Ask Beside is your AI-powered assistant for everything related to your Beside account - search across all your calls, texts, voicemails, and meetings, plus answer questions about your usage and activity. Instead of scrolling through conversations or digging into your call history, you can ask natural questions and get instant answers.
📌 Note: Ask Beside is available on the Beside mobile app, the web app at app.beside.com, and Beside for macOS.
Where to find Ask Beside
On the mobile app
Open the Beside mobile app
Go to your main screen
Tap the Ask Beside button at the top
On the web app
Go to app.beside.com and sign in
Click Ask Beside AI in the sidebar
On macOS
Open 📖 Beside for macOS
Click Ask Beside in the left sidebar
What Ask Beside can do
Answer usage and activity questions
Get counts, trends, and activity data across your account - calls, voicemails, texts, and meetings.
"How many calls did I have last month?", "How many voicemails this week?", or "What was my busiest day?"
Recall specific details
Find dates, names, addresses, and topics from past conversations.
"What budget did we discuss with Jane?" or "What is Mary's address?"
Extract action items
Identify tasks, deadlines, and follow-ups from your calls.
"List deadlines coming up" or "What were the action items from yesterday's call?"
Identify insights and trends
Discover recurring themes and patterns across your conversations.
"What themes came up in last week's meetings?"
Draft text messages
Generate contextually relevant follow-up messages based on your conversations.
"Draft a follow-up about the proposal" or "Write a confirmation for tomorrow's meeting"
Surface calendar-related details
Ask Beside can help identify dates and times mentioned in conversations, but it does not yet create or add events to your calendar directly.
"When did we say we'd meet next?"
How it works
Ask Beside uses AI to scan and index all your calls, texts, voicemails, and meetings, plus your account activity. Unlike keyword search, it understands meaning and intent — so it can retrieve information even if it was expressed differently than how you ask.
The more you use Beside, the better the results get.
FAQ
Does Ask Beside search across all my lines?
Does Ask Beside search across all my lines?
Yes. Ask Beside searches across all conversations on your account, including all lines if you're on the 👥 Business plan.
Can Ask Beside tell me how many calls or voicemails I had in a given period?
Can Ask Beside tell me how many calls or voicemails I had in a given period?
Yes. Ask Beside can answer questions about your usage and activity - call volume, voicemail count, busiest days, and more. Try asking "how many calls did I have last month?" or "how many voicemails this week?".
For a visual view of trends over time, you can also check 📖 Call insights and analytics.
Can Ask Beside access conversations from before I started using it?
Can Ask Beside access conversations from before I started using it?
Yes. Ask Beside indexes all conversations stored in your Beside account, including older ones. It works on your full history.
Is Ask Beside available on the web app?
Is Ask Beside available on the web app?
Yes. Ask Beside is available on the Beside mobile app, the web app at app.beside.com, and Beside for macOS.
Can Ask Beside create calendar events or send messages automatically?
Can Ask Beside create calendar events or send messages automatically?
Not yet. Ask Beside can help you draft messages and surface calendar-related details, but it doesn't take actions automatically. You'll always review and send manually.