The ongoing conference with Chatbots, Live video, and VR technology are all on the docket for Facebook’s F8 developer conference which begins today.

Two days of new products, tools, interactive demos and speakers to help you build, grow and monetize your apps. For a glimpse into the future of Facebook watch the live event below and learn more about what to expect from the conference and family of apps and services.

Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote has already ended but there are more to be streamed all day today and tomorrow.

Watch the live conference by clicking or use this link https://developers.facebook.com/videos?qp_h=AZIhXIRBS6ozkWW0

Here’s the full schedule for the stream:

Day 1 (April 12)

10AM PT: Keynote
12PM PT: Messenger: Connecting People and Businesses
12:30PM PT: Growing Your Business with Facebook Pages
1PM PT: Onboarding and Account Management for Apps
2PM PT: Creating Value for News Publishers and Readers on Facebook
3PM PT: Deeper Insights with Facebook Analytics for Apps
Day 2 (April 13)




10AM PT: Keynote
12PM PT: The Technology Behind 360 Video
1PM PT: Optimizing 360 Video for Oculus
2PM PT: Leveraging Facebook as a Platform for eCommerce
2:30PM PT: Building iOS Tooling at Facebook Scale

While Facebook is tight-lipped about exactly what will be revealed today, some sources confirmed launches as well as a few rumors. Here’s a few things to watch for:
Messenger Chatbot APIs – Facebook will launch tools allowing developers to build automated response agents for Messenger, multiple sources confirm. This follows our scoop from February that Facebook had given some developers a Chat SDK for building bots. These bots could replace 1-800 numbers, providing customer service over chat, and use artificial intelligence to deliver ecommerce, news, content, and other experiences.

Live Chat APIs – Even if you’re talking to a human customer support agent, Facebook wants you to do it on Messenger rather than a business’ website. Multiple source confirm Facebook will release developer tools for building “Message Us” buttons for web and mobile sites that push users to Messenger where businesses can use enterprise software to efficiently respond to requests.

News Over Messenger – Facebook plans to allow news publishers to distribute content through Messenger, Marketing Land first reported.

Marketing Over Messenger – Facebook plans to unlock advertising opportunities in Messenger in Q2 2016, according to a presentation sent by Facebook to a top brand on its platform. Though it’s not confirmed this will launch at F8, Facebook does have a breakout session at the conference dedicated to “Messenger: Connecting People And Businesses” hosted by Frerke-Malt Feller, part of the Messenger Monetization team…which is interesting because Messenger has never been monetized directly.




Whilst we do not know exactly what Facebook’s intentions are, there are rumours of new changes from Facebook’s Live video production, ads and VR capture technology.

With the Live Video Production Tools – Facebook has been working on ways for media publishers to use professional video editing software to manage and enhance Live videos, we’ve heard. That could include ways for publishers to switch between different video feeds or camera angles while maintaining a single Live broadcast. Facebook could also allow publishers to use professional videography hardware, The New York Times reported. It’s already paying publishers to broadcast on Live instead of their own sites.

New Ways To Deliver Ads – We’ve heard talk that Facebook will announce partnerships to make it easier for small businesses to create video ads.

VR Capture Technology – Facebook’s F8 guide cryptically includes a session on “VR Capture Technology” about “The hardware and software engineering required to bring this new and exciting technology to life”. Though it’s unclear what tech it’s talking about exactly, the session is led by Brian Cabral who works on “advanced computational imaging projects” for Facebook and Oculus. In September Facebook revealed a new way to shrink the size of 360 video files by using equirectangular mapping.

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