About a decade ago, Facebook (before it was Meta) made the controversial decision to extricate Messenger from the Facebook app. If you wanted to continue using Messenger on a phone, you had to ...

With the Messenger desktop app shutting down, it's time to quickly save your Messenger desktop chats before they're gone forever.

Facebook Messenger is one of the most popular apps for mobile devices. It often holds the top spot on the Google Play Store and ranks in among the top five on the iOS App Store. Though there seems to ...

Messenger is one of the widely used instant messaging platform to-date given the popularity rate of its mother-app, Facebook. And like Facebook, Messenger also receives frequent updates for ultimate ...

Facebook Messenger is one of the popular instant messaging apps out there, although it's not Facebook's most popular one — that's WhatsApp, which also happens to be the only one that offers end-to-end ...

Since 2014, if you’ve wanted to use the functions of Facebook’s messaging features on your Android smartphone, you’ve had to download the Messenger app, which is totally separate from the regular ...

The biggest private instant messaging app in the world is finally available on Apple's tablets. Meta's social media, instant messenger and voice-over-IP app, WhatsApp, is now compatible with iPadOS.

Remember when Messenger was part of the Facebook app instead of a separate download? Facebook may be reverting back to integrated chats within the main app rather than requiring users to move back and ...

Facebook on Monday announced it would be rolling out a preview of Messenger Kids in the United States, a new parent-controlled app to make it easier for kids to video chat and message with loved ones.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. Facebook Messenger’s mobile app ...