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Overview

The Inbox is your unified communication center where all customer interactions converge. Whether someone calls your AI agent, sends a text message, chats on your website, or sends an email, every conversation appears here in real-time. Monitor, respond, and take over conversations when needed — all from a single interface.
Inbox overview
Replying to a message

Conversation Types

Voice Calls

Phone calls handled by your AI agents:
StatusDescription
CompletedCall finished normally
Answered by AIAgent handled the call
No AnswerCaller hung up before agent answered
TransferredCall was transferred to a human
Screened OutCall was screened by the agent
In ProgressCall currently active
BusyLine was busy
FailedCall could not connect
Each call includes:
  • Full audio recording (with playback controls)
  • AI-generated transcript with speaker labels
  • Call duration and timestamp
  • Caller ID information

SMS Messages

Text message conversations:
  • Two-way SMS threads grouped by contact and service number
  • AI-generated responses clearly marked
  • Manual replies from team members
  • Delivery status indicators (sent, pending, failed)

Website Chat

Conversations from your embedded chat widget:
  • Real-time message threads
  • Visitor information (name, email if collected)
  • Widget name shown in header
  • AI responses marked with indicator
  • Pause/Resume AI toggle

Email

Email conversations connected via Gmail:
  • Full email threads grouped by thread ID
  • Subject line and sender info
  • Quoted text automatically stripped for clean display
  • Reply directly from the inbox
  • Contact enrichment from email senders
See Email Integration for setup details.

Inbox Features

Real-Time Updates

The inbox updates automatically:
  • New conversations appear instantly via real-time subscriptions
  • Messages arrive without refreshing
  • Desktop notifications for new messages (if enabled)

Unread Indicators

Never miss a conversation:
  • Blue dot on unread conversations
  • Badge count on inbox icon in navigation
  • Conversations marked read when opened
  • Mark All Read button to clear all unread indicators

Conversation List

Each conversation shows at a glance:
  • Contact name or phone number/email
  • Avatar (from contacts or auto-generated)
  • Last message preview (truncated)
  • Timestamp (relative: “2m ago”, “Yesterday”)
  • Type icon (phone, message, chat bubble, or envelope)
  • Call status indicator for voice calls
  • Unread count badge

Filtering

Find conversations quickly with combinable filters: Filter by Type:
  • All conversations
  • Calls only
  • Texts only
  • Chat only
  • Email only
Filter by Direction:
  • All
  • Inbound
  • Outbound
Filter by Status:
  • Missed calls only
  • Unread only
Filter by Sentiment:
  • Positive
  • Neutral
  • Negative
Filter by Date:
  • Today
  • Yesterday
  • This week
  • This month
Search:
  • Phone number
  • Contact name
  • Message content
  • Email address or subject
  • Call transcript text

Conversation Detail View

Conversation detail view

Call Details

When viewing a call conversation:
  • Contact info with avatar, name, job title, social links
  • Caller and callee phone numbers (clickable)
  • Call timestamp and duration
  • All recordings displayed with individual audio players
  • Full transcript with speaker labels (Agent vs Caller)
  • Translation link for multilingual conversations
  • Quick actions: Call and Message buttons
Recording Features:
  • Play/pause control
  • Multiple recordings per call (Main Call, Reconnect, Transfer, etc.)
  • Recording ID for reference

SMS Details

When viewing a message conversation:
  • Contact name and phone number with avatar
  • Service number indicator (which of your numbers)
  • Messages in chronological order with timestamps
  • Delivery status icons (sent, pending, failed)
  • Per-message translation link
  • Translate All button for full thread
  • Reply input at the bottom
  • Quick action: Call button

Email Details

When viewing an email conversation:
  • Contact name and email address
  • Service number indicator
  • Email subject line
  • All messages in thread with sender labels
  • Quoted text and signatures stripped for clean display
  • Reply button
  • Quick actions: Call, Message, and Email buttons

Chat Details

When viewing a chat conversation:
  • Visitor name and avatar
  • Widget name
  • Visitor email (if collected)
  • AI Paused indicator when human has taken over
  • Resume AI button to re-enable agent
  • Message thread with input
  • Infinite scroll for long conversations

Human Handoff

Taking Over a Conversation

You can intervene in any SMS or chat conversation:
  1. Open the conversation from the inbox
  2. Type your message in the reply box
  3. Click Send to deliver your response
When you send a manual reply:
  • Your message is delivered immediately
  • The AI agent pauses for this conversation
  • Your messages appear without the AI indicator
  • Customer sees a seamless conversation

Chat AI Controls

For chat conversations specifically:
  • AI Paused indicator shows when you’ve taken over
  • Resume AI button to let the agent handle responses again

Multi-Select & Deletion

Deleting Conversations

Remove conversations you no longer need:
  1. Tap Edit in the inbox toolbar
  2. Tap Select to Delete to enter selection mode
  3. Check the conversations you want to remove
  4. Tap Delete (N) to confirm
  5. A confirmation modal appears before permanent deletion

Mobile Swipe Delete

On mobile devices, swipe left on any conversation to reveal the delete button.

Mark All Read

Clear all unread indicators at once with the Mark All Read button in the Edit menu.

Translation

For multilingual conversations:
  • Per-message translation links on SMS messages
  • Translate All Messages button for full SMS threads
  • Transcript translation for call recordings
  • Translation respects your agent’s language setting

Contacts Integration

Auto-Created Contacts

When someone new calls, texts, or emails:
  • A contact is automatically created
  • Phone number or email is saved
  • Name added if provided during conversation or enriched from email data

Linked Contacts

If a contact already exists:
  • Conversation shows contact name and avatar
  • Job title, company, and social links displayed
  • All conversations linked to that contact

Email Contact Enrichment

When an email arrives from a new sender:
  • Contact data is automatically looked up (company, phone, job title, social profiles)
  • If the person already exists as a phone contact, their record is updated with email data
  • No duplicate contacts created

Mobile Experience

On mobile devices:
  • Full-screen conversation views with back button
  • Swipe left to delete conversations
  • Optimized touch targets
  • Infinite scroll for conversation list
  • Bottom navigation with unread badges

Notifications

Desktop Notifications

Enable browser notifications to get alerts for:
  • New incoming calls
  • New SMS messages
  • New chat messages
Configure in SettingsNotifications.

Push Notifications (PWA)

When installed as a PWA on your home screen:
  • Push notifications for new conversations
  • Works even when the app isn’t open
  • Requires iOS 16.4+ for iPhone

Email Integration

Connect Gmail for email in your inbox

Calls API

Retrieve calls programmatically

Messages API

Access message history via API

Chat Widget

Add chat to your website