Live now โ€” get the contact at beside.chat

Text the block. Get a plan.

Beside is a contact in your Messages app that knows the neighborhood โ€” late movies, last-minute tables, morning tee times, the coffee with the quieter back room. Ask like you'd ask a friend.

landed in greenpoint, hungry, 45 min to kill
You're 6 min from the best pierogi on the block ๐ŸฅŸ They have two tables free. Want one under your name?
yes! and a movie after?
Table's yours. The 8:50 thriller at the Garden is a 4-min walk from dinner โ€” grab tickets? ๐ŸŽฌ

What it is

A local friend with very good taste โ€” and booking buttons.

Knows the block

Share your location once and Beside thinks in walking minutes, not search results. Suggestions start from where you're standing.

Watches while you wander

Tell Beside what you love once. It checks your live location on a schedule and texts only when something nearby is worth stopping for.

Shows you, doesn't tell you

Menus, courses, rooms โ€” Beside sends photos and audio as native carousels in Messages. Swipe through tonight's options like a friend texted them over.

Books, doesn't just suggest

Movie tickets, tee times, tables โ€” Beside holds real booking tools, so "sounds good" turns into a confirmation in the same thread.

Does the homework

Behind every ping, Beside has already scanned the maps and the web โ€” hours, deals, reviews โ€” so an alert means a real find, not just a pin nearby.

Lives in Messages

No app, no account, no feed. Beside is a contact in your phone, and the whole product is the conversation.

Remembers you

The quiet-back-room preference, the oat milk, the 9am-not-8am tee times. Beside keeps the thread, so you never re-explain.

Joins the group chat

Add Beside to the planning thread. It reads the room, proposes the plan, runs the poll, and books the winner.

Follows through

"Remind me Thursday" actually happens Thursday. Beside schedules its own follow-ups, so plans don't die in the scroll.

Standing requests

Say it once. Beside keeps watch.

Some asks aren't for tonight โ€” they're standing orders. Beside checks your live location on a schedule and quietly compares the block around you against the things you told it you love, scanning the maps, the menus, and the web. When something lines up, you get exactly one text.

Location sharing stays yours โ€” grant it and revoke it right in Messages. Beside only looks on the schedule you pick.

Deals

The golf-deal radar

"Let me know when I'm near a nice course with a good deal." Beside watches the maps and the green-fee pages while you go about your day.

You're 12 min from Willow Run โ€” twilight rate just dropped to $39 โ›ณ

Shopping

The sneakerhead ping

"I'm a big sneaker fan โ€” tell me when I'm close to a good shop." Every neighborhood you cross gets checked against the things you love.

Heads up โ€” Laced is a 4-min detour, and they stock the AJ1s you wanted ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ

Hungry

The pastry ambush

"Tell me when I'm near a proper bakery." When your route and a fresh batch line up, your phone buzzes exactly once.

Croissant intel: Maison Anya, 3 min away โ€” next batch out at 2:30 ๐Ÿฅ

Collecting

The crate-digger alert

"Any record store with used jazz, whenever I'm walking." Beside knows your route home better than your podcast app does.

Groove City is 5 min off your walk โ€” crates of Blue Note reissues ๐ŸŽท

After work

The earned negroni

"If I leave the office past six, find me a happy hour on the way." Beside notices when you finally close the laptop.

Out at 6:40? Bar Coral pours half-price negronis till 7 โ€” 6 min away ๐Ÿน

Tonight

The walkable encore

"Ping me when someone good plays within walking distance." Beside reads the listings so the city feels smaller.

Jazz quartet at The Owl, 9pm, 7-min walk โ€” want two tickets? ๐ŸŽบ

Show, don't tell

The menu, the room, the ninth hole โ€” in the thread.

what's good at the clubhouse before my 8:10?
Turn-stand menu, swipe through ๐Ÿ‘‡
0:14
Saturday's patio band, so you know the vibe ๐ŸŽท
burger + lemonade, patio after
Ordered ahead โ€” ready at the turn, hole 9 โœ…

A list of names is homework. Beside answers with the thing itself โ€” photos and voice notes that arrive as native Messages carousels, not links you have to open.

Ask what's good at the clubhouse and the menu lands as a swipe-through. Ask if the bar is loud and you get fourteen seconds of the room. Show-and-tell, in the thread you already have open.

Photo carousels Voice notes Menus & rooms Native to Messages

How it works

No app. No onboarding. Just a contact.

Add the contact

Grab Beside's number at beside.chat and save it like you'd save a friend. That's the whole install.

Say where you are

Drop a pin or just name the neighborhood. Beside starts thinking in blocks and walking minutes.

Ask for a plan

Tonight, tomorrow, the weekend. Beside proposes, you tapback, it books โ€” all in the thread.

Moments

Built for the gap between "what should we do" and doing it.

Tonight

The spontaneous evening

It's 6pm and you have no plan. One text, three options, and the 9:40 showing is booked before you've picked a jacket.

Dune 9:40 at the Odeon, 8 min walk. Booked 2 seats ๐ŸŽฌ

Weekend

The Saturday morning round

Beside checks tee times while you're still on your first coffee, books with your account, and reminds you Friday night.

8:10am at the Red course, $64. You're confirmed โ›ณ

Group

The dinner that actually happens

Six friends, zero decisions. Beside polls the group, finds the place that fits everyone, and grabs the table.

Ramen wins 4โ€“2 ๐Ÿœ Table for 6 at 8pm โ€” see everyone there!

Beside is our own product on our own platform โ€” a Loki Chat agent on a Loki Messages number. We eat here every day.

Loki Labs ยท Warsaw โ€” see the platform it runs on

The best plans start with a text.

Add Beside as a contact and ask for tonight's plan. It's already thinking about the block.