nox.cool adds a shopping cart to the chat

Key points

• When Nox searches the shops, products come as a card with photos, price, rating and stock.
• Add to cart asks for size and colour first, with what's sold out crossed out. Adding buys nothing and uses no AI.
• The cart sits in the chat: quantities, Remove and a live subtotal. Each change is made in a real cart at the shop.
• Check out hands over to Nox, and paying still stops on an OK card with the full total.
• The message box now has a paperclip for files, voice and send. Everything else you just ask for.

nox.cool now keeps a real shopping cart in the chat. When Nox finds products you see their photos, you choose a size, add what you want, change quantities, and check out, and paying still stops for your OK with the full total. In the same update, the message box drops to one button for files. All of it is part of nox.cool's early access.

#How does the cart in the chat work?

Ask Nox to find something, such as "find me a rain jacket". The products come back as a card with a photo, price, shop, rating and stock. Press Add to cart. If the product comes in sizes or colours, choose them first: anything sold out is crossed out, and the photo follows the colour you pick.

Your cart then appears in the chat, with − and + for the quantity, Remove, and a subtotal that changes as you go. Each press changes a real cart at the shop, with no AI involved, so it costs nothing and buys nothing. Reload the page and it's still there.

#How do I check out?

Press Check out. Nox starts the checkout, and you get the usual OK card with the items, delivery, total and how you'd pay. Nothing is paid unless you approve it. Once it's paid, the cart's card says so and its buttons go away. To pay from the chat, connect your Shop account. Without one, Nox gives you the shop's own page to finish on.

A few limits are worth knowing:

• One cart per shop. Buying from two shops means two carts and two checkouts.
• Shops on Shopify. For other shops, Nox uses their website and asks before paying.
• Subtotal first. Delivery and tax appear at checkout, on the OK card.

#Why is the message box so empty now?

Because you can just say it. The box now has a paperclip for files on the left, and voice and send on the right.

Read replies aloud has moved to Settings.

#What else is safer?

• Commands that send files out ask first. If Nox's computer is about to upload a file or run a script straight from the internet, you get an OK card showing the exact command.
• Hidden text is taken out. Words a person can't see in an email or web page no longer reach Nox. What happens when someone tries to trick an AI agent goes through all of it.
• More kinds of keys hidden. More logins and access keys are removed from what commands print on your Mac before the AI sees them.

#Questions and answers

Can I buy several things at once?

Yes, from one shop at a time. Add as many items as you like and they share one cart and one checkout. Items from another shop get their own cart, because each cart belongs to the shop.

Does adding something to the cart buy it?

No. Adding, changing a quantity and removing only change the cart. Nothing is paid until Nox has checked out and you've approved the total on an OK card.

Which shops does the cart work with?

Shops on Shopify, through Shopify's Shop catalog. For anywhere else, Nox uses the shop's own website and asks you before paying.

Do shops see who's looking at their photos?

No. Product photos reach you through nox.cool, so the picture host doesn't see your address.

Where did Go all the way and Plan first go?

You ask for them in words now. Say "keep going until it's done", "show me a plan first", "don't remember this" or "start this at 9 tomorrow". The message box has no switches.

Where can I try it?

It's part of nox.cool's early access, which is by invite for now.