WhatsApp interop explanation proves how unnecessary the DMA is for chat apps
It’s March 7th, the big deadline day for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The law came into effect on Thursday, so all the big tech …
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Apple expert says there’s one iPhone app you should never download
No matter how popular an app might be, that doesn’t necessarily make it safe. For example, Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular chat …
Facebook Messenger and Instagram won’t get default encryption until 2023
If you’ve been waiting for a Facebook Messenger chat encryption, then you’re going to need to wait a while longer. Meta’s original plans to bring …
Facebook Messenger adds end-to-end encryption to voice and video calls
Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular messaging apps on the market. On Friday, Facebook made Messenger even more secure with the introduction of …
Facebook Messenger just added a fun batch of features – here’s what’s new
On the heels of introducing a new way to communicate inside the Facebook Messenger app last week (in the form of so-called Soundmojis), the social …
Facebook Messenger and Instagram encryption aren’t coming anytime soon
Facebook announced a couple of years ago plans to merge all its instant messenger apps into a unified chat system that will allow any user …
Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down around the world
Instagram and WhatsApp suddenly went down on Friday at around 1:30 p.m. ET. It is unclear what exactly is causing the problem, but the outage …
Here’s why I use Facebook Messenger over iMessage almost every time
The ongoing cold war between Apple and Facebook that’s ratcheted up over the past few months, with each company’s CEO taking veiled and not-so-veiled potshots …
Facebook Messenger’s newest feature is perfect for the pandemic
Facebook introduced a new Messenger feature called Watch Together on Monday. Watch Together lets you watch any video on Facebook with your friends over a …
Facebook Messenger on iOS is now smaller, faster, and easier to use
Facebook Messenger is consistently one of the most popular apps on the App Store, but even with regular updates, it was starting to show its …
Sadly, you now need a Facebook account to start using Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger is one of the popular instant messaging apps out there, although it’s not Facebook’s most popular one — that’s WhatsApp, which also happens …
Facebook is thinking about bringing Messenger back to the main app
Of all the mistakes and confusing moves that Facebook has made over the years, one that still resonates to this day is the decision to …
How to activate the hidden dark mode on Facebook Messenger
Over the weekend, Reddit sleuths discovered that dark mode had been added to the Facebook Messenger app. But rather than just putting the option in …
Facebook Messenger will finally let you unsend your messages
One of the countless Facebook scandals to come to light in 2018 was that of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ability to delete messages that he had …
Facebook Messenger is adding a new skin-smoothing selfie mode to its camera
About a month after app researcher extraordinaire Jane Manchun Wong tweeted out one of the latest of her many scoops — that Facebook Messenger is testing …
Interview: Facebook Messenger boss says 1-to-1 communication trumps every other form
On a call with analysts in October, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out the future of his giant social networking empire, pointing to its efforts …
Facebook Messenger’s unsend feature is rolling out now on iOS and Android
Facebook users have been begging for a way to unsend messages for years now, and after a lengthy wait, they are finally going to get …
While usage of the main app drops, Facebook hopes a simpler design boosts Messenger
Facebook is finally slowing the brakes and doing an about-face on a trend that was starting to see its standalone Messenger app slowly turning into …
Facebook Messenger does group video chats with up to 50 people
You wanted it, and Facebook delivered! It’s Facebook Messenger chat app now supports video chat with up to 50 people. The bad news is that …
Facebook is adding ‘Pac-Man,’ ‘Space Invaders,’ and other classic games to Messenger
Facebook Messenger is continuing it daring quest to be more useful than Facebook itself by adding games that you might actually want to play. Pac-Man, …
Facebook Messenger finally has a way to keep your messages secret
Facebook promised it’ll offer Messenger users end-to-end encryption, and the company finally rolled out the feature to all its users. However, Messenger isn’t end-to-end encrypted …
Facebook Messenger brings live video calling to your conversations
Social networks have been “inspired by” Snapchat more than once in the last few months, and it appears that Facebook has been struck by inspiration once again this …
Facebook Messenger’s advertising bots are here, but it’s not as bad as you think
Imagine this: you’re having a steamy conversation on Facebook Messenger and just as things are about to heat up you get interrupted by ads. Okay, maybe …
This magic chat app puts Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Skype all in one place
I spend a significant portion of my day swapping between messaging apps: Slack for work, Facebook Messenger for friends in the US and WhatsApp for friends …
You should care about this Facebook Messenger security flaw no matter what Facebook says
Yes, Facebook says that anyone can see any of the three million links that are shared every hour in private conversations. That’s a feature, not …
Facebook is ‘reinventing’ Messenger with a brand new home screen
Ever since it was introduced, Facebook’s Messenger has consistently been one of the most downloaded apps on the App Store and Google Play. In that …
Facebook might start encrypting all your chats
Facebook Messenger, a chat service that has more than 900 million users, is going to get end-to-end encryption later this year, a new report. However, …
