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Pickle

A real-time AI clone of you that joins video calls as a virtual camera.

Category
Video
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Local
Platforms
macOS
Models
Self-contained (on-device)
Verified
Jun 21, 2026

Pickle is a macOS app that creates a hyper-realistic AI avatar of you for video calls. After a face scan and a short training video, your 'AI Self' lip-syncs to your voice in real time and appears as a selectable 'Pickle Camera' in any video app. It lets you be present on camera-on calls without sitting in front of the webcam.

Pros & cons

  • Real-time lip-sync from your voice
  • Works as a virtual cam in any app
  • Free tier to try it
  • Quick face-scan onboarding
  • macOS only
  • Needs a ~5-minute training video
  • Realism can break under fast motion
  • Paid plans capped by minutes

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