Skype Bots now available for Mac and Web

Microsoft first unveiled Skype Bots a couple of weeks ago during its Build Developer conference. The multi-platform service is now released in preview along two new lines — Mac and Web.

The company in a blog post mentioned that Mac users can tap on the "Contacts" from the menu inside Skype and select "Add Bot...." to search for or view a list of available Bots.

On Skype for Web, users can select "Discover Bots" on the left toolbar to see a list of available Bots. The company in the past couple of weeks also added two new Skype Bots named Murphy and Summarize.

Although Skype Bots is available only via text messaging for now, they will in the future arrive on audio and video messaging too, said Microsoft during the Build 2016 developer conference.

Skype Bots in simple words will let you chat with Cortana, which acts as a Skype Bot to help you identify people, places, and things in their Skype messages.

With third-party integration, the feature can also manage your calendar events, travel and hotel bookings, and do other tasks as well. The service is currently available in preview in Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and the US. Other regions may get roll outs in the following months.