What happened
Aloha HQ says its AI can now read estimate requests from your website, email or texts. It checks your service area and open times on your calendar, books the visit, and sends the homeowner a note with the time and what to expect. You get a notice too.
Source: Aloha HQ New Releases, 2026-10-26. This is our short summary. Read the source for the full story.
How a contractor could use it
Set your service area and the hours you do estimates first. Then let new requests book themselves. Check the calendar each morning so you know where you are going.
Added 2026-10-26. Check any tool's price and terms on its own site before you use it.
Try this prompt
Copy it into Grok Bot, Claude or ChatGPT. Fill in the parts in [brackets].
Write a short, friendly text to a homeowner for my [trade] business, [name]. Their estimate visit is on [day] at [time] at [address]. Say who is coming, how long it takes, and what to have ready, like [gate code or attic access]. Add how to reschedule: [phone]. Under 60 words.
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