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Bala Yogesh January 28th, 2021 5:55 PM 2 COMMENTS

Facebook Brings Same World-Class Privacy to Messenger, WhatsApp: Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the fourth quarter earnings call on Wednesday said that the company brings the “same world-class privacy features” to WhatsApp and Messenger. Zuckerberg said that the “biggest difference between Messenger and WhatsApp is, obviously, the connection to Facebook and the kind of same identity” that people use on Facebook carries over to Messenger. Crucially, Zuckerberg also said that the company has “a lot of competitors who... Read More

Chakri K November 13th, 2020 6:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Gets Vanish Mode: Here’s How It Works

Facebook today announced a new feature called 'Vanish Mode' for both Messenger and Instagram. As the name of the feature itself suggests, messages vanish or disappear automatically once the receiver views it. Users can send memes, GIFs, stickers or reactions in the vanish mode and everything disappears without staying in the chat history. The feature is currently rolling out to Messenger and Facebook says it will reach Instagram in a... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 15th, 2020 3:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Enables Users to Watch Together on Messenger

Facebook on Monday announced the Watch Together feature on its Messenger app, enabling users across the world to watch videos with friends and family over Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms. The company said that the Watch Together feature aids users to “feel together even when you’re not” with friends and family. Facebook, since early 2020, announced multiple new features such as Messenger Rooms and expansion of WhatsApp group voice... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 7th, 2020 6:05 PM 2 COMMENTS

WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger Might Be Integrated Very Soon

Two of the biggest social media giants, WhatsApp and Facebook might be integrated soon. Talks about the integration of Instagram and Facebook has been going on for quite a while now. But according to the recent reports, it is not Instagram, but WhatsApp which is going to be integrated with Facebook. Facebook is currently working on enabling the communication and integration between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. The reports suggest that... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 8th, 2019 11:53 AM 0 COMMENTS

New Bug in Facebook Messenger Leaked Personal Data of Users

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed about making his platform more secure, a bug in Facebook Messenger allowed websites to gain access to users' data, including who they have been chatting with, say researchers. Now fixed by Facebook, the vulnerability in the web version of Messenger allowed any website to expose who you have been messaging, revealed Ron Masas, a researcher with cybersecurity company Imperva, in a blog post late... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 4th, 2019 10:41 AM 2 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Dark Mode Can Be Enabled Manually on Android and iOS Devices

Facebook's new "Dark Mode" feature for Messenger, which the company said it is still working on, can now be enabled manually on Android and iOS devices. The social media giant had announced last October that it would soon roll out the much-awaited feature. But it's been more than four months since then and Facebook still hasn't rolled out this feature to its users. "It's currently unclear if this method works... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 2nd, 2019 3:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger May Get Dark Mode Feature in Some Countries

After experimenting to bring changes to the user interface (UI) of Messenger, Facebook is finally testing a dark mode for the messaging app and platform in some countries. Facebook Messenger has over one billion monthly active users and back in May 2018, at the company's F8 developer convention, the Messenger team announced they were working on a redesign for the application. "So far as we can tell in our own... Read More

Chakri K October 24th, 2018 12:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Revamps Messenger App for Android With Simplified Interface

In a move to declutter Messenger, Facebook has started rolling out a new version of the text and video chap app- Messenger 4 that brings down the number of tabs from nine to three. "Messenger 4 will gradually roll out globally over the coming weeks," Stan Chudnovsky, Vice President of Messenger, said in a statement on Tuesday. The "Chats" tab includes the conversations -- both one-to-one and groups. Messenger 4... Read More

Chakri K August 9th, 2018 5:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Gets Two New Augmented Reality Based Games

Facebook is finding new ways to make its chatting app Messenger more interactive to the users. To make chatting with friends on its Messenger app more fun, Facebook has introduced a couple of Augmented Reality (AR) games that could accommodate up to six players at a time. The social networking giant started rolling out the feature on Wednesday with two games- "Don't Smile" which challenges who can hold a serious... Read More

Chakri K March 21st, 2018 9:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger for Android Receives Joinable Links and Admin Privileges

Facebook might be in a sight of bother at the moment, but that doesn't stop the company from introducing new features to the platform. Today, the social networking giant has pushed a new update to the Messenger application, which added two new features to the Messenger Groups. The first one is admin privileges, which gives the group administrator a lot of controls that includes the approval of a new person... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 24th, 2017 1:44 PM 1 COMMENTS

Facebook Messenger Updated With Per Message Reactions and Mentions Feature

Facebook has consistently been providing updates to their Messenger app for both Android and iOS. Recently, the social network giant has added a new 'Messenger Day' feature, same as the Instagram Stories where you can share photos, which will be disappeared after 24 hours. Today, the company has rolled out a new update adding three new features- message reactions, dislike reaction, and mentions. Some days ago, it was rumored that... Read More