Airbnb Releases Exclusive Apple Smartwatch App

Airbnb has released its first smartwatch app, releasing it exclusively for Apple Watch.
According to the Verge:

Airbnb thinks it deserves a place on your wrist. Today, the home rental service launched its first smartwatch application, exclusively for the Apple Watch, with features for both guests and renters. The hope is that as Airbnb becomes a more prominent hotel alternative, its users feel that communicating on the app is as functional and available as texting or using chat apps like Facebook Messenger.
To that end, the Aribnb smartwatch app will let hosts receive new booking requests that display a name and a photo alongside a message from the prospective renter. The ability to accept or reject a booking can be done straight from your wrist, as can messaging between hosts and guests, which will be handled in similar ways to Airbnb’s smartphone and tablet apps.
Airbnb’s smartwatch app will also let you write custom message replies. When a message through SMS or another chat app pops up on the Apple Watch screen, users typically have the option to respond with canned replies written by Apple or a voice message you can dictate on the spot. Apple lets you change those responses for texting, and Airbnb has added the ability. The feature should be important for hosts who are routinely asked the same questions, like what the Wi-Fi password is or whether you should panic and flee the premises if you’re locked out.

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