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Messenger (software)

March 25, 2023

For the kids version, see Messenger Kids.
For other uses, see Messenger § Electronics and computing.

Messenger[9] is a proprietary instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, released standalone iOS and Android apps in 2011, and released standalone Facebook Portal hardware for Messenger calling in 2018. In April 2015, Facebook launched a dedicated website interface, Messenger.com, and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app, allowing users to use the web interface or download one of the standalone apps. In April 2020, Facebook released a Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS.

Messenger
Developer(s)Meta Platforms
Initial releaseAugust 9, 2011; 11 years ago (2011-08-09)
April 2020; 2 years ago (2020-04)
Stable release(s) [±]
Android390.2.0.29.103[1]  / 17 December 2022
iOS390.0[2]  / 14 December 2022
Windows1180.4.112.0  / 18 August 2021
macOS169.0[3]  / 17 November 2022
Preview release(s) [±]
Operating systemWeb, Android, iOS, Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS
Size53.33 MB (Android)[4]
124.1 MB (iOS)[5]
169.4 MB (Windows 10 and Windows 11)[6]
91.3 MB (macOS)[7]
Available in111[8] languages
List of languages
Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (België), English (UK), English (US), English (upside down), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Frisian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Japanese (Kansai), Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian (bokmal), Norwegian (nynorsk), Oriya, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Serbian, Shona, Silesian, Simplified Chinese (China), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorani Kurdish, Spanish, Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Syriac, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh and Zaza
TypeInstant messaging, VoIP
LicenseFreeware, proprietary
Websitemessenger.com
facebook.com/messages

Messenger is used to send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, and also react to other users' messages and interact with bots. The service also supports voice and video calling. The standalone apps support using multiple accounts, conversations with optional end-to-end encryption, and playing games.

History

 
Messenger Icon from 2011 to 2013
 
Messenger Icon from 2013 to 2018
 
Messenger Icon from 2018 to 2020
 
Messenger Icon since October 2020

Following tests of a new instant messaging platform on Facebook in March 2008,[10][11] the feature, then-titled "Facebook Chat", was gradually released to users in April 2008.[12][13] Facebook revamped its messaging platform in November 2010,[14] and subsequently acquired group messaging service Beluga in March 2011,[15] which the company used to launch its standalone iOS and Android mobile apps on August 9, 2011.[16][17] Facebook later launched a BlackBerry version in October 2011.[18][19] An app for Windows Phone, though lacking features including voice messaging and chat heads, was released in March 2014.[20][21] In April 2014, Facebook announced that the messaging feature would be removed from the main Facebook app and users will be required to download the separate Messenger app.[22][23] An iPad-optimized version of the iOS app was released in July 2014.[24][25] In April 2015, Facebook launched a website interface for Messenger.[26][27] A Tizen app was released on July 13, 2015.[28] Facebook launched Messenger for Windows 10 in April 2016.[29] In October 2016, Facebook released Messenger Lite, a stripped-down version of Messenger with a reduced feature set. The app is aimed primarily at old Android phones and regions where high-speed Internet is not widely available. In April 2017, Messenger Lite was expanded to 132 more countries.[30][31] In May 2017, Facebook revamped the design for Messenger on Android and iOS, bringing a new home screen with tabs and categorization of content and interactive media, red dots indicating new activity, and relocated sections.[32][33]

Facebook announced a Messenger program for Windows 7 in a limited beta test in November 2011.[34][35] The following month, Israeli blog TechIT leaked a download link for the program, with Facebook subsequently confirming and officially releasing the program.[36][37] The program was eventually discontinued in March 2014.[38][39] A Firefox web browser add-on was released in December 2012,[40] but was also discontinued in March 2014.[41]

In December 2017, Facebook announced Messenger Kids, a new app aimed for persons under 13 years of age. The app comes with some differences compared to the standard version. In 2019, Messenger announced to be the 2nd most downloaded mobile app of the decade, from 2011 to 2019.[42] In December 2019, Messenger dropped support for users to sign in using only a mobile number, meaning that users must sign in to a Facebook account in order to use the service.[43]

In March 2020, Facebook started to ship its dedicated Messenger for macOS app through the Mac App Store. The app is currently live in regions include France, Australia, Mexico and Poland.[44]

