With the Tuesday release of a new Messenger application, Facebook is making a much stronger case to be your go-to smartphone app for instantly getting ahold of friends and address book contacts. The ...

Facebook has discontinued its native Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows as of December 15, 2025, redirecting users to its website instead.

Messenger features in everything might make Facebook a harder knot to untangle Facebook confirmed to The Verge that it is testing voice and video calls in “several countries, including the US.” The ...

At Facebook’s 2019 F8 developer conference, the company announced plans to introduce desktop apps for its popular communications app Messenger. Now, less than a year later, the Messenger Mac App is ...

Most of us use multiple messaging apps these days to stay connected with different groups of people. These include Slack for business or work, Facebook for innumerable friends and batchmates, and, of ...

It's finally here, almost a year after it was confirmed. Photo: Mac Generation A brand-new Facebook Messenger app has finally landed on Mac. It gives users the ability to more easily keep on top of ...

Facebook today debuted a new Messenger app for desktop and PC, presumably in an attempt to get in on the massive new demand for good voice chat apps. The new app syncs calls across devices, boasts ...

Mac: Facebook’s new Messenger app for browsers is great, but if you’d prefer a more standalone app, Messenger for Mac is exactly what you’re looking for. Messenger for Mac simply pulls out the ...

In the early days of the internet, Facebook was a cool thing that many young people used to upload entire albums from a single night out. In recent times, it has evolved to become a great way to keep ...

Now that Facebook will no longer let you send messages through its main mobile app, users are being forced to download and install Facebook Messenger — and they’re not happy about it. In just a few ...

Facebook is thinking about re-adding Messenger to its core app. The company split it out years ago, forcing users to download an additional app to message their friends. A researcher digging through ...

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