These instructions apply to the Messenger app on your mobile device. Now, even if you open Messenger to read or send messages, it won't show that you're online. This is a great way to discourage your ...

Facebook Messenger is widely used for sending messages and making voice or video calls, but the platform offers several other tools that many users may overlook. Some of these features can make ...

Facebook has announced a new feature called Watch Together. It allows users in Messenger video calls or Messenger Rooms to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tech enthusiast, born in Ann Arbor and educated at Michigan State Jul 24, 2017, 07:00pm EDT Dec 10, 2021, 08:28am EST This article ...

As of September 2023, Facebook Messenger holds the title as the most-used messaging platform in the U.S. Given the amount of Facebook users that access the app to stay in touch with friends, ...

Facebook’s video chat feature Messenger Rooms is now available to use, but is it secure and private? Facebook has just made its new video chat feature Messenger Rooms available to use, starting in ...

Becoming friends with someone on Facebook Messenger just became a lot easier. In a new update that started to roll out Thursday, Facebook's chat app now has Messenger Codes -- circular patterns around ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

Get ready for apps and brands to invade Facebook Messenger. At its annual f8 developer conference today, Facebook revealed Messenger Platform and Messenger Business, which will allow developers and ...

When it comes to keeping in touch with family and friends remotely, face-to-face conversations are essential. A host of new video chatting apps have popped up to fill the need for virtual togetherness ...

In March of last year, Mark Zuckerberg made a dramatic pledge: Facebook would apply end-to-end encryption to user communications across all of its platforms by default. The move would grant strong new ...

It’s not polite to call someone out of the blue anymore. Best to text them first. That’s why Facebook thinks video calling will live naturally inside Messenger. Today, Messenger is launching free VOIP ...