Tab

• Texting Tab to call a hotel, wait on hold, and move a reservation to new dates
• Asking Tab to find the right replacement part, buy it within a budget after you approve the total, and report when it will arrive
• Having Tab download a bill or statement from a website login and pay the invoice once you confirm the amount and recipient
• Sending a PDF and getting back a spreadsheet of the data in the same thread
• Adding Tab to a group chat to keep track of plans and answer questions for everyone in it
• Setting a recurring check, such as watching for a delivery or a callback, that texts you only when something changes

Tab's pitch is the step most assistants skip: it does not stop at an answer, it makes the call, fills the checkout, or pays the invoice, and it puts an explicit approval in front of every charge. The published security design, with passwords and card data kept out of the AI's context and checkouts bound to an approved total, is more detailed than most consumer agents offer at launch. The catch is availability and cost. Tab is a waitlisted private beta, its wallet and checkout features are still limited beta, and no pricing is published, so it is something to sign up for and evaluate rather than plan around. Poke and Hark Pro are open to sign up now, and Fo is the closest match if phone calls and purchases are the main need.

About Tab

Tab starts in the messaging app you already use. You text it a job the way you would text a capable assistant, such as finding and booking a flight, calling the hotel to move a reservation, turning a PDF into a spreadsheet, or ordering the right replacement part, and you can attach photos, screenshots, documents, or video. Tab asks when something is unclear, sends short progress updates, and brings the result back to the same thread, and it keeps working if you leave. Behind the thread it has its own computer and browser, so it can open websites, sign in with logins you save, download a statement or ticket from behind a login, make files, and publish a simple web page for you. When a task needs a phone call, it calls the hotel, doctor's office, restaurant, or vendor, can sit on hold for up to an hour, and reports who answered and what was agreed. When a task costs money, it shows you what it is buying, the total, and who gets paid, and nothing is charged until you approve. Tab can also connect to accounts such as Gmail, Calendar, Slack, GitHub, Linear, and Notion, join group chats as a shared assistant, set reminders and recurring checks, and track deliveries and bookings after the fact. Most of its design effort goes into trust boundaries: saved passwords are encrypted and filled without the AI seeing them, cards live in a separate vault and are entered on a private page rather than in chat, and a checkout is bound to the approved merchant, cart, and total before payment. Tab is operated by Terrasoft, Inc., and TechCrunch reported its emergence from stealth on October 7, 2026. The tradeoffs are significant for now: Tab is a private beta with a waitlist and staged invites, wallet and automated checkout are limited beta features that may not be available to every user, no pricing is published, only iMessage and WhatsApp are documented as channels, and no team, admin, or developer API offering is documented. It fits individuals who would rather delegate a call or a purchase than research how to do it, and fits less well for anyone who needs guaranteed access or published costs today.