It seems like all the big tech companies want to have their own assistant. It was Apple who surprised us with the insightful and relatively capable Siri at first, followed by Google and its proactive assistant Google Now, which anticipates user needs. Finally, Cortana, from Microsoft, is the one who has managed to capture the attention of the public and the media, presenting itself as a basic pillar for Windows 10But they will not be the only assistants with whom the user will be able to interact. According to rumors, Facebook is also preparing its own.
For now it seems nothing more than a strong rumor that the medium The Information has echoed. Of course, ensuring such data through three different sources. In this way, they ensure that Facebook is already working on its own virtual assistant, which will have its entire reason for being through the application Facebook Messenger A platform that is open to other applications and services, and that seems to grow little by little thanks to the work from the developers. On this occasion from the company itself Facebook
At the moment little else is known about it. Only that, like the rest of the assistants, you can resolve doubts and user tasks That is, search the Internet after receiving commands, presumably by voice, and performing simple functionsand other issues that have not yet been detailed.In fact, it is yet to be confirmed by Facebook all this information. It is surprising that the information given so far would focus the operation of this assistant towards the commercial field, finding data on products and services Questions that could make sense for Facebook,as long as this assistant is capable and not just another alternative to a market of limited use. And it is that the assistants are curious and fun, and can even be useful, but it does not seem that they are essential for the users.
Yes, one more detail is known about this Facebook assistant. This is his name, at least within the company, where he is known as Moneypenny A well-known term for followers of the adventures ofagent 007, and it refers to the enamored assistant who helps James Bond from the office.A name that does not even come true if it really turns out to be a useful assistant, although focused on the commercial and service field within Facebook Messenger
Now we just have to wait for Facebook to present it officially, if the rumors are true. Apparently, its development phase would be advanced, so it is possible that we will not have to wait too long to hear from the company itself. At the moment the only question is what it will look like and what functions Moneypenny will be able to carry out through the Facebook messaging applicationWill it make us feel like a secret agent with a license to kill?
