#WHATTHEBOT / 2016–10–08

Things move so fast in the world of bots. What better way to catch up with all the headlines from the last week than an 800 square pixel image crammed with all the movements you need to know about.

So here’s our latest rundown, with Google, Messenger and Duolingo:

Featured on this week’s image:

• @google unveil Google Assistant
• Actions on Google lets devs build for Assistant
• @facebook creates Messenger Lite
• @salesforce announce LiveMessage for taking customer service to messaging
• @duolingo let users learn languages through bots
• @samsung acquire Viv Labs
• @shopify now let stores sell directly in Messenger