In April 2020, Facebook began rolling out a new feature called Messenger Rooms, a video chat feature that allows users to chat with up to 50 people at a time. The feature rivals Zoom, an application that gained a lot of popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic.[45] Privacy concerns arose since the feature uses the same data collection policies as mainstream Facebook.[45]

In July 2020, Facebook added a new feature in Messenger that lets iOS users to use Face ID or Touch ID to lock their chats. The feature is called App Lock and is a part of several changes in Messenger regarding privacy and security.[46] The option to view only "Unread Threads" was removed from the inbox, requiring the account holder to scroll through the entire inbox to be certain every unread message has been seen.[47]

On October 13, 2020, Facebook's Messenger application introduced cross-app messaging with Instagram, which was launched in September 2021.[48] In addition to the integrated messaging, the application announced the introduction of a new logo, which will be an amalgamation of the Messenger and Instagram logo.[49]

Features

The following is a table of features available in Messenger, as well as their geographical coverage and what devices they are available on. In addition there is a vanishing message feature. In addition there is an audio recording feature which allows audio recordings of up to one minute which may or may not be vanishing:

Feature Added Description Platforms Availability
Sign up without a Facebook account December 2012 Android users can sign up to the app without a Facebook account, requiring only a name and phone number.[50][51] Mobile Global
Direct messaging October 2013 Users can send messages to other users without the requirement of being friends, as long as the user has the phone number of the other user in their contact list.[52][53] All Global
Chat Heads April 2013 Displays a round icon with a contact's profile photo, appearing on the screen regardless of which app is open.[54][55] Mobile Global
Money transfer (Messenger Pay) March 2015 A feature for U.S. users to send money to friends.[56][57] In April 2017, the feature was expanded to support group payments.[58][59] Mobile U.S.
Calls January 2013 In January 2013, Facebook added voice calling to Messenger users in Canada,[60][61] expanding the feature to users in the United States a few days later.[62][63] In April 2015, Facebook introduced video calling in select countries.[64][65] In April 2016, group voice calling was introduced, with a maximum number of 50 call participants.[66][67] The following December, Facebook enabled group video calling for up to 50 people.[68][69] In June 2017, Facebook updated video chats to give users the ability to add animated versions of Facebook's reactions on top of their face, such as tears for a crying face and an exploding halo of hearts around the head when sending heart emoji. Additionally, users are able to capture screenshots, and live filters can change the color or lighting in the feed.[70][71] All Global
Location sharing June 2015 Users can tap on a "Location" button and are then shown a map with the ability to pinpoint any location, even if the user themselves is not present at the place.[72][73][74] In March 2017, it introduced live location sharing, letting users temporarily share their location with a friend or group of friends for one hour at a time.[75][76][77] Mobile Global
Business interaction At the Facebook F8 conference on March 25, 2015, Facebook announced that Messenger would start letting users interact with businesses, including track purchases and receive notifications, and have personal conversations with company customer service representatives.[78][79][80]
Third-party app integration Users are able to open compatible third-party apps inside Messenger, such as a movie ticketing service or GIF generators, and then share those details with the other chat participants.[78] Mobile Global
Transportation requests December 2015 Messenger integrated with Uber to let U.S. users request a car directly from the app.[81][82][83] Support for Lyft was added in March 2016.[84][85] Support for UberPOOL was introduced in July 2016.[86][87] Mobile U.S.
SMS support 2012 Facebook implemented support for SMS texting within the Messenger Android app.[88][89] However, the feature was dropped in 2013 due to "extensive reworking" of the app, with a Facebook product manager stating that the SMS feature "just didn't take off".[53] SMS was once again introduced in testing in February 2016,[90][91] before the official global rollout started in June.[92] Android Global
Multiple accounts February 2016 Facebook added support for multiple accounts in the apps.[90][91] Mobile Global
Bot platform April 2016
2016 launch

In April 2016, Facebook announced a bot platform for Messenger, including an API to build chat bots to interact with users. News publisher bots "message subscribers directly with news and other information",[93][94] while ride-sharing apps can offer a transportation option, hotel chains can answer questions about accommodations, and air travel companies can allow for check-ins, flight updates and travel changes.[95]

2017 enhancements

At the 2017 Facebook F8 conference, Facebook announced a range of enhancements for bots:

