Personal AI receptionist: an AI that answers your phone
A personal AI receptionist answers your own phone when you can’t, for everyone who calls you, not for a business. Vicem is one: it has its own number, answers in 37 languages and costs $24 a month.
Vicem is an AI, and it says so on every call. Your phone still rings first; the calls you miss go to Vicem, which answers, takes the message and asks you before anything important.
Updated Checked on October 12, 2026
What does it do?
- It answers the calls you miss, decline or can’t take.
- It tells every caller it’s an AI.
- Works when your phone is off.
- Speaks the caller’s language.
- Its own number, email and page.
- Asks you before anything important.
- Emails the caller back.
- Works on any phone.
How is it different from a business AI receptionist?
A business AI receptionist answers a company’s line for the company’s customers.
- They’re built for businesses: “clinics, salons, law offices, and home services.”Dupple, The 8 Best AI Receptionists in 2026 (updated August 2026)
- They’re priced for a business: per minute, per call or per caller.Dupple, The 8 Best AI Receptionists in 2026 (updated August 2026)
- Vicem answers for one person: family, couriers, doctors and clients all reach the same AI.
How is it different from your phone’s call screening?
Call screening runs on your phone, so it stops when your phone does.
- Abroad, Apple says: “If you’re roaming, phone calls are not screened, regardless of settings.”Apple support, Manage unknown callers on iPhone (September 14, 2026)
- With your iPhone off or out of range, the call goes to your phone company’s voicemail.Apple, iPhone User Guide: set up voicemail
- On a Pixel, automatic screening works in five countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the US.Google, Phone app Help: Call Screen
- Vicem runs on its own number, so it answers with your phone off, flat or abroad.
What does it cost?
- Vicem: $24 a month, 300 minutes included.
- Vicem Plus: $49 a month, 900 minutes included.
- Free for 14 days. Card needed to start. Nothing is charged before day 14. Cancel anytime.
What won’t it do?
- Pretend to be a person: it says it’s an AI on every call.
- Do anything important without you: those things wait for your OK.
- Hide a person listening: there is no call center behind it.
- Answer for a team: one Vicem works for one person.
What do people ask?
Is there an AI receptionist for individuals?
Yes. Vicem is an AI receptionist for one person: it answers the calls you miss, for everyone who calls you, from $24 a month.
Is Vicem a personal AI phone assistant?
It answers your phone for you, openly as an AI, with its own number, email and page. It asks you before anything important.
Can an AI answer my phone when I can’t?
Yes. Forward the calls you miss to Vicem. Your phone still rings first; when you don’t pick up, Vicem answers.
Do callers know they’re talking to an AI?
Yes. Vicem says it’s an AI at the start of every call, in every language it speaks.
Do I need a new phone number?
No. Keep your number and forward the calls you miss to Vicem, or give out Vicem’s own number.