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October 21, 2026

Text your Hand, and answer your Google reviews

A Google review with a reply, next to an iMessage chat approving a change

Text your Hand

  • Text the Hand on iMessage from your own phone. It shows up as a contact with its name and photo.

  • Reply "I approve" or "I decline" to a change it asks about.

  • The tour ends by asking for your phone number, so you can start right away.

Listings and reviews

  • See your Google reviews in Basehand and reply to them. Keep your hours and phone in step with Google.

  • After a visit, the thank-you email leads with "Leave a review on Google". Anything else customers want to say comes back to your Inbox when they reply.

Research

  • Ask the Hand for bigger research, like a list of venues or suppliers. It builds a table with sources you can download.

Also

  • Choose whether customers pick who they book with, or leave it to you.

  • The site editor lists the changes you haven't published yet.

  • Customers' replies to your emails land in the right Inbox thread.

  • Booking links and QR codes use your own domain.

  • Booking buttons can open a set date, or the next day with free times.

  • The Hand speaks your language, if you'd rather not use English.

  • Choose whether to help improve Basehand by letting us train on your content.