  • Bots in group chats: Bots can participate in group chats – not by conversing with the chat participants — but by injecting notifications such as news updates, receipts, sports progress, and more.[96][97]
  • Chat extensions: Users can interact with dedicated apps, including play games, collaborate on music playlists, and book flights. In addition, Facebook announced a "Discovery" tab, featuring recently used bots, bot categories, trending experiences and search functionality. A preview screen lets users see what each chat would do in a conversation.[98][99]
  • QR scan: Users can scan special, branded QR codes through Messenger's camera functionality, that take the user directly to a specific bot.[98][99]

The slightly renamed "Discover" tab was officially launched in the United States in late June 2017.[100][101]

 All Global
"M" assistant April 2017 (terminated) In August 2015, Facebook announced M, an artificial intelligence virtual assistant for use in Messenger that is capable of automatically completing tasks for users, such as purchase items, arrange gift deliveries, book restaurants, and arrange travels.[102][103][104] In April 2017, Facebook enabled M for users in the U.S. M scans chats for keywords and then suggests relevant actions. For example, writing "You owe me $20" will make M offer its payments system.[105][106][107] The rollout of M suggestions was made official at Facebook's F8 conference on April 18, 2017.[98][99] In January 2018 it was announced that M would be discontinued at some future date. All U.S.
"Home" messages panel June 2016 Facebook announced a "Home" button as a central location for sending and receiving messages. The Home button features the most recent messages, as well as a "Favorites" section for the contacts with the most frequent communication.[108] Mobile Global
Secret Conversations October 2016 Messenger users can send each other end-to-end encrypted messages through an optional mode called "Secret Conversations", which uses the Signal Protocol. Users can also choose to send each other "self-destructing" messages; messages that are removed permanently following an optional time period. This feature is only available in mobile apps, not in the web version.[109][110] Originally planned in 2022, end-to-end encryption by default is delayed to 2023.[111] Mobile Global
Instant Games November 2016 Allows users to quickly play games including Pac-Man, Space Invaders, EverWing and Words with Friends Frenzy inside Messenger. Games are asynchronous through high scores rather than directly at the same time, and are built on HTML5 rather than apps.[112][113] In May 2017, Facebook announced the global rollout of Instant Games.[114][115] Mobile Global
Messenger Day March 2017 Following an initial test in Poland in September 2016,[116][117] Facebook launched "Messenger Day" in March 2017. Messenger Day, similar to Snapchat's Stories feature, gives the user the ability to share photos and videos with friends that automatically disappear after 24 hours.[118][119][120] Mobile Global
Reactions and Mentions March 2017 Reactions let the user tap and hold on a message to add a reaction through an emoji, while Mentions let the user type @ in a group chat to give a particular user a direct notification.[121][122][123] All Global
Augmented reality effects December 2017 "World Effects" lets users add 3D augmented reality effects into their photos and videos.[124][125] Mobile Global
AI Chatbots in messengers January 2018 Facebook started allowing messenger AI bots after 2 steps of verification. All Global
Messenger Rooms April 2020 A video chat feature that allows users to chat with up to 50 people at a time.[45] All Global

Messenger Rooms

It is a video conferencing feature of Messenger.[126] It allows users to add up to 50 people at a time.[127][128][129] Messenger Rooms does not require a Facebook account.[130] Messenger Rooms competes with other services such as Zoom.[131]

Back in 2014, Facebook introduced an unrelated, stand-alone application named Rooms,[126] letting users create places for users with similar interests, with users being anonymous to others.[132] This was shut down in December 2015.[126]

In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook revealed video conferencing features for Messenger called Messenger Rooms.[133] This was seen as a response to the popularity of other video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Skype in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.[128][133][134]

Messenger Rooms allows users to add up to 50 people per room, without restrictions on time.[135] It does not require a Facebook account or a separate app from Messenger. When used, it only prompts the user for basic information. Users can add 360° virtual backgrounds, mood lighting, and other AR effects as well as share screens. To prevent unwanted participants from joining, users can lock rooms and remove participants.[136]

Some have voiced concerns in regards to Messenger Room's privacy and how its parent, Facebook, handles data. Messenger Rooms, unlike some of its competitors, does not use end-to-end encryption.[137] In addition, there have been concerns over how Messenger Rooms collects user data.[138]

