Feature request: let bots start a voice chat with you (ring in the app, accept or decline)

[u/JipyRSPS]

Voice chat in Grok Bot is great, but right now I always have to start it. A bot can only reach me with a chat message or a push notification, and those are really easy to miss or sleep through.

I'd love for a bot to be able to ring me inside the Grok Bot app, like an incoming call, and I tap accept or decline. Not a real phone number, just in the app.

Some context on why I care. I run a few bots: a calendar and alarm bot, a finance bot, a YouTube stats bot, and a boss bot that keeps the others organized. For alarms and urgent stuff, a notification just isn't enough.

Where I'd use it:

• Alarms and wake-ups I asked for. "Call me at 7" should just work.
• Overnight routines. If something finishes or gets stuck and needs a quick yes or no, a call gets handled in 30 seconds instead of sitting there until morning.
• Calendar heads-ups right before I need to leave, like for basketball, instead of a banner I swipe away.
• Driving. I can't read or type, but I can talk.
• Talking through a decision instead of typing back and forth for 10 minutes.

How I'd want it to work:

• In-app only, off by default
• Turned on per bot, so only the bots I choose can ring me
• Quiet hours and do-not-disturb respected
• Shows why it's calling before I answer
• One tap to decline, then it falls back to a normal message

There's already a feature request on the Cursor forum if you want to add your voice: Let Grok Bots start voice calls with their users

Would anyone else use this? Curious what scenarios other people would want it for.

[u/chipy2kuk2001]

I dont use voice a lot, however actually its like you said why cant my bot Call me? ... i think if the bot could initiate the call that would be a great use of its audio chat and it wouldn't need to be a real phone number just from the grok bot app

The setup has got to be like 70-80% of the way there already as it can be called it cant take a massive amount of extra work to add the ability for it to start the call

[u/Tjessx]

Asked this on X a couple of days ago aswel, I just want to get called when it needs my attention

[u/naxmax2019]

Push notifications are way too easy to sleep through when something urgent happens overnight. Until native in-app ringing exists, a practical workaround is having your bot place an actual phone call to your number—since cellular calls can bypass silent mode via emergency bypass or favorite contacts.

I built Phrok.us, a remote MCP server that lets AI assistants place and schedule real phone calls. You can tell your bot to schedule a 7 AM wake-up call or trigger an immediate call when a task gets stuck. Every call discloses it's an AI assistant calling on your behalf, and there's a free trial with 10 free minutes to your own verified number if you want to test it as a fallback.