Use cases

What people get these assistants to do, and which ones can actually do it. Solid logos are jobs we tested; hollow ones are jobs people report.

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    Cut a bill or switch provider

    Call or write to haggle the price down, or move you to a better deal entirely.

    Try sendingCompare energy contracts for our home, get offers from the main providers, and switch us to the best one.

    From @chapello, @bahjatia, Simon Taylor

    0 tested · 2 reportedDetails
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    Find every recurring charge

    Go through the inbox and list every subscription with its cost.

    What they sentfind every recurring charge on me

    From @thisiskp_, @milloruns

    0 tested · 2 reportedDetails
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    Shop for insurance

    Get quotes on the same cover you already have, and tell you which is worth switching to.

    Try sendingGet me quotes for homeowners insurance on [address] with the same coverage as my current policy, and tell me which is worth switching to.

    The poster deleted their account afterwards over how much access it needed.

    From @anothercohen

    0 tested · 1 reportedDetails
  4. 4

    Win a refund a company refused

    Take over the thread or the support chat and get the money back.

    Try sendingRead my email thread with [company] about the refund they refused, write a response that makes the case, and send it.

    From @RyvenDriving, @Cosmic0rigins, @vi_kaushal

    0 tested · 2 reportedDetails
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    Sell tickets for the games you'll miss

    Cross-reference your travel calendar with season tickets and list the ones you can't use.

    Try sendingWatch my travel calendar. Whenever I'm out of town for a Suns or ASU home game, list those tickets for sale.

    From @FundamentEdge

    0 tested · 1 reportedDetails
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    Log payments from email into a spreadsheet

    Find the payments in your inbox since a date and append them to your budget sheet in order, matching the template.

    What they sentGo through my email and look for payments after [date]. Then open up my budgeting spreadsheet and append them to the bottom of the list so that they are in chronological order. Follow the existing template.

    From a form submission

    0 tested · 1 reportedDetails

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