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How Milo works

You text a number. Milo reads, researches, browses and drafts on its own. Before anything leaves your hands, like an email, a purchase or a booking, it texts you the exact action and waits for your YES.

Get started

  1. Open Get access and enter the invite code a friend sent you and your iPhone number. You get your own number to text.
  2. Text that number first. The prefilled message, Hi! My invite code is ABC1234, carries your code and unlocks your account.
  3. Milo replies with a one-time link. Open it and sign in with Google to tie your phone to the web app.
  4. Ask for something. It says “on it” right away and texts the result.

Texting it

Write the way you would to a friend who is good at errands. No special words. A few things people send:

  • find a dentist near me that takes delta
  • remind me to call mom sunday at 5
  • what did sam say about thursday?
  • draft a reply saying 6 works
  • remember that i'm vegetarian
  • what's on my calendar tomorrow?

It keeps going on its own until the job is done, and texts you first when something needs you: a reminder, the morning brief, or a question it has to ask.

Commands

Only a few words do something special. Case does not matter.

YES ABCApprove the waiting ask with that code.
NO ABCCancel it. Nothing goes out.
linkGet a fresh sign-in link for the web app, for a new browser or an expired link.
STOPTurn off the morning brief and every schedule. It then only texts when you text first.

Approvals

Every outward act is a question first. It restates exactly what will happen and gives it a short code:

Reply YES 7QK to email sam@northwind.co: “Thursday at 6 works.” or NO 7QK.

YES 7QK

  • With several asks waiting, the code says which one you mean. It lists them if you just say YES.
  • Anything else you text is a normal message.
  • An ask older than 24 hours expires and never runs.
  • Waiting asks also show at the top of Activity.

On its own

  • Read your mail and calendar
  • Research the web
  • Write drafts
  • Remember what you tell it
  • Text you first

Asks you first

  • Send an email or message
  • Buy anything
  • Book or cancel
  • Post anywhere
  • Accept, sign or commit

Google

  1. Sign in, then open Connections.
  2. Tap Connect on Google and allow Gmail and Calendar on Google's page.
  3. Agree to the Google Vertex AI (Gemini) notice. Until you do, Milo reads none of your mail or calendar.

To stop, tap Disconnect. The token is revoked at Google and every stored summary taken from Google is deleted. The page shows the counts as they reach zero.

Other apps

More connections are on the way. Here is where each one stands today.

  • GoogleAvailable
  • OutlookAvailable
  • SlackAvailable
  • NotionAvailable
  • GitHubAvailable
  • LinearAvailable
  • TodoistAvailable
  • DropboxAvailable
  • Google DriveAvailable
  • SpotifyComing soon
  • Any websiteComing soon

Cloud browser

Milo browses in a private cloud browser that belongs to you. Nobody else can open it.

  • Open Browser from a text link or from the app.
  • Log into your sites yourself. The login stays in your private browser.
  • To pay for things, save your own card by typing it into a site there. We never see card numbers.
  • When you ask it to buy, it texts the amount and merchant and waits for YES before it pays.
  • The session closes after 15 minutes idle.

Memory

It remembers people, places, preferences and decisions you mention, so you never repeat yourself. Each is a short file in Memory: open one, delete a single line, edit it, or delete everything. Lines learned from Google are removed when you disconnect Google.

Tell it directly: remember that sam is allergic to peanuts or forget my old address.

Reminders and schedules

Ask in plain words, like remind me every weekday at 7:30 with my day. Everything scheduled is listed in Schedules, where you can cancel it. STOP pauses all of them.

Invites

Each member gets 5 invite codes in Invites, each with a link that fills the code in for your friend. A used code shows who joined, by first name.

What is stored

Your phone number, your texts and replies, tasks, approvals, memory files, schedules, and an encrypted Google token if you connect Google. You can edit or delete any memory file, fact or schedule any time, or everything under Delete all my data in Account. Details are in Privacy.

FAQ

Is it free?

Yes. It is a free, invite-only beta with a daily message limit.

Does it work on Android?

Not yet. The beta runs over iMessage, so it needs an iPhone.

Who processes my messages?

Google Vertex AI (Gemini). You agree before it reads your connected data.

Need help?

See Support, or text help to your number.