How Laravel Developers could use this new platform:-
Yesterday at the F8 event, Facebook provided great news to Laravel Developers by launching the Messenger Platform. Now Laravel developers can develop apps for Facebook Messenger, moreover, businesses can create a separate channel on messenger for their clients to directly communicate with them for business purposes instead of using a phone call or email!
With this Facebook has launched SDK for Laravel developers to build interactive applications for Messenger. These apps can be discovered and installed directly from messenger without opening any separate app store or website. These apps can add a variety of features to messenger including sharing animated GIFs, pictures, emojis, stickers, videos, or any other content. The user receiving this content also will get to know about the app using which this content is generated.
Install from the conversation – Photo Courtesy: Facebook
Along with this Facebook also launched a messenger service for Businesses. The idea behind this is to provide a separate support/sales channel to businesses on Facebook messenger so instead of lengthy phone calls or series of emails, one can simply communicate with businesses using asynchronous chat. There are varieties of ways this can be used like people can receive updates for their shipments or talk to tech support on messenger. This entire experience will be a single ongoing thread between a business and a customer.
Conversation with Business – Photo Courtesy: Facebook
While these new features will increase engagement with Facebook, they will also provide new opportunities to app developers and entrepreneurs to launch their creative ideas on a new platform. Messenger platform provides an innovative way to discover the apps, which makes it different than other platforms. As in all other existing platforms it has become quite tuff to find an app with your requirement due to an indefinite number of crapy apps.
Overall this seems a great move by Facebook as by involving third-party Laravel developers and opening a new channel for businesses, it is on the path of becoming a unified communication channel instead of just a chat app!
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