Monetization

In January 2017, Facebook announced that it was testing showing advertisements in Messenger's home feed. At the time, the testing was limited to a "small number of users in Australia and Thailand", with the ad format being swipe-based carousel ads.[139][140][141] In July, the company announced that they were expanding the testing to a global audience. Stan Chudnovsky, head of Messenger, told VentureBeat that "We’ll start slow ... When the average user can be sure to see them we truly don’t know because we’re just going to be very data-driven and user feedback-driven on making that decision".[142][143] Facebook told TechCrunch that the advertisements' placement in the inbox depends on factors such as thread count, phone screen size, and pixel density.[144] In a TechCrunch editorial by Devin Coldewey, he described the ads as "huge" in the space they occupy, "intolerable" in the way they appear in the user interface, and "irrelevant" due to the lack of context. Coldewey finished by writing "Advertising is how things get paid for on the internet, including TechCrunch, so I’m not an advocate of eliminating it or blocking it altogether. But bad advertising experiences can spoil a perfectly good app like (for the purposes of argument) Messenger. Messaging is a personal, purposeful use case and these ads are a bad way to monetize it."[145]

Reception

In November 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) listed Messenger (Facebook chat) on its Secure Messaging Scorecard. It received a score of 2 out of 7 points on the scorecard. It received points for having communications encrypted in transit and for having recently completed an independent security audit. It missed points because the communications were not encrypted with keys the provider didn't have access to, users could not verify contacts' identities, past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen, the source code was not open to independent review, and the security design was not properly documented.[146][147][148]

As stated by Facebook in its Help Center, there is no way to log out of the Messenger application. Instead, users can choose between different availability statuses, including "Appear as inactive", "Switch accounts", and "Turn off notifications".[149] Media outlets have reported on a workaround, by pressing a "Clear data" option in the application's menu in Settings on Android devices, which returns the user to the log-in screen.[150][151]

User growth

After being separated from the main Facebook app, Messenger had 600 million users in April 2015.[64] This grew to 900 million in June 2016,[92] 1 billion in July 2016,[152][153] and 1.2 billion in April 2017.[154][155]

In March 2020, total messaging traffic increased by 50% in countries that were on quarantine due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Group calls grew by more than 1,000%.[156]

Government attempt at surveillance/decryption

In early 2018, the US Department of Justice went to court to attempt to force Facebook to modify its Messenger app to enable surveillance by third parties so that agents could listen in on encrypted voice conversations over Messenger.[157]: 1  The court decided against the Justice Department, but sealed the case.[158]: 1  In November 2018, the ACLU and EFF filed suit to have the case unsealed so that the public can be informed about the encryption/surveillance debate.[159][160][161]: 1  This motion was denied in February 2019, and an appeal was filed in April 2020.[162][163]

