The news specific for Skype comes alongside with updates made to Microsoft Bot Framework, the developer tools designed to create conversational bots for Skype and other services.
This aims to make it easier for users to keep interacting with different businesses without the need to log in constantly. In accord to this vision, developers building Skype bots can now also allow users to log into a various services, such as a hotel loyalty program. These new features are all part of Microsoft's aim to promote its computing platform for conversations.Īt the Build conference in March, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella described his vision of a future in which artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like Cortana will work together with special-purpose bots in order to help humans perform various tasks like booking flights and making hotel reservations. In a similar manner to what Slack offers today, developers that use the bot functionality can open their robotic conversation partners to groups of coworkers and friends.Īccording to PC World, Skype also supports now visual cards that allow users see receipts, pictures and more, in a similar manner to what Facebook offers to bot developers through tools for Messenger.
On Friday, July 8, on its blog dedicated to Skype, Microsoft announced that the bot functionality in the messaging app will allow let automated participants to take part in group text conversations. Microsoft's continues its campaign to introduce chat bots on Skype by making them available on group chats.
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