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  Messenger update: SMS support to be dropped in September

  Technology | August 08, 2023 18:58 IST

  If you're using Messenger as the main SMS app on your Android device, remember that once you update the app, you won't have the ability to send or receive SMS messages through Messenger.

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  Meta working on end-to-end encryption for individual chats on Messenger

  Technology | August 12, 2022 14:49 IST

  Meta said that it is also removing vanish mode from Messenger, but disappearing messages will still be available in the settings of end-to-end encrypted chats.

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  Telegram users can now can adds message reactions and in-app translation

  Technology | December 31, 2021 12:03 IST

  Telegram, an encrypted messaging app has started to roll out its latest update for iPhone as well as iPad app with several new features, including message reactions, translation, hidden text, and more.  

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  Facebook Messenger will soon get 'delete' feature for sent messages

  Technology | November 08, 2018 13:10 IST

  There is no specific date announced by Facebook on the final availability of the feature.

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  New WhatsApp update enables media preview in iOS

  Technology | July 24, 2018 18:24 IST

  WhatsApp released a new update for devices with iOS 10 and above with "notification extension" that would allow users to see and download received media files from on-screen notifications itself. 

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  Facebook rolls out Messenger ‘Lite’ app in India

  July 13, 2017 12:17 IST

  In its bid to connect people in markets where mobile internet connections are slow, Facebook on Thursday rolled out the "lite" version of its Messenger app in India.

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  Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption option in Messenger

  October 05, 2016 16:27 IST

  Social media giant Facebook has rolled out a new feature for Messenger that will provide end-to-end encryption for messages in the Messenger app on the lines of its popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp. People

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  Can Google’s ‘Allo’ take on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger?

  September 21, 2016 11:51 IST

  After the official launch of video calling app Duo last month, tech giant Google has now launched a smart messaging app called Allo that it hopes will rival WhatsApp, Facebook’s Messenger and Apple’s iMessage.

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  Facebook’s ‘secret conversation’ will allow you to self destruct messages

  July 12, 2016 18:21 IST

  Social media giant Facebook is introducing a new feature called secret conversations in its Messenger app which will allow users to self destruct their conversations after setting a timer to it.

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  Soon, you will be able to make payments via Facebook Messenger

  April 12, 2016 18:21 IST

  Social networking giant Facebook may soon allow on its Messenger app a PayPal-like mobile money transfer service free of cost that will only require a debit card at both ends of the transaction, a media report said.

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  Messenger comes without Facebook account compulsion

  June 25, 2015 17:28 IST

  New York: Now, a Facebook account is not required to sign up for Messenger, the social networking giant has announced.The move may be termed drastic in the sense that Facebook and Messenger have always been

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  Facebook's Messenger app to mix business with more pleasure

  March 26, 2015 9:30 IST

  San Francisco: Facebook's Messenger app is evolving into a multitasking tool equipped to send an animated fist bump to a friend at one moment and then get a little business done in the next.In an