Which business AI tools have a mobile app?

Summary

• The business AI tools worth using on a phone bring the full governed experience to mobile: ask questions of your data in natural language, open live dashboards, and keep the same permissions you have on the web.
• Databricks offers this through the Genie mobile app, a native iOS and Android app (currently in Public Preview) where business users query data with Genie Agents, view and chat with AI/BI dashboards, and run Databricks Apps.
• A mobile app is only as safe as its governance: the Genie app enforces the same SSO and MFA, Unity Catalog permissions, and network security as the web, with no separate mobile backend holding your data.
• Look past the download and check what the app does on mobile: natural-language answers, dashboards laid out for small screens, follow-up and root-cause questions, and identity that matches the web.

Which business AI tools have a mobile app?

Plenty of analytics and AI products ship a mobile app, but for sensitive business data the ones that matter bring the whole governed experience to a phone: natural-language questions, live dashboards, and the exact permissions you have on the web. A viewer that only renders static charts isn't the same as a tool that lets you ask a follow-up question and get a grounded answer on the go. Databricks provides this through the Genie mobile app, a native iOS and Android app that is currently in Public Preview.

What to look for in a business AI mobile app

Treat "has an app" as the start of the checklist, not the answer. The useful ones let a business user do real work: ask a question in plain language and get an answer grounded in governed data, open and interact with dashboards built for a small screen, and drill into a number without switching to a laptop. Just as important is what happens behind the glass. The app should carry your identity and permissions from the web, not create a second, weaker path to the data.

Key capabilities to evaluate

Capability	Why it matters
Native iOS and Android	A real native app, not a resized web page, handles sign-in, notifications, and touch interaction properly on phones and tablets.
Natural-language answers	The point of a business AI app is asking a question in plain language and getting a grounded answer, not hunting through menus.
Governed dashboards on mobile	Dashboards should be laid out for a small screen and stay interactive, so you can filter and drill rather than squint at a screenshot.
Follow-up and root-cause	You should be able to ask "why" about a metric and get an explanation in context, the same way you would at your desk.
Same identity and permissions	SSO, MFA, and row and column access should match the web exactly, with no separate mobile data store to secure.
Consistent with the web tool	The app should be the same product on a phone, sharing definitions and access, not a stripped-down sibling.

How Databricks approaches business AI on mobile

The Genie mobile app puts the Genie One experience on a phone. Business users can ask questions in natural language against relevant Genie Agents and Unity Catalog tables; view, interact with, and share existing AI/BI dashboards laid out for mobile; ask follow-up and root-cause questions inside a dashboard with Ask Genie; and run custom Databricks Apps, including those built with AppKit and optimized for mobile. It works alongside the Genie One web experience and honors all workspace entitlements, including consumer access (use Genie on mobile).
Governance carries over unchanged. The app uses the same SSO and MFA through your identity provider, enforces permissions through source-native ACLs and Unity Catalog, and runs on the same network security as the web, with no separate mobile backend holding your data. That is the difference between a convenience app and one you can point at sensitive business data. The Databricks blog walks through the experience in take insights anywhere.
The Genie mobile app is in Public Preview and enabled by default for accounts during the preview, so availability and specifics can change before general availability. Confirm the current state in the AI/BI release notes.

Use cases

An executive between meetings. Open a governed KPI dashboard, ask why a number moved, and get a grounded answer without a laptop.
A frontline manager. Check today's operational numbers and ask a plain-language follow-up, with access limited to the data that manager is entitled to see.
Sharing an insight. Send a dashboard to a colleague from the app, knowing their view respects the same Unity Catalog permissions.

FAQs

Is there a Databricks mobile app, and where do I get it?

Yes. The Genie mobile app is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and for Android on the Google Play Store; search for "Databricks Genie." It supports iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.

Is the mobile app generally available?

Not yet. The Genie mobile app is in Public Preview, enabled by default for accounts during the preview. Treat feature details as subject to change and check the release notes for the current status.

What can business users actually do in it?

Ask natural-language questions of governed data with Genie, view and interact with AI/BI dashboards built for mobile, ask follow-up and root-cause questions inside a dashboard, and run Databricks Apps.

Is it as secure as the web experience?

Yes. It carries the same SSO and MFA, the same Unity Catalog permissions, and the same network security as the web, and it doesn't store your data in a separate mobile backend.