Google is developing a new mobile messaging application to better compete with rival services such as those offered by Facebook, The Wall Street Journal reported. The new service would tap into Google's artificial intelligence know-how, integrating chatbots, or software programs that answer questions, inside a messaging app, the Journal reported on Tuesday.

The new app will enable users to text friends or a chatbot, which will search the web and other sources for information to answer a question.

Google declined to comment.