Post #183

I’ve already posted here that Facebook announced a new Discover tab in Messenger at F8 conference a couple of months ago. But today they’ve announced that this new tab for finding featured bots and brands will be rolled out to Messenger users in the United States in the coming days. The Discover tab breaks up these conversations into a dozen categories including 📚 education, 💵 personal finance, 🗞 news, ⚽️ sports, and 🛍 shopping. The discovery has always been a problem for all the bot developers. But seems like big messaging platforms began to move in this direction. Google and Microsoft have also taken steps recently to improve bot discovery for their platforms. Last month, Google announced plans to launch an App Store for its voice apps, and a business can now add Skype to its website or deploy bots to Bing search results. Noteworthy bots can also be found in the redesigned Skype app, whose Find section, much like the original Discover tab, highlights local businesses and showcases popular or featured bots. With the Discover platform launching, there’s surely going to be a lot more attention on chatbots and we’ll see which opportunities it will open for us 🤖 https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/28/facebook-messengers-new-discover-tab-features-top-bots/