New Delhi:
Social media giant Facebook introduced chat bots to developers last month. So India’s first Facebook Messenger bot is here. Lybrate, online doctor consultation platform is among the first ones to announce its Lybrate bot.
This Lybrate bot appears on messenger chat list just like another contact. It will allow people to communicate, seek advice on health queries from doctors that will help you stay updated on health-related issues.
To make users aware about multiple health issues, a Quiz on Health is also there. You can also use it as a smartphone app. This is the platform where you will find over 1,00,000 doctors from more than 50 specialties from across India.
These days social bots are quite popular. Facebook and Microsoft are also betting on social bots. What are these? Chat bots offer a standardized way of connecting with businesses (similar to Twitter handles or email addresses), reducing the complexity of finding the contact info for a company.
“While we are making doctor availability seamless through our online doctor consultation platform via Messenger, our innovative solution in the form of a health quiz will help in spreading more awareness about health issues,” said Saurabh Arora, Founder and CEO, Lybrate.
When they integrate with Facebook chatbots allow for automatic verification of personal information. Microsoft will also introduce bots on Skype.
