Try before you sign up
Visitors entered a website on the home page, or described their business instead, and the AI that designs your front office built a preview receptionist with no account. Entering a phone number and a one-time code created the account, and the new receptionist then called that phone. The onboarding wizard was retired. A business profile with a description and a list of services, and a Generate receptionist button, replaced it.
Aura: chat with your front office
A chat icon in the dashboard opened Aura, shown as ReadyToTalk AI. It could read and update the business profile, list calls and open call details, and update and retrain the receptionist. Chat history was kept, onboarding conversations were logged there too, and a Tasks panel on the dashboard listed what Aura had done. It started in early access.
Text Aura by SMS or WhatsApp
Owners could message Aura from their phone by text message or WhatsApp, and a WhatsApp link on the dashboard opened the chat. Unknown senders received a short introduction and a sign-up link. No account was created for them.
The AI learns from your calls
A new settings tab let owners write ground rules and choose how the AI handled receptionist updates: never, propose for approval, or apply autonomously when a proposal passed the ground rules. Proposals showed the rationale, the proposed prompt and the proposed greeting, and owners could edit them before choosing Approve and train. A Review recent calls now button ran a pass on demand. Autonomous notifications let the AI decide per call whether it was worth the owner's attention.
Talk to your receptionist as a customer
A Talk button first let free accounts call their receptionist from the browser. Those calls were listed as web calls in the call log and were not billed. By the end of the month the button placed a real call from the receptionist to the owner's verified phone instead.
Call notifications with a listen link
Email, text and WhatsApp notifications were rebuilt around caller, summary, tone and a listen link. The link opened a public call page with the recording and summary. Unknown callers were labeled Private number, and WhatsApp joined email and text as a notification channel. Owner-defined post-call texts to callers were retired.
A free plan replaced the trial
New accounts started on a free plan with no phone number. The status card offered Subscribe to connect me to a phone, and free accounts saw a plan card with a Subscribe action instead of a credit balance. Credits were relabeled extra usage, and a past-due subscription paused the receptionist with a banner to fix payment.
Settings reorganized into tabs
Settings split into General, Business, Security, Billing, Notifications, Early Access and Autonomous tabs. The business tab held the profile, services, hours and the Train receptionist action. The knowledge base page became Advanced, with a Save and Retrain action and a pending sync notice when saved changes were not yet live.
Behind the scenes. Receptionist settings moved into their own record with a save-as-draft step before training.