Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger is a go-to for texting and calling friends and family. There are a ton of features, but we've rounded up the best to up your Messenger game.

Facebook and Instagram experienced outages on Monday, some users said. Facebook, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram direct messages were down for some users.

Social media giant Facebook announced Messenger Rooms, a video-calling feature that allows up to 50 users to start a virtual hangout with no time limit.

Thankfully, it's pretty easy to use Facebook Messenger without going all in on the social network. Here's how to use Messenger without a Facebook account.

Facebook's Coronavirus Community Hub on Messenger provides tips on how people may stay connected with their loved ones, while also warning against scammers.

Facebook has entirely redesigned Messenger on iOS so that the app takes up a quarter of the space it used toand is ready for Facebook's privacy-focused future.

A Facebook account is now a requirement for people who are signing up for Messenger when a phone number was previously enough. The change was made to simplify the process, according to a spokesperson, but it may also have something to do with the company's plans for its messaging apps.

Facebook Messenger has announced a new "Let's Talk" sticker pack aimed at inviting conversations about mental health. The stickers and camera filters are built both to show support to friends and family, and for those who might need support of their own.

Facebook outsourced contractors to listen in on your audio messenger chats and transcribe them. Contractors were not told why they were listening in on audio recordings and did not know why they were transcribing them. Facebook confirmed the reports but said the company is no longer transcribing audio. 

Facebook has confirmed that it missed a design flaw in its Messenger Kids app that meant children could have communicated with users who hadn’t been parent-approved. The error involved group chats, though Facebook says it has now fixed the issue and contacted those affected.

Facebook F8 is finally here, and Facebook has taken the wraps off of a number of new products and services, including a major Facebook redesign, a Messenger desktop app, and more. Here's everything Facebook announced at Facebook F8 2019, its annual developer conference, held on April 30 and May 1.

Facebook Messenger launched a dark mode last month, but to activate it you had to message the crescent moon to someone. Now it's been rolled out officially, and it can be accessed in settings. Messenger is one of a growing number of apps to offer a dark mode that can ease eye strain and conserve battery power.

Facebook is rolling out a feature that should help make group chats a whole lot more organized. The feature allows you to reply to specific messages within a group chat, meaning that others in the chat will be able to tell exactly what you're replying to. It's rolling out to iOS and Android.

Facebook Messenger quietly added a dark mode, though users will need to take a few extra steps involving the crescent moon emoji to activate the hidden feature. The app's dark mode is said to be a work in progress, but it appears that most of its sections already support the long-requested feature.

Did you send a message to the wrong person? Messenger now gives you 10 minutes to take it back. After an update, users can now retract messages if they act within the first 10 minutes of sending the message. Users will see that a message was removed from the conversation.

According to a new report, Facebook is planning on merging messaging services in Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. The goal seems to be to allow users to message each other no matter what the platform, and the change is set for 2020. Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly leading efforts.

In this week's photography news, see Messenger's update that gives the app's camera a fake portrait mode. Palette, a photo editing console, is now compatible with Capture One. Fujifilm launches a handful of firmware updates, and VSCO decides to discontinue its Lightroom and Photoshop presets.

Facebook is rolling out a "remove message" feature for Messenger. It lets you delete a message within 10 minutes of sending it, and replaces it with a note telling recipients it's been removed. The company is also looking at the idea of adding expiration dates for messages or even entire threads.

A feature coming to Facebook Messenger will let you delete a message for up to 10 minutes after you send it. The company promised the feature months ago — after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was caught using it in April — and this week it appeared to suggest it'll land with the app's next update.

Messenger will soon be getting a new look. Facebook has unveiled Messenger 4, an update with the same tools but a more simplified look. The chat app is also getting a new customization feature, and Facebook already has more updates in the works. Messenger 4 will roll out in the next few weeks.

Facebook is in the midst of testing a new feature for Messenger. The social media giant has confirmed that it is in the process of conducting internal tests for using voice commands within the company's Messenger app. The company did not give any confirmation that the feature would make it to the live app.

If sending messages wasn't already enough with Facebook Messenger, users can now challenge friends to multiplayer augmented reality games in video chat. With the new feature, currently rolling out, you can play with up to six people at a time from anywhere in the world.