What was the result of Tuesday’s annual F8 Developer Conference? Facebook covered all of the topics we touched base on in addition to a few new developments that could be useful for your business…
Coming Soon…
Facebook will offer chatbots for developers to use on Messenger so that developers and businesses may provide automated messages with such information as shipping notifications and receipts but also other details such as news on traffic and the weather. The company explained Messenger to be the number two app on iOS and the fastest growing app in the U.S. for 2015. We will thus likely see more and more developments to make Messenger more useful and friendly to businesses. It’s important to add that they are being very careful, however, to protect personal users in the process with features such as the ability to block and mute unwanted conversations and strict rules for the businesses and developers using chatbots.
Facebook’s 360 degree camera system technology will be shared withe developers this summer so any developers or businesses who want to use the technology may do so. They do not plan to sell cameras, however, so interested parties will have the design and software code but will be responsible for producing or commissioning their own cameras to be built.
Facebook is also unlocking Facebook Live’s potential. It will be possible to stream live video from devices other than smartphones – including drones!
The Future of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg also shared Facebook’s ambitious plans for 10 years down the line which, if seen into fruition, will have a significant impact on just about all of our lives. The social media giant’s scope plans to reinvent online social interactions in a way by pushing the use of virtual reality to make people feel more and more connected even when they’re far away. The artificial intelligence research they’ve been working on in recent years and today aims to eventually be able to take care of many of our digital needs online to free up time to devote to the things we enjoy, business, et al. Finally, Facebook has announced a project that sort of mirrors Google’s Project Loon. Rather than developing internet balloons, however, Facebook is working on the Facebook Aquila pilotless plane. It will be able to stay in the air for months at a time to provide internet to remote regions and developing countries alike.
