Facebook’s Messenger app has evolved ever since it was first released as a standalone app in 2011. Today Messenger has over 1.3 billion people using it each month and has features like bots, ...

Facebook said the features are meant to make Messenger “more fun” and engaging. Video chat is being evolved into a new experience that’s focused on socialising and entertainment, surpassing its ...

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After bringing its pared-down Android app Messenger Lite to mature markets like the US and UK last autumn, Facebook is expanding its features to ramp up engagement. Today, the company announced that ...

Facebook is challenging Zoom for video chat dominance. The social network introduced Messenger Rooms, a major shakeup to its group video calling features that make Facebook’s chat app much more ...

Facebook released free-to-use Messenger Rooms, allowing multiple people to do video chat in a single array of windows at one time. Using this platform is relatively simple if all users already have a ...

Facebook updated its Messenger Lite app with video chat functionality. You can either start a video call from a conversation or turn a voice call into a video call. Designed for low-end phones with ...

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