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This is fantastic! I've been wanting this, I'll try it very soon. If I'm understanding this correctly, it's an extension that monitors the FB account just to read the messages, right? Is there no API integration with FB messenger (or WhatsApp/Instagram/something easier than running a browser all the time)?

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I did research into messenger bots quite awhile ago but stopped for some reason. It might of been that I couldn't trigger it with Hey Meta, but that's before I learnt how to force a friend/groupchat sync. (so might be different now)

It would definitely be better as it's quite a pain for daily use or out and about and more of a tech demo in its current state.

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