Howie

What is Howie?

Howie is an AI assistant that works as a calendar secretary, managing scheduling and email administration. It coordinates meetings, resolves conflicts and optimizes calendars to protect a user's time and focus.

Key capabilities of Howie

• Meeting scheduling: Books meetings via email or text and finds times across group threads
• Booking links: Creates links and follows up on non-responses
• Focus time: Finds focus blocks and adds buffers and commute time
• Preference rules: Respects customized scheduling preferences
• Overbooked day alerts: Flags crowded days
• Reminders and briefings: Manages follow-ups and provides daily briefings

How Howie works

You add Howie to an email thread or text conversation. It reads the context, checks calendars across time zones, proposes times and sends calendar invites. It can also track pending items. Integrations include Gmail, Google Calendar, Zoom, iMessage, SMS, Granola, Notion, Todoist, Linear, PostHog and Stripe.

Who uses Howie?

Busy professionals and teams who want scheduling handled through email and messaging. The Team plan offers unlimited teammates and an unlimited iMessage agent.

Howie pricing

The Team plan is $25 per month and includes 1,250 monthly credits, with additional credit tiers. A custom assistant email is $20 per month extra. Enterprise is custom with a DPA and SLA, and you can start free with $25 in credits.

Howie alternatives

Alternatives include Reclaim.ai for calendar optimization, Calendly for booking links, and Motion for AI task and calendar planning.