# AI Assistants Bring Work and Family Tasks Into Text Messages

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-10-10T14:08:39.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-10T14:08:39.000Z
Section: Technology

> Services on iMessage, SMS, RCS, WhatsApp and Telegram handle calendars, travel, reservations, reminders and household coordination.

AI assistants are moving into familiar messaging services, allowing users to manage work, travel and family logistics through text-based conversations instead of dedicated apps.

Caddy is available in public beta through iMessage for iPhone users and RCS for Android users. Folk operates through iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp, where it can book restaurants, track flights, manage email and create reminders. Folk offers a free tier and a Pro plan priced at $9.99 per month.

Family-focused services are also targeting household coordination. Fambot launched publicly Sept. 1 with more than 1,000 families using the service and $3.5 million in pre-seed funding. Fambot sends daily text summaries and reads school emails, newsletters, calendar invitations and group chats.

Ollie offers a free tier along with plans priced at $25 and $100 per month. The paid plans include 150 and 1,000 additional monthly messages, respectively. Ollie works through text messages on iOS and Android and can connect calendars, email and school communications.

Poke became available on Apple Messages on June 4. Cognition announced July 23 that The Interaction Company of California, which makes Poke, had joined the company.

“Poke is a personal agent that lives in your texts,” Cognition CEO Scott Wu said. Users had exchanged more than 100 million messages with Poke during the preceding three months.

The services differ in both channel and scope. Folk and Poke use messaging as their primary interface for broader tasks, while Fambot and Ollie focus on calendars, school information, reminders and household coordination. Caddy is positioned as a cross-platform option for iMessage and RCS.

Most of the products remain in beta, private testing or early commercial rollout. Their availability, pricing and capabilities may change as the services expand.