Facebook Messenger takes another swipe at chat bots

They were revealed at Facebook's F8 conference. SAN JOSE -- Last year Facebook Messenger oversold how soon chat bots would be able to carry on a human-like conversation to respond to your every need. This year at Facebook's annual F8 conference for software developers, the chat app has a new message for its 1.2 billion users: Chat and chat bots can be very useful in your daily lives. On Tuesday Messenger introduced the capability to have a group chat with a business, meaning you can plan a play list on Spotify, share highlights from NBA games, make a dinner reservation on Open Table or pick flights on Hipmunk for a summer getaway with a group of friends on Messenger without leaving the app. A discover tab now allows you to search for chat bots on Messenger.