Elon says Grok Bot can now make calls for you π
I updated to 0.77. Calls aren't on for my account yet. My Bot offered to send it through Bland instead π
The next step? Give it a phone NUMBER π±
With its OWN number, you text your Bot like a person. It texts the business, handles the back-and-forth, and texts you back when it's done.
Here's what a number adds π
β Its own US phone number
β You text it from your phone, like a friend
β It texts businesses and handles the replies
β It takes calls on the same number it calls from
The trick is giving it a goal:
"Text [business] and [task]. Confirm the time and the price."
Skip the goal and the replies go generic. Save that line π
The catch: $14.99 the first month, then $29.99/mo. US and Canada only, one call at a time, fair use applies.
Template below π
That Grok Bot you hid from your sidebar? Its routines are STILL running π³
Hiding doesn't pause a Bot. Every routine it owns keeps waking up and spending your week.
Here's the fix π
Even xAI's docs say it: hiding does not pause the Bot or its routines.
And some of those Bots shouldn't be Bots at all.
Keep it a Bot only if it needs:
β Its own routines
β Context kept out of other chats
β A channel you talk to directly
β An approval desk
β Its own logins
β A history worth keeping
None of those? Make it a SKILL. Write it once and any of your Bots can run it.
Paste this into your main Bot:
"List every Bot I have, including hidden ones, and the routines each one owns. For each Bot, check if it needs its own routines, private context, a channel I talk to directly, an approval role, its own logins, or a history worth keeping. Tell me which should become skills and which routines to pause. Don't change anything until I say yes."
One catch: deleting a Bot deletes its routines too. Save the skill first.
Test via @bfrench. That's one fix from the usage guide π Save this π
Elon says Grok Bot can now make calls for you π
I updated to 0.77. Calls aren't on for my account yet. My Bot offered to send it through Bland instead π
The next step? Give it a phone NUMBER π±
With its OWN number, you text your Bot like a person. It texts the business, handles the back-and-forth, and texts you back when it's done.
Here's what a number adds π
β Its own US phone number
β You text it from your phone, like a friend
β It texts businesses and handles the replies
β It takes calls on the same number it calls from
The trick is giving it a goal:
"Text [business] and [task]. Confirm the time and the price."
Skip the goal and the replies go generic. Save that line π
The catch: $14.99 the first month, then $29.99/mo. US and Canada only, one call at a time, fair use applies.
Template below π
Massive Grok Bot drop π₯
Your Grok Bot can now build you a PAGE. Ask it to crunch your data and it hands back a visual you can share with your team. Or the whole world π€―
@mattyp just ran through 18 upgrades. These 5 change how you use it π
β Pages: reports and dashboards your Bot builds and keeps updated
β Your Bot makes VIDEOS now, from a prompt or an image π¬
β Fewer approval cards. Sensitive actions still get reviewed
β At your desk? It pings you there, not your phone
β Pin your go-to Library files and links to the top
Also new: smoother 1Password, X Spaces help, a fresh typeface on iOS and Android, β/ for every shortcut, Word files to Google Docs, and email forwards that keep their formatting.
Try it NOW π€― Steal Matt's use:
"Make me a page of my posting activity on X and show me the best time to post"
π Pages can go public. Check who it's shared with before you send the link.
And yes, Pumpkin Spice Bot is rolling out π
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What's New in Grok Bot
00:00 π
00:13 Pages in Grok Bot
01:09 Vault
02:05 1Password
02:21 Apple integrations
03:21 Bot makes videos
03:47 New bot characters
04:13 X Spaces
04:31 Font fun
04:54 Design polish
05:11 Rapid fire
@aapakari Yes Bland gives you your own number. You can call it, text it, whatever. With the new update to Rockbot the native grok bot phone call system will only be outbound
Calls only work with a tight brief.
Template I hand the bot: goal, hard $ cap, what to say if asked X, what to report back.
Own number is nice. Sign-off on spend is the real unlock.
This is the real issue for me right now. Barely two days into plan upgrade, set up bots and already out of usage on the Premium plan. Finding this a common complaint for many. Making me rethink. @bot@poteto@ericzakariasson Help?