An AI member for your group chat.
Add Bret's number to any group text. It stays quiet until someone asks, then it answers, sums things up, runs the poll, and remembers what you decided. You can text Bret one on one too.
Sign up with your phone numberMaya
ok where are we eating friday
Bret, where should we eat Friday?
Bret
Three picks:
1. Banjara, big shared plates
2. Pho 88, fast and cheap
3. Gus’s, pizza on a patio
Reply 1, 2 or 3.
Maya
2
2
Sam
1
Bret
Done: Pho 88 on Friday. 2 of 3.
Bret's number
+1 (XXX) XXX-XXXX
The number goes live soon. Save it in your contacts as Bret when it does.
Add Bret to a group
- Add Bret's number to any group text, the same way you would add a friend.
- Bret says hi once, explains what it is, and then stays quiet until someone asks for it.
- Say “Bret” in a message, like “Bret, where should we eat Friday?”, or text
/helpto see what it can do.
What Bret does
- Answers questionsLooks things up on the web, finds places, checks the weather.
- Sums it upCatches you up on what you missed in the thread.
- Suggests optionsWhen the group is going in circles, it puts three real picks on the table.
- Runs a pollNumbers the options, counts the replies, and calls the result.
- Finds a timeAsks who is free when and picks the slot that works for the most people.
- Splits a costWorks out who owes whom. Just the math, no money moves.
- Helps sort out a disagreementOnly when someone asks it in. It never takes sides.
- Nudges onceIf a decision stalls for two days, one gentle reminder. Then it lets it go.
Otherwise it says nothing. Silence is a feature.
Text Bret one on one
Think a decision through, draft a hard text in your own voice, work through a conflict, or plan something. Bret always answers in a direct chat.
Nothing you say to Bret privately ever shows up in a group.
About green bubbles
If anyone in the group has an Android phone, the group is a green-bubble SMS group. Bret still works there, but replies can be slower, long messages get cut, and each person's carrier may charge for group texts. iMessage groups work best.
Good to know
- Bret is a bot, not a person, and it can get things wrong.
- It stores group messages so it can sum up and keep track of decisions.
- Anyone in a group can text
mute,forget this group, or remove the number to drop it. - 18+ only. US and Canada numbers during the beta.