Supplemental audio content for group communications

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a distributed group communications application stored thereon, the distributed group communication application including instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a group communication system, cause the group communication system to:

• receive, at the group communication system, an audio content request from a member of a communication group, wherein the communication group members comprise a plurality of user nodes, wherein the user nodes transmit communications to the group communication system and receive communications from user nodes via the group communication system;
• launch, from the group communication system, a bot node as a member of the communication group configured to deliver audio content from an audio content source to the communication group system, wherein the bot node receives
• audio content from the audio content source and wherein the bot node delivers the received audio content to the group communication system;
• and
• distribute, from the group communication system, the received audio content to one or more user nodes in the plurality of user nodes, wherein the received audio content is merged with user node communications.

A group communication system comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having programmable instructions thereon, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the group communication system to:
• receive, at the group communication system, user node communications from members of a communication group, wherein the communication group members comprise a plurality of user nodes;
• distribute, from the group communication system, user node communications to respective members of the communication group;
• receive an audio content request from a user node of the communication group;
• launch, from the group communication system, a bot node configured as a member of the communication group and wherein the bot node delivers a unidirectional audio stream comprising audio content from an audio content source to the group communication system;
• receiving audio content from the bot node;
• delivering the received audio content to one or more user nodes in the plurality of member user nodes, wherein the received audio content is merged with user node communications.