Facebook announced the release of a new shared experience in its Messenger that lets users play games during video calls. The social media giant said in a blog post that the move helps people "deep ...

Meta's Facebook is trialling new security and privacy features for Messenger. Meta has started to test end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chat as a default for Messenger chats and, as a companion to it, ...

Today, Meta has unveiled what it calls "the biggest set of improvements to Messenger since it was first launched in 2011." First and foremost, end-to-end encryption is now a default for private chats ...

Facebook head Tom Alison said Tuesday that the company will expand the test soon as it looks for ways to integrate messaging features in the platform over the coming year. "Ultimately, we want it to ...

Meta is beginning the process of disconnecting the ability to have “cross-app chats” with your Instagram contacts via Facebook Messenger and vice-versa. Back in 2020, Meta – then “Facebook” – ...

Since 2016, you have been able to use Facebook/Meta’s Messenger as an SMS app on Android. That integration is now set to go away next month. Users that use Facebook Messenger, instead of Google or ...

Facebook Messenger is sunsetting its SMS support for Android users on September 28, 2023. The change was announced quietly on Meta’s support page on Monday. This means that if you currently use ...

Meta is starting to move more teens on Facebook and Messenger into dedicated "teen accounts" that have added parental ...