The front desk is becoming software.
RingCentral has expanded its AI Receptionist with Shopify, Calendly, WhatsApp, SMS, and call queue support.
That sounds like a product update.
It is bigger than that.
AI is moving from the back office to the first customer conversation.
It can answer calls.
Book appointments.
Handle order questions.
Respond to messages.
Step in when staff are busy.
And route customers with context instead of making them start again.
That is powerful.
But it also raises the stakes.
If AI becomes the first voice of the business, it has to be accurate, secure, useful, and easy to hand off to a human.
The next customer service battle will not just be who answers fastest.
It will be who answers properly.
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