Ask Beside is your AI-powered second brain inside Beside.
It scans, understands, and indexes all your conversations - calls, texts, voicemails, meetings - and lets you instantly retrieve details, decisions, deadlines, preferences, and more.
Unlike traditional search, Ask Beside understands meaning, not just keywords.
You can ask natural questions like “What budget did we agree on last week?”, and it finds the answer.
📍 Where to find Ask Beside
📱 On mobile
Ask Beside is available directly from your Inbox:
Open the Beside mobile app
Go to the Inbox (main screen)
Tap the Ask Beside button at the top
This opens the AI search interface where you can type any question.
💻 On macOS
Ask Beside is available in the sidebar, alongside your meetings and transcripts:
Open Beside on macOS
Look in the left sidebar
Click Ask Beside
This opens the AI panel where you can search all your calls and meeting notes from desktop.
⭐ What Ask Beside can do
1. Recall Specific Details
Retrieve particular information from your conversations, such as:
Dates and Times: Easily find when events or meetings are scheduled.
Topics Discussed: Quickly reference the subjects covered in your past interactions.
Examples:
“What budget did we discuss with Jane?”
“What is Mary’s address?”
2. Extract Action Items
Stay organized by allowing Beside to:
Identify Actionable Tasks: Highlight tasks that need your attention based on your conversations.
Recognize Upcoming Deadlines: Keep track of important dates and ensure you never miss a deadline.
Examples:
“List deadlines coming up.”
“What were the action items from yesterday’s call?”
3. Identify Insights and Trends
Gain valuable insights from your communication patterns by:
Analyzing Conversations: Discover recurring themes and topics in your discussions.
Spotting Trends and Patterns: Understand your communication habits and preferences over time.
Examples:
“Who should I contact more?”
“What themes came up in last week’s meetings?”
4. Draft Text Messages
Enhance your messaging efficiency with Beside’s ability to:
Create Contextually Relevant Messages: Generate text messages that align with the flow and context of your conversation threads.
Save Time: Reduce the effort needed to compose messages by letting Beside assist you in drafting them.
Examples:
“Draft a follow-up about the proposal.”
“Write a confirmation message for tomorrow’s meeting.”
5. Generate Calendar Suggestions
Ask Beside can help you draft or identify potential event details (for example, dates and times mentioned in a conversation), but it does not yet create or add events to your calendar.
Examples:
“Extract any dates mentioned with John.”
“When did we say we’d meet next?”
🧠 How Ask Beside works
Ask Beside uses advanced AI to:
scan & index all your calls, texts, and voicemails or meetings
understand meaning and intent
retrieve information even if it was expressed differently
display the closest, most relevant results when there’s no exact match
The more you use Beside, the better the results get.