Facebook today revealed a new version of Facebook Messenger featuring a cleaned-up user interface that the social network hopes people will find more appealing. To start, Messenger 4 will dial back the number of tabs from nine to three with an emphasis on existing one-to-one and group conversations. These fall under the Chats tab. The camera […]
Messenger Facebook today added a lighthearted feature to its app: the ability to challenge friends to games. The games are augmented reality, meaning they add content over what’s in the viewfinder. People can challenge up to six friends to compete at a time. One person initiates the game and the others receive notifications asking them to […]
Facebook has made significant changes to its platform as it continues to deal with the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica breach. To start, the company now believes Cambridge Analytica was given improper access to the data of as many as 87 million people, mostly U.S. citizens. The data was passed to Cambridge through a third-party […]
Facebook updated its Facebook Messenger app today with more media-sharing powers. The latest version of Messenger can be used to share 720p high definition video with others. The high-def video will need to be shared from the camera roll and cannot be taken directly with the in-app camera. The app now also supports sharing 360-degree photos. […]
Facebook Messenger and PayPal today made it possible for people to use their PayPal account as a source of funds when paying friends and family. Facebook Messenger has supported P2P payments for some time now, but previously required people to rely on their debit card for funds. Moving forward, Messenger users can take advantage of PayPal if […]
Facebook said the Instant Games it announced last month are now available to Facebook Messenger users around the world. Instant Games on Facebook Messenger rely on AI-assisted bots that can play turn-by-turn games with single players, as well as help challenge others to games via Messenger. One of the first games to take advantage of bot-enabled […]
Facebook today outlined several new initiatives it has put in place to help those who may intend to harm themselves. There is one death by suicide in the world every 40 seconds, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15-29 year olds. Experts say that one of the best ways to prevent […]
Tommy Hilfiger has stepped into the conversational commerce game and launched a chatbot on Facebook Messenger to tie in with its New York Fashion Week extravaganza. Named TMY.GRL (reminiscent of the popular Tommy Girl fragrance of the 1990s), the service enables personalized, scalable conversations with fans surrounding the brand’s new Fall 2016 line and its […]
Facebook today said it is exploring new features for Facebook Messenger that will give people the ability to secure their conversations. First, Facebook is looking at end-to-end encryption between two devices. Messages sent through an encrypted channel will be fully protected from prying eyes and visible only to the sender and the recipient. Facebook is […]
Facebook announced Facebook Messenger users will once again be able to send SMS messages — as long as they’re running Android. Android users can set Messenger as the default SMS app, which will route all SMS messages and conversations through Messenger rather than any other SMS apps that may be installed on the device. Messenger used […]
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