Facebook starts rolling out Messenger on Oculus headsets

Posted on 02/02/2021 by Engadget

Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it's now rolling out Messenger on Oculus. People who have logged into a Quest or Quest 2 using their Facebook account will be able to chat with their Facebook friends while wearing...

Instagram and Messenger get ‘vanish mode’ for disappearing chats

Posted on 12/11/2020 by Engadget

Facebook is giving users a new way to chat with disappearing messages. Messenger and Instagram will soon get a new “vanish mode” feature for ephemeral messages. When enabled — via a swipe up on a chat — messages sent while in vanish mode will disappe...

Facebook Messenger gets a new logo and a fresh design

Posted on 13/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is giving Messenger a fresh look. It’s rolling out a redesigned version of the app, which has a more vibrant logo and new default chat color, additional chat themes (such as love and tie-dye) and custom reactions. “The new look reflects a sh...

Facebook’s Accounts Center lets you cross-post to Instagram

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook is stitching its main platform, Instagram and Messenger a bit more tightly together. It has revealed a unified Accounts Center, which it’s starting to test in the settings of all three apps this week.You can use it to post stories to Instagr...

Facebook wants users to be able to set Messenger as the default on iOS

Posted on 25/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook wants you to be able to choose Messenger as the default messaging app on iOS, The Information reports. Apparently, Facebook has been trying to convince Apple to let users swap the default messaging app to Messenger for years. Now that iOS 14...

Facebook’s Messenger and Portal will support third-party AR effects next year

Posted on 16/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You might already be aware of third-party AR effects on Instagram and Facebook, many of which have become increasingly popular during quarantine. Soon, those effects could be coming to Messenger and Portal as well. At today’s Facebook Connect, the co...

Facebook limits forwarding on Messenger to fight misinformation

Posted on 03/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In another attempt to fight misinformation, Facebook is introducing a forwarding limit on Messenger. Now, a message can only be forwarded to five people or groups at a time. Facebook says that will slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful...

Facebook gives Messenger users more reasons to use Rooms

Posted on 26/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

When Facebook introduced Messenger Rooms in April, you didn't need to have Messenger installed on your phone to start video calling your friends and family. The company made it so that you could join a group call through a link on your News Feed or i...

Instagram starts merging chats with Facebook Messenger

Posted on 15/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook seems to be acting on its plan to unify messaging across its apps, however slowly. People at The Verge (and likely elsewhere) have received notice through Instagram’s Android and iOS apps that they’ll have the ability to “chat with friends w...

Facebook brings screen sharing to Messenger on Android and iOS

Posted on 16/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The next time you’re video chatting with a friend on your Facebook Messenger mobile app, you’ll be able to quickly share your screen. Today, Facebook added screen sharing to Messenger video calls on its iOS and Android mobile apps. You no longer need...

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