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Facebook Messenger Gets Video Calling

Kellen April 27, 2015 23

Video calling is now a part of Facebook Messenger, the social giant announced this morning. Available on both Android and iOS today in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal,...

More GIFs Please: Facebook Intros Entire App Store Just for Messenger

Tim March 25, 2015 31

Facebook is going all-in on Messenger. Today at its F8 developer conference, the company introduced an entire platform for developers to create standalone applications that integrate with Messenger. Created to help people enhance their Messenger experience...

Facebook Introduces Payments in Messenger, Available in “Coming Months”

Tim March 17, 2015 22

Facebook introduced a new feature for Messenger users this morning - the ability for you to pay friends directly through the messaging service. Say your friend needs you to pay him/her back for the lunch they bought you yesterday. Once the service is available...

Facebook Continues to Break Down Main App, Intros Separate App for Groups (Updated)

Kyle November 18, 2014 49

Facebook caught a lot of flack for divesting Messenger from its app a few months back, but that apparently was not enough to deter the company from doing more of the same. Today, Facebook announced a standalone Groups app. In a blog post, Facebook says it...

Facebook Messenger Updated to Version 5.0, Brings New Multimedia Features

Rithvik April 30, 2014 7

If you are big into chatting with your friends over an instant messaging service, but prefer the non-textual aspect of things, this new Facebook Messenger update will please you. The update to version 5.0 of the app includes a new selfie mode built right in,...

Facebook to Remove Chat Out of Main App, Forcing Users to Download Messenger

Tim April 9, 2014 137

Android and iOS users, you are all about to get Zuck'd. Plans revealed today, show that Facebook is officially removing all chat-based messaging services out of the official application, opting instead to have the standalone Facebook Messenger app be the place...

Facebook Announces Messenger Beta Testing Program, Go Sign Yourself Up

Tim March 17, 2014 22

This afternoon, Facebook announced a new beta testing program, specifically for Facebook Messenger. For months, there has already been an official Facebook beta app for users, but this is the first time they have also opened it up to the Messenger side of...

Updated Facebook Messenger With Refreshed UI Now Available to More Users

Tim November 13, 2013 31

Back in October, Facebook launched an updated and sexified version of its Messenger app. The update was only available for a small amount of test users, and even for some that did get the update, it was later updated yet again to remove the improvements. It...