Telegram Stories are no longer limited to paid users
It follows the July rollout of the Facebook Messenger-like feature for premium subscribers.
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Facebook Messenger now lets you play multiplayer games during video calls
Available titles include ‘Words with Friends’, ‘Exploding Kittens’ and a dozen more.
Meta is working on 'AI personas' for Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp
The company is also creating a team devoted to generative AI.
Facebook Messenger encrypted chats now include more of the features you expect
Meta is also expanding tests that make encryption the default.
Meta's upgraded 3D avatars work across Facebook, Instagram and VR
One step closer to a metaverse.
Facebook plays catch-up with new features for Messenger encrypted chats
Reactions, stickers and typing alerts are some of the upgrades.
Facebook is testing a bill splitting feature in Messenger
Like most digital payment features, this test is currently limited to the US.
Meta will restrict ad targeting based on thousands of sensitive topics
Ethnicity, politics and religion are some of the affected subjects.
Facebook sues programmer who allegedly scraped data for 178 million users
The man reportedly sold user info on the black market.
Facebook Messenger adds group AR effects and games to video calls
They're coming to Instagram, too.
Facebook Messenger marks 10th anniversary with birthday-themed features
But no updates on end-to-end encryption by default or integration with WhatsApp.
Messenger chats are about to get more annoying thanks to Soundmojis
Facebook reckons emoji with sound is something people want. 🙄
Facebook Messenger adds custom QR codes for Facebook Pay transactions
The new QR codes makes it easier to send money to people you're not friends with.
Facebook Messenger update makes it easier to handle unwanted messages
It makes it easier to block and mass-delete message requests from people you don't know.
Facebook Messenger gets a new logo and a fresh design
The spruced-up app has more chat themes and custom reactions.
Facebook brings Messenger into Instagram DMs
The line between Facebook and Instagram is more blurry than ever.
Facebook's Accounts Center lets you cross-post to Instagram
You can use it to sign in to both accounts and Messenger at the same time.
Facebook adds 'Watch Together' viewing parties to Messenger
It doesn't work with YouTube, though.
Instagram starts merging chats with Facebook Messenger
Don't expect it to work
Facebook will let you turn Messenger Rooms into live broadcasts
The update will let users stream group video calls to Facebook pages.
