Assistly is a desktop AI assistant designed to provide real-time guidance during meetings, sales calls, interviews, and other live conversations. Available for macOS and Windows, it listens to computer audio, tracks multiple speakers, and displays suggestions privately on your screen. A free plan provides three sessions monthly.

A smarter meeting companion 
 
Assistly offers live transcription, talking points, automatic responses, and post-call summaries with action items. Its Auto-assist feature can detect questions and provide guidance without requiring a prompt. It also supports headphones and works with platforms including Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Webex, and Slack huddles. The overlay stays hidden from screen sharing. 
 
The platform can connect context from tools such as Google Calendar, Notion, and Linear, while projects help keep client conversations organized. Its ability to remember previous calls adds useful continuity. A potential con is that audio is streamed securely to the cloud for transcription and processing, which privacy-conscious users want to consider carefully.

Useful for high-pressure calls 
 
Overall, Assistly stands out for helping users during conversations instead of simply producing notes afterward. Real-time guidance, speaker tracking, automatic summaries, multilingual transcription, and contextual connections make it versatile. The free plan is a practical way to test the experience, while paid plans offer unlimited sessions for frequent users.