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The best AI assistants for WhatsApp in 2026
Pally is the best AI assistant for managing the WhatsApp conversations already in your inbox. You talk to Pally over iMessage, RCS, or Telegram while it reads your connected WhatsApp; Poke and Muse are separate contacts you can message in WhatsApp.
“Works with WhatsApp” can mean two jobs: an assistant you message inside WhatsApp, or one that works in the chats already in your inbox. This ranking puts the inbox first.
Pally
Best for managing your own WhatsApp inbox
Pally connects your own WhatsApp as an inbox it reads and acts in, and brings catch-ups, important-message alerts, and replies into the same thread as your email and calendar. It works on the conversations already in your WhatsApp, chats and groups alike.
Pros
- Catches you up on your WhatsApp chats and groups
- Flags what needs you and replies as you when you ask
- Combines WhatsApp with email, calendar, and other connected apps
Tradeoffs
- Needs your WhatsApp account linked first
- You message Pally over iMessage, RCS, or Telegram, not WhatsApp
Pricing: Pally is free, with almost unlimited usage limits. No waitlist or invitation. Cloud Mac is a paid add-on. See what's included
Poke
Best for chatting with an automated assistant in WhatsApp
Poke is a messaging-native assistant that you can contact directly through WhatsApp, Apple Messages, RCS, or Telegram. It connects to email, calendar, and more than 30 apps and can run scheduled Recipes, but WhatsApp is a channel for talking to Poke; Poke doesn't say it manages your own WhatsApp chats.
Pros
- Direct access through WhatsApp
- Connected-app automations and scheduled Recipes
- Permanent free plan
Tradeoffs
- Doesn't say it reads or sends your own WhatsApp messages
- Calls and orders need Poke Human on the $199 Ultra plan
Pricing: Poke has a permanent free plan with all app connections. Pro is $19 a month and adds frontier models for complex tasks and higher limits for real-time automations. Ultra is $199 a month, with frontier models for every action, the highest automation limits, Poke Human, and optional pay-as-you-go usage beyond its credits. Check latest pricing
Muse
Best for handing errands to an agent from WhatsApp
Muse is Meta's personal agent. You talk to it in its app, on the web, or directly in WhatsApp, and it books trips and reservations, buys things with a one-time card after you approve, and keeps working after you close the app. In WhatsApp it is an assistant you message; Meta does not say it manages your own WhatsApp chats.
Pros
- Message it directly in WhatsApp
- Books trips and reservations, and checks out after you approve
- Free plan with a usage limit
Tradeoffs
- In limited testing in the US and Canada
- Doesn't say it reads or replies in your own WhatsApp chats
Pricing: Meta's Help Center lists a Power plan at $20 a month with 500M Muse tokens per week, and a Max plan at $100 a month with 3B Muse tokens per week. "Muse is available for free with a usage limit." Paid tiers buy more usage, not extra features. The same page says Muse and its subscriptions are in limited testing and aren't available everywhere yet. Check latest pricing
Bottom line
How to choose
Pick Pally for help with the conversations already in your own WhatsApp inbox; message Pally over iMessage, RCS, or Telegram. Poke and Muse are separate assistant contacts inside WhatsApp.
Questions
Common questions
Can I message Pally in WhatsApp?
No. Pally reads your connected WhatsApp inbox, but you talk to Pally over iMessage, RCS, or Telegram.
Can Pally read all of my WhatsApp messages?
Connecting WhatsApp links your account, so Pally can read the chats that sync to it. It uses them to catch you up, flag what needs you, and reply as you when you ask. Alerts for important messages start off, and you choose what counts.
Can I message Poke through WhatsApp?
Yes. WhatsApp is one of Poke's four messaging channels, alongside Apple Messages, RCS, and Telegram. That lets you talk to Poke; Poke doesn't say it manages your own WhatsApp conversations.
Can I use Muse in WhatsApp?
Yes. Meta says you can talk to Muse directly in WhatsApp, as well as in its app and on the web. Muse is free with a usage limit, and paid plans at $20 and $100 a month buy more usage. From WhatsApp you can hand it errands such as booking a trip or a reservation, or buying something with a one-time card after you approve. It is in limited testing in the US and Canada.
Facts checked October 12, 2026. Pally pricing comes from its pricing section. Competitor facts and pricing come from the public sources below.