Facebook launched a Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS on Thursday, allowing users to text, voice and video chat for free outside of the social media platform’s website. In a press release, ...

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Facebook Messenger is getting a desktop app for Mac and Windows, addressing one of the biggest complaints about the IM platform, as the company meshes its three messaging services. Announced at F8 ...

To win chat, Facebook Messenger must be as accessible as SMS, yet more entertaining than Snapchat. Today, Messenger pushes on both fronts with a series of announcements at Facebook’s F8 conference.

Facebook is expanding Messenger’s screen sharing capability, first available on desktop, to the iOS and Android mobile apps. Users can share their screen with other people one-on-one or in a group ...

To send audio, users had to record in a different app and upload it through Facebook Messenger. However, this is not the ideal way to do things in the modern world, so we’re happy the developers ...

It is the popular messaging service used by millions of people around the country. But Facebook Messenger is soon due to stop working for millions of Britons. Meta, the owners of Facebook and WhatsApp ...

Holiday shopping: We found the best Cyber Week deals for you. Since we can’t physically get together, this new norm of face-to-face communication through a screen may very well be our only way out of ...

If you're an active Facebook user, you likely use Facebook Messenger in order to keep in touch with your contacts. While it's a handy feature, you might sometimes want to go offline. Whether you just ...