Spotify, Apple Music and Other Branded Bots Are Coming to Facebook Messenger 2.0

App's discover tool will help users find chatbots

Facebook is rolling out a second version of Messenger, with discovery tools, music and many more branded bots.

As a part of Messenger 2.0, music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are building chatbot services to let users listen to songs straight from the messaging app. Facebook, which announced the news today at its annual developers conference, said Spotify will come first, with Apple joining in the near future.

The updates are part of a series of additional features Facebook is adding to Messenger, which is now used by 1.2

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