Straight answers about AI assistants for your life, from the founder of Remy.https://www.hey-remy.com/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/ai-assistant-that-makes-phone-calls/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/ai-assistant-that-makes-phone-calls/An AI assistant that actually calls the salon, the pediatrician, or a contractor, waits on hold, and comes back with the appointment and a transcript. What exists in 2026, what it can and can't do, and how Remy handles approval.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/ai-that-reads-my-email-and-tells-me-what-matters/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/ai-that-reads-my-email-and-tells-me-what-matters/You don't want a cleaner inbox. You want to stop missing the one sentence that matters. Here's what the AI email tools really do - Gemini in Gmail, ChatGPT connectors, work email clients like Shortwave and Superhuman, and Remy - and which one fits a personal Gmail full of school, family, and life admin.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/best-ai-for-school-emails/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/best-ai-for-school-emails/Ohai, Skylight, Cozi, Gemini, and Remy all promise to pull the dates out of school emails. Only some read your inbox; only one makes the call afterward. A parent's honest comparison with each product's own words, and who should pick which.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/maple-alternatives/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/maple-alternatives/Maple has been acquired by Wander and sunsets December 31, 2026; the apps are already off the stores. If you used Maple for the shared calendar, pick Skylight, Cozi, or Ohai. If you used it for the email-reading - the part that found the dates in school emails - Remy is the closest thing, and goes further. Honest list with prices.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/overwhelmed-life-admin-ai/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/overwhelmed-life-admin-ai/Work is busy, the personal to-do pile keeps growing, and you asked an AI for apps. It named Motion, Reclaim, and Todoist - work tools. Here's the honest map: what each kind of AI app does for the life pile, which one fits which overwhelm, and where Remy belongs.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-chatgpt/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-chatgpt/ChatGPT can now connect to Gmail and Google Calendar, read when you ask, send email with your OK, and run an agent that fills forms. So what does a separate assistant add? A plain comparison using OpenAI's own help pages: who reads on their own, who comes to you, who makes the call, and what each does with your data.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-gemini/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-gemini/Gemini lives inside Gmail and Calendar and now has a Spark agent. So why use a separate assistant? A plain comparison: what each reads, what each does on its own, who asks before acting, and what Google's own privacy notice says about human review. With the trade-offs stated both ways.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-motion/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-motion/Motion and Reclaim are AI calendars that auto-schedule your tasks around meetings. Remy is an AI assistant that reads your Gmail, calls the pediatrician, and does life admin with your approval. Different jobs - here's how to tell which one you need, with each product's own words and prices.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-ohai/https://www.hey-remy.com/blog/remy-vs-ohai/Ohai is a household manager you forward emails to. Remy is a personal assistant that already reads your Gmail, makes the calls, and acts with your approval. Which one fits depends on one question - answered plainly, with Ohai's own words.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT