Record Bird 2.0 - Get notified whenever your favorite artists drop new music

@__tosh, thanks for the hunt! We're really excited to launch V2 of our chatbot today. As you already described, we're most excited that the bot now allows for a personalised user experience. With the user's permission, we take a look at your Facebook music likes, match them with our system and drop you a message whenever your favourite artists announce/release new music. Excited for everyone's feedback, here to answer all your questions today!

@shakurgreen Hey, thanks for that input. If you want to check out our iOS app (http://recordbird.app.link), it already features this functionality for e.g. Spotify and Apple Music/iTunes. Once imported, we can also send you notifications via the bot. On top, the app offers even deeper functionality, like videos and tracks on SoundCloud etc. Let me know what you think! :)

@shakurgreen that sounds perfect, thanks so much for taking the time. Pls feel free to reach out any time here on PH or via the app / email (andreas@recordbird.com) and let me know what you think. Haha, i like it... I just forwarded your suggestion to the team! :) Love it! Thanks man

@shakurgreen awesome, lets do this! Looking forward to your mail! Cheers

@perpetuous thanks man. Sure, more than happy to: So we partner directly with the music industry for validated release information which we then match with our database. On top, we work with the leading online distributors (e.g. amazon, itunes) so you can also stream/preorder new music. In our iOS app (https://recordbird.app.link) we also feature e.g. new videos, or new tracks on SoundCloud - these kind of updates are coming to the bot soon! :)

@mahringer_a thanks! BTW, awesome landing :D Like it so much.

@perpetuous Haha, thanks man, appreciate the love! <3

@mahringer_a this is really cool. Next thing you should add is music that I have Shazam'd

@varundave love the idea, will check if #shazam offers a public API! Thx bro!

@quadres oh absolutely, we learned a massive amount in the last months: 1) The more personalised the experience, the more engaged the users. This is why users can follow THEIR artists with a single click. Curated content is less relevant to people. 2) I think that 2017 will be the year, where users will reach a broader understanding of what to expect from a bot and what not. Bots are not yet a full fledged AI that you can speak to, no matter what. That's also one of the things the team at Facebook remarked! They're focusing their experiences more on UI elements within messenger and less on written conversations. I mean, who likes text messaging anyways, right? :) 3) I think of it more as a product within out current mix, both, for different users but also use cases compared to our iOS app. Our most engaged users won't give up their app for a bot experience. But bots offer a fantastic way to enable a first experience with a product. On top, it is super useful for less frequent users, who need specific information at a certain point in time - maybe even while having a conversation over messenger with a friend. It think especially the question of context is a huge one, super interested in what your thoughts are on this!

@florian_lettner thanks so much for the kind words! Absolutely, we're hiring for android at this very moment: https://app.box.com/s/tj71awt0ar... Let me know if you know anyone! :) cheers

@vivek_ramesh it's not a one man show, but appreciate the kind words! We'll do our best! @graf_arnold

@thomaspanthera Yo Jimmy, so far we really focused on getting as much feedback as possible to constantly improve our bot experience. What worked really well for that in this regard is www.botlist.co by @sethlouey which is great in enabling the discovery of bots. We also tried to connect with bot developers all over the globe via dedicated groups on Facebook. Guess PH takes us to the next level today! :)

@ath thx chief! <3

@timolins Thanks Timo! With the chatbot, we'll focus on two major improvements: 1) We'd also like to notify you of new releases on e.g. youtube or soundcloud. After all, that's a legit release for fans in 2017. This already works with our iOS app (http://recordbird.app.link) but not yet in our bot - coming soon! :) 2) We want to improve the bot experience by working more with integrated web views, so that you can e.g. also import artists from Spotify, adjust notification settings or manage your artists easily through the bot interface. I think both aspects, will bring a massive improvement to the bot. Anything you're looking for that I didn't mention above? Whats your first experience been like?

@neefstweets Hey Neef, you can if you use our iOS App (http://recordbird.app.link) or Website (www.recordbird.com). Not yet implemented in the bot, but we'll definitely consider! Thanks for the feedback!