Facebook Messenger Users Are About to Start Seeing Suggestions From M

The AI-powered assistant makes suggestions during users’ conversation on actions they should take

Remember M, the virtual digital assistant for Messenger that Facebook began testing in August 2015? Now it’s here—sort of.

Messenger product managers Laurent Landowski and Kemal El Moujahid announced the launch of suggestions from M to all iOS and Android users in the U.S., with other countries to be added “eventually.”

The artificial-intelligence-powered assistant makes suggestions during users’ conversation on actions they should take, with Landowski and El Moujahid providing the following examples:

  • Sending stickers: M shares fun sticker suggestions for your daily life interactions, like, “Thank you,” or, “Bye-bye.”
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