The Skype-specific news comes alongside updates to Microsoft's Bot Framework, a set of developer tools that make it easier for people to create conversational bots for Skype and other services. CEO Satya Nadella laid out the vision at its Build conference in March, describing a future in which intelligent assistants like Cortana work with special-purpose bots to help humans perform tasks like making hotel reservations and booking flights.ĭevelopers building Skype bots can also now allow users to log into a service, like a hotel loyalty program, making it easier for them to keep interacting with a business without having to log in constantly. It's all part of Microsoft's push to promote conversations as a computing platform. Skype also now supports visual cards that let users see pictures, receipts and more, similar to what Facebook offers bot makers through tools for Messenger.
Want to have a group trivia contest on Skype? Microsoft announced updates to the bot functionality in Skype on Friday that let digital quiz masters and other automated participants take part in group text conversations.ĭevelopers that use the functionality can open their robotic conversation partners to groups of friends and coworkers, similar to what Slack offers today.
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