Perhaps you noticed lately that Facebook has been requesting that you download its standalone Messenger app -- that's because Facebook is removing its messaging feature so users download and use the ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Facebook breaks out chat from its mobile application into a new app that helps users talk to one another on the go. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote ...

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Something to look forward to: Being able to message friends from within Facebook's mobile app used to be one of its better features, but the company removed this function almost nine years ago, ...

As Facebook gears up to unveil a revamped News Feed, Hamish McKenzie at PandoDaily wonders if Facebook Messenger is the “new Facebook.” Facebook Messenger is the top downloaded social networking iOS ...

Facebook has quietly removed the ability to sign up for Messenger without a Facebook account, the company confirmed to VentureBeat this afternoon. Previously, new users using the Messenger or ...

You can use Facebook Messenger Rooms to video chat with up to 50 people at once from the Messenger app for mobile or desktop, or from the Facebook website. You can invite anyone to a Facebook ...

These days, a lot of people prefer messaging over receiving phone calls as a form of communication. It's arguably the easier and less intrusive of the two methods and provides the recipient of the ...

Facebook's instant messaging platform is used by more than 40 million businesses. Learn about Facebook Messenger's features to determine if it's a good fit for your organization. Image: Angela ...

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 ...