Facebook to start rolling out a redesign for Messenger next week that removes the Discover tab, reorients the People tab around Stories, and hides chat bots
Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger's strategy three years ago. Now they're being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses.
Microsoft doubles Skype's group call limit to 50 people, matching Facebook Messenger's limit and exceeding FaceTime's, which supports up to 32 people
Skype is capitalizing on Apple's struggles with Group FaceTime to attract attention to its own group calling features.
Facebook launches Unsend for Messenger, letting users delete messages within 10 minutes of posting, in Poland, Bolivia, Colombia, Lithuania; global rollout soon
Here's how it works Taylor Kerns / Android Police : [Update: Rolling out] Facebook Messenger may soon let you ‘unsend’ messages Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Facebook starts rolling out ‘Unsend’ feature...
As Facebook Messenger's Instant Games platform turns one, the company adds ability to livestream via Facebook Live, promises new titles, and more
Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat :
Facebook Messenger's AI assistant M expands to Australia, Canada, South Africa, and UK, but third-party chat extension suggestions still only available in US
Khari Johnson / VentureBeat :
Facebook Messenger's AI assistant M now makes suggestions in Spanish to users in US and Mexico
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Facebook Messenger's AI assistant M now makes suggestions in Spanish to users in US and Mexico
Any technology that only works in English neglects 75% of the world. That problem is especially severe for Facebook with its global userbase. Yet most languages are being left out by the advances …
Facebook Messenger adds Snapchat-like photo filters, including “3D masks”, special effects, stickers, more
What's better than a few geofilters? A billion algorithmically generated filters. That's Facebook Messenger's strategy to steal the visual communication crown from Snapchat …
Facebook Messenger's end-to-end encryption not on by default because of inability to store keys in browsers and the firm's reluctance to make big UX changes
Privacy nerds got some good and some bad news on Friday, when Facebook became the latest major company to embrace encryption … Tweets: @moxie and @csoghoian Tweets: Moxie Marlinspike / @moxie : @csogh...
Facebook Messenger's end-to-end encryption not on by default because of inability to store keys in browsers and the firm's reluctance to make big UX changes
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Tweets: @moxie , @ncardozo and @csoghoian Tweets: Moxie Marlinspike / @moxie : @csoghoian I think what they've deployed is a huge first step that we shou...