Do I need an NVIDIA GPU for the AI features?

No - all local AI features (TTS, Whisper, and Ollama) fall back to CPU automatically if no compatible GPU is detected. However, an NVIDIA GPU with CUDA support is strongly recommended for significantly faster performance, especially for voice synthesis and speech recognition.

Want to skip local AI chat entirely? MiuAi (Tier 4+) and BYOK run Miu's text conversations in the cloud instead of on your PC. Note that this covers text only - the voice features (TTS and Whisper) still need to be installed and run on your own PC, unless you set up Cloud Voice with your own provider key.