Just a little time ago it looked almost certain that the speed at which social networks (like Facebook or Twitter) were coming at us would kill and bury the messengers and chat services. And now the situation looks absolutely upside down. Igor Magazinnik, Viber co-founder, believes that Facebook head managers were so scared of the users leaving for messengers that they bought WhatsApp.
The people are obviously getting tired of all the publicity, other people’s news and the ads which flood the timeline. Personal communications are now being moved to messengers that are yet to start annoying people with useless information.
It’s turned out that the messengers are worthy opponents for all their rivals on the mobile apps market. And with every day it gets clearer that artificial intellect-powered chat-bot apps are playing quite a big role in that. Chat-bots are companion programs that talk to people using their language and respond to their requests. They can help you get the latest news or exchange rates, choose the flight that suits you the most, book that you should read next or music band. They can translate words for you, order any items you like and even find you a matching couple.
The experts believe that chat-bots are the new way of interacting with interface and have already nicknamed them “invisible apps”.
Chat-bots don’t waste your traffic for downloading and time for installing, don’t need much space on the screen and in internal memory of your smartphone. Worldwide attention to mobile apps, of which there are millions already, is starting to fade away.
It’s hard to argue that chat-bots are generating so much attention, first of all, because it gives us the possibility to make work with computers more natural — instead of working with interface you will be able to just say what you need and get it done.
Even if this bot is not exactly the “smartest” or most advanced and needs to learn or you need to use specific commands in order to use it, the possibility to make something happen via just saying something to bot is magical in its own way.
Chat-bots are often a part of the messenger, but there also are bots that work independently and can be used for specific needs. We listed 5 of the best chat-bot apps for Android and iOS that fulfill the potential of AI below.
Luka
Luka will most likely remind you of a good friend that you can spend time with: discuss the weather, chat about the latest news, share your thoughts about new place that you visited or just entertain yourself during a boring day.
It’s worth noticing that Luka has been an app that helped you find restaurants in its early days. It was able to remember what the user likes and basing on that, and also on the history of user’s requests that he sends to the app via SMS, chose the café or restaurant that is most suitable for him.
The user could ask Luka if there were, for example, any good Mexican restaurants around, what dishes are worth giving a go there or if there’s a Wi-Fi connection available. The app analyzed people’s feedbacks on Yelp and Foursquare and reviews of restaurant critiques and advised the user where to go or answered any of his questions.
The app could not only give short answers to the questions but also provide such information as restaurant’s location, menu, phone number and even photos of some dishes. Moreover, the app had a good system of interacting with user and his taste, namely it requested your opinion on certain places that you visited. The point of this is further adaptation to one’s taste and preferences.
Not long ago the app was updated by the developers. They added some other helpful bots, such as Foodie, Weather, Wiki, Video, Gif, Pic, News, Founders, Search, Calculator, Quiz and QuestHero. Every single one of them is always available to everyone, so you can ask your questions even in the middle of the night. You just need to type the question that you’d like to ask and you will be redirected to the bot you need.
It’s free to download and doesn’t have a lot of ads and other annoying content. So, how does the monetization of such a helpful app work then?
The point is that there’s a table reservation function in the app. And since it’s there, the developers can obviously take a little fee for middleman functions. You can also sometimes see the sponsored recommendations while looking for a restaurant.
Luka’s creators are looking forward to their app’s future and are optimistic and positive about it. They’re not going to stop where they are and it’s promising.
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