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For the kids version see Messenger Kids For other uses see Messenger Electronics and computing Messenger 9 is a proprietary instant messaging app and platform developed by Meta Platforms Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008 the company revamped its messaging service in 2010 released standalone iOS and Android apps in 2011 and released standalone Facebook Portal hardware for Messenger calling in 2018 In April 2015 Facebook launched a dedicated website interface Messenger com and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app allowing users to use the web interface or download one of the standalone apps In April 2020 Facebook released a Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS MessengerDeveloper s Meta PlatformsInitial releaseAugust 9 2011 11 years ago 2011 08 09 April 2020 2 years ago 2020 04 Stable release s Android390 2 0 29 103 1 17 December 2022iOS390 0 2 14 December 2022Windows1180 4 112 0 18 August 2021macOS169 0 3 17 November 2022Preview release s Operating systemWeb Android iOS Windows 10 Windows 11 macOSSize53 33 MB Android 4 124 1 MB iOS 5 169 4 MB Windows 10 and Windows 11 6 91 3 MB macOS 7 Available in111 8 languagesList of languagesAfrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Assamese Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Breton Bulgarian Burmese Catalan Cebuano Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Dutch Belgie English UK English US English upside down Esperanto Estonian Faroese Filipino Finnish French Canada French France Frisian Fula Galician Georgian German Greek Guarani Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Japanese Kansai Javanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish Kurmanji Kyrgyz Lao Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian bokmal Norwegian nynorsk Oriya Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Brazil Portuguese Portugal Punjabi Romanian Russian Sardinian Serbian Shona Silesian Simplified Chinese China Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Sorani Kurdish Spanish Spanish Spain Swahili Swedish Syriac Tajik Tamazight Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Taiwan Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh and ZazaTypeInstant messaging VoIPLicenseFreeware proprietaryWebsitemessenger com facebook com messagesMessenger is used to send messages and exchange photos videos stickers audio and files and also react to other users messages and interact with bots The service also supports voice and video calling The standalone apps support using multiple accounts conversations with optional end to end encryption and playing games Contents 1 History 2 Features 2 1 Messenger Rooms 3 Monetization 4 Reception 5 User growth 6 Government attempt at surveillance decryption 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory Edit Messenger Icon from 2011 to 2013 Messenger Icon from 2013 to 2018 Messenger Icon from 2018 to 2020 Messenger Icon since October 2020 Following tests of a new instant messaging platform on Facebook in March 2008 10 11 the feature then titled Facebook Chat was gradually released to users in April 2008 12 13 Facebook revamped its messaging platform in November 2010 14 and subsequently acquired group messaging service Beluga in March 2011 15 which the company used to launch its standalone iOS and Android mobile apps on August 9 2011 16 17 Facebook later launched a BlackBerry version in October 2011 18 19 An app for Windows Phone though lacking features including voice messaging and chat heads was released in March 2014 20 21 In April 2014 Facebook announced that the messaging feature would be removed from the main Facebook app and users will be required to download the separate Messenger app 22 23 An iPad optimized version of the iOS app was released in July 2014 24 25 In April 2015 Facebook launched a website interface for Messenger 26 27 A Tizen app was released on July 13 2015 28 Facebook launched Messenger for Windows 10 in April 2016 29 In October 2016 Facebook released Messenger Lite a stripped down version of Messenger with a reduced feature set The app is aimed primarily at old Android phones and regions where high speed Internet is not widely available In April 2017 Messenger Lite was expanded to 132 more countries 30 31 In May 2017 Facebook revamped the design for Messenger on Android and iOS bringing a new home screen with tabs and categorization of content and interactive media red dots indicating new activity and relocated sections 32 33 Facebook announced a Messenger program for Windows 7 in a limited beta test in November 2011 34 35 The following month Israeli blog TechIT leaked a download link for the program with Facebook subsequently confirming and officially releasing the program 36 37 The program was eventually discontinued in March 2014 38 39 A Firefox web browser add on was released in December 2012 40 but was also discontinued in March 2014 41 In December 2017 Facebook announced Messenger Kids a new app aimed for persons under 13 years of age The app comes with some differences compared to the standard version In 2019 Messenger announced to be the 2nd most downloaded mobile app of the decade from 2011 to 2019 42 In December 2019 Messenger dropped support for users to sign in using only a mobile number meaning that users must sign in to a Facebook account in order to use the service 43 In March 2020 Facebook started to ship its dedicated Messenger for macOS app through the Mac App Store The app is currently live in regions include France Australia Mexico and Poland 44 In April 2020 Facebook began rolling out a new feature called Messenger Rooms a video chat feature that allows users to chat with up to 50 people at a time The feature rivals Zoom an application that gained a lot of popularity during the COVID 19 pandemic 45 Privacy concerns arose since the feature uses the same data collection policies as mainstream Facebook 45 In July 2020 Facebook added a new feature in Messenger that lets iOS users to use Face ID or Touch ID to lock their chats The feature is called App Lock and is a part of several changes in Messenger regarding privacy and security 46 The option to view only Unread Threads was removed from the inbox requiring the account holder to scroll through the entire inbox to be certain every unread message has been seen 47 On October 13 2020 Facebook s Messenger