Messenger is getting better sharing options, payments and tighter bot integration

Robots might be decades away from taking over the world, but they’re now a step closer to officially taking over Messenger. Today’s update, for both iOS and Android, brings tighter integration that offers users new ways to explore, interact and share their favorite bots. Starting with a new welcome screen for bots and pages, Facebook is now letting you start a thread with a bot (within Messenger) by viewing a welcome screen to provide some context about what exactly it does. Inside