Facebook introduced a lightweight version of its Android app earlier this year, and the social network is now doing the same for its messaging platform. Messenger Lite is designed to work on basic Android phones with limited memory and processing power, and in areas with slow internet connections.
Facebook is currently testing a new end-to-end encryption feature for Messenger with a small set of people.
The Messenger Platform — which has over 11,000 chatbots — has picked up an update that adds a slew of new features, such as a persistent menu that lists a bot's commands, quick replies, ability to respond with GIFs, audio, video, and other files, and a rating system to provide feedback
Facebook Messenger for Android has expanded its capabilities, adding support for sending and receiving text messages.
The Facebook Messenger app now has over 1,000 new emoji that are supposed to "better reflect gender and skin tones".
Facebook Messenger is now rolling out group calling to everyone, allowing anyone around the globe to chat with their whole squad.
Facebook has launched its new Messenger Platform, which allows developers to build AI-powered bots for Facebook Messenger
Just in time for March Madness, Facebook has rolled out an update to Messenger that lets you play a basketball mini-game with your friend directly from the conversation window. To get started, you need to select the basketball emoji, send it to a friend, and then tap on it to load the game.
Facebook Messenger is rolling out a couple of important updates. The app is expanding the availability of its Photo Magic facial recognition feature, and adding new options for customizing conversations.
Facebook and Uber have teamed up to let Messenger users order rides right from within the app.
Facebook Messenger will soon make it easier to find and share photos of specific friends thanks to new facial recognition technology. Called Photo Magic, it is now launching in Australia, before expanding to more countries in the coming months.
Facebook has announced M, its take on the virtual assistant. A part of Messenger, M is now in testing in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is powered by both artificial intelligence and human operators.
It has been reported that Facebook is currently working on the next big feature for its Messenger platform. According to a report by The Information, the social giant is working on a new personal assistant that will help you purchase stuff.
Facebook has changed the criteria for signing up for its Messenger service, and now users just need a phone number. The previous requirement of a Facebook account has been removed.
Facebook has announced a new update to its Facebook Messenger app that adds support for free video calls for the US and 17 other countries. This new feature means that Facebook Messenger could be a competitor in the VoIP video market to apps such as Skype and Viber, among others. Facebook says: You can quickly start a video call from any conversation with just one tap. If you're...
Facebook has announced Messenger Platform for developers at their F8 developers conference. The platform allows developers to tie their apps into Facebook Messenger. While using Facebook Messenger, users will be able to find new apps to use with the service by tapping the three dots in the composer. You'll see a list of apps, either that you have already installed or that you can...
Facebook has announced a new feature for its Messenger app that will allow users to send and receive money from their friends. While the code for the payments feature was first discovered in October, today is the day that Facebook decided to turn the switch on the service. People who want to send money in the Messenger app simply start a chat with the designated person, then press...
Facebook's David Marcus took to his, well, Facebook page today to detail a new voice transcription feature that the company is testing for Facebook Messenger. The feature will take any sound clip that you send or receive and transcribe its contents in text below the voice clip itself. Marcus points out that, for right now, Facebook is testing the feature on a rather limited basis...
We put Facebook's much-maligned messaging app permissions up against Google's Hangouts app Not to belabor the point — because I think most everyone who read our takedown of all the FUD and confusion surrounding the ill-informed stories about Facebook Messenger got it — but here's an interesting exercise. We recently recommended that when you have questions about the permissions an...
Keeping your location a secret in Facebook Messenger is easy to do, but you still have to do it We've explained how Facebook Messenger isn't anywhere near as evil as a recent spate of ill-informed stories would have you believe, but that doesn't mean there aren't features you can't take control of. And one of the things we've been asked most is "How do I keep Facebook Messenger from...