What you get:
• Full access to your largest models, right from your phone
• End-to-end encryption between your devices
• All chats saved locally on your devices, nothing touches a cloud server
• Works through the Locally app, now the official LM Studio mobile app
Setup takes minutes. Install LM Studio on your Mac, turn on LM Link, download Locally on your iPhone, pair the devices.
That's it. Your phone becomes a window into your home AI rig. Private AI used to mean being chained to your desk. Now your hardware travels with you.

LM Link and Locally for iPhone are real, shipped June 4, 2026 — confirmed via LM Studio's own blog and independent coverage

The Locally acquisition, end-to-end encryption, local-only chat storage, and setup steps all check out accurately

One inaccuracy repeats: "100% free" overstates it — LM Link is free only during the current preview period; paid plans are planned for general availability