FACEBOOK MESSENGER BOTS GET QUICK REPLIES AND OTHER NEW FEATURES

Facebook on Friday announced new features for its messenger bots that would enable users to rate their favourite (or least favourite) bots, similar to apps on various app stores. Facebook will now also allow users to respond to messages via a new feature called “quick replies”.

For example, a bot might ask you to pick a destination for travel and simply offer “Mumbai” or “Bengaluru” as the two quick reply options. Now, Bots will also feature persistent navigation options in the window itself, in case the user forgets a text command.

Engadget also reports that businesses will now also be presented with the option to link their customers’ accounts with their Messenger accounts. As a result, the user can directly access a personalised service right through the messenger.

Facebook has claimed that the account linking protocol is safe but in order to not force anything onto the users (or businesses) the option is available as an opt-in.

PHOTO EDITOR

Photo editor is an image-enhancement app that does more than just add filters and frames to your pictures. It even has a batch-processing feature that takes care of repetitive “tasks” automatically.

For instance, you can resize multiple photographs at once: simply choose the resolution, aspects ratio or percentage you want to reduce it to, the destination folder and let the app do the rest. Similarly, you can crop images, change the formats, rename, and tweak colour levels, and water mark and more.

 The tools sectioning PE contains features where you can cut a pictures where you can cut a picture in to pieces to create a puzzle, make a GIF animation, compress multiple picture in to a zip file, and even take screen grabs from a video.

PE’s interface is not very intuitive, but it is packed with feature including noise reduction, red-eye removal, a clothing tool, white balance adjustment, and more.

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