Tag: Facebook Messenger

August 23, 2022

A couple of years after Apple unveiled its first Macs with custom chips, Facebook Messenger has finally been updated to support these machines. With that, those who rely on Messenger to communicate with family, friends, and loved ones will have […]

May 10, 2021

Facebook Messenger first launched on August 9th, 2011 with standalone apps available for the Apple App Store and what was then called the Android Market. Today, Android Police noted that the messaging app has passed a milestone that only two […]

June 15, 2020

Facebook is currently experimenting with a feature for its iOS Messenger app, meant to add additional protection to the user’s privacy by asking users to authenticate using Touch ID, Face ID or a passcode, before accessing the user’s conversations. When […]

April 22, 2020

With kids at home and schools closed, the use of apps for communication between friends and family has understandably increased. One such app, Facebook’s Messenger Kids, was launched on Android, iOS and Amazon’s Appstore in early 2018, and is now […]

November 7, 2018

Facebook Messenger will soon allow you to delete sent messages up to 10 minutes after you’ve originally sent them. The feature is listed as “coming soon” in the release notes for version 191.0 of Messenger’s iOS client. Compared to the […]

January 18, 2018

Some users of the iOS version of the Facebook Messenger app are experiencing an annoying bug that only allows them to type a few words at a time … Closing and re-opening the app, restarting the phone and even deleting […]

October 30, 2017

After joining the billion-user club a few months ago (more than a year and a half, if you count monthly active users), WhatsApp is gunning for the next billion with a mix of simplicity, security and convenience one could reasonably […]

October 18, 2017

With more than a billion active users. WhatsApp is one of the most popular instant messaging platforms out there. It works across operating systems, offering a way for friends and family to chat and exchange pictures and files relatively quickly. […]

March 28, 2017

Facebook regularly updates its Messenger apps with improvements and new features, and today another update has started rolling out. Facebook today announced a new Live Location feature for Messenger. As its name suggests, the new feature will let you share […]

September 14, 2016

Chatbots have proliferated as the latest web trend, from helping you find an apartment to find medicine for your illness. Now comes Yala, a new bot designed for Slack and Facebook Messenger that can help you better manage your social media […]

March 4, 2016

Facebook’s Messenger app, one of the most downloaded apps in existence, is slowly but surely allowing you to do just about everything. You can call an Uber, settle up checks, or use it as a social network. It can even […]