application introduced cross app messaging with Instagram which was launched in September 2021 48 In addition to the integrated messaging the application announced the introduction of a new logo which will be an amalgamation of the Messenger and Instagram logo 49 Features EditThe following is a table of features available in Messenger as well as their geographical coverage and what devices they are available on In addition there is a vanishing message feature In addition there is an audio recording feature which allows audio recordings of up to one minute which may or may not be vanishing Feature Added Description Platforms AvailabilitySign up without a Facebook account December 2012 Android users can sign up to the app without a Facebook account requiring only a name and phone number 50 51 Mobile GlobalDirect messaging October 2013 Users can send messages to other users without the requirement of being friends as long as the user has the phone number of the other user in their contact list 52 53 All GlobalChat Heads April 2013 Displays a round icon with a contact s profile photo appearing on the screen regardless of which app is open 54 55 Mobile GlobalMoney transfer Messenger Pay March 2015 A feature for U S users to send money to friends 56 57 In April 2017 the feature was expanded to support group payments 58 59 Mobile U S Calls January 2013 In January 2013 Facebook added voice calling to Messenger users in Canada 60 61 expanding the feature to users in the United States a few days later 62 63 In April 2015 Facebook introduced video calling in select countries 64 65 In April 2016 group voice calling was introduced with a maximum number of 50 call participants 66 67 The following December Facebook enabled group video calling for up to 50 people 68 69 In June 2017 Facebook updated video chats to give users the ability to add animated versions of Facebook s reactions on top of their face such as tears for a crying face and an exploding halo of hearts around the head when sending heart emoji Additionally users are able to capture screenshots and live filters can change the color or lighting in the feed 70 71 All GlobalLocation sharing June 2015 Users can tap on a Location button and are then shown a map with the ability to pinpoint any location even if the user themselves is not present at the place 72 73 74 In March 2017 it introduced live location sharing letting users temporarily share their location with a friend or group of friends for one hour at a time 75 76 77 Mobile GlobalBusiness interaction At the Facebook F8 conference on March 25 2015 Facebook announced that Messenger would start letting users interact with businesses including track purchases and receive notifications and have personal conversations with company customer service representatives 78 79 80 Third party app integration Users are able to open compatible third party apps inside Messenger such as a movie ticketing service or GIF generators and then share those details with the other chat participants 78 Mobile GlobalTransportation requests December 2015 Messenger integrated with Uber to let U S users request a car directly from the app 81 82 83 Support for Lyft was added in March 2016 84 85 Support for UberPOOL was introduced in July 2016 86 87 Mobile U S SMS support 2012 Facebook implemented support for SMS texting within the Messenger Android app 88 89 However the feature was dropped in 2013 due to extensive reworking of the app with a Facebook product manager stating that the SMS feature just didn t take off 53 SMS was once again introduced in testing in February 2016 90 91 before the official global rollout started in June 92 Android GlobalMultiple accounts February 2016 Facebook added support for multiple accounts in the apps 90 91 Mobile GlobalBot platform April 2016 2016 launchIn April 2016 Facebook announced a bot platform for Messenger including an API to build chat bots to interact with users News publisher bots message subscribers directly with news and other information 93 94 while ride sharing apps can offer a transportation option hotel chains can answer questions about accommodations and air travel companies can allow for check ins flight updates and travel changes 95 2017 enhancementsAt the 2017 Facebook F8 conference Facebook announced a range of enhancements for bots Bots in group chats Bots can participate in group chats not by conversing with the chat participants but by injecting notifications such as news updates receipts sports progress and more 96 97 Chat extensions Users can interact with dedicated apps including play games collaborate on music playlists and book flights In addition Facebook announced a Discovery tab featuring recently used bots bot categories trending experiences and search functionality A preview screen lets users see what each chat would do in a conversation 98 99 QR scan Users can scan special branded QR codes through Messenger s camera functionality that take the user directly to a specific bot 98 99 The slightly renamed Discover tab was officially launched in the United States in late June 2017 100 101 All Global M assistant April 2017 terminated In August 2015 Facebook announced M an artificial intelligence virtual assistant for use in Messenger that is capable of automatically completing tasks for users such as purchase items arrange gift deliveries book restaurants and arrange travels 102 103 104 In April 2017 Facebook enabled M for users in the U S M scans chats for keywords and then suggests relevant actions For example writing You owe me 20 will make M offer its payments system 105 106 107 The rollout of M suggestions was made official at Facebook s F8 conference on April 18 2017 98 99 In January 2018 it was announced that M would be discontinued at some future date All U S Home messages panel June 2016 Facebook announced a Home button as a central location for sending and receiving messages The Home button features the most recent messages as well as a Favorites section for the contacts with the most frequent communication 108 Mobile GlobalSecret Conversations October 2016 Messenger users can send each other end to end encrypted messages through an optional mode called Secret Conversations which uses the Signal Protocol Users can also choose to send each other self destructing messages messages that are removed permanently following an optional time period This feature is only available in mobile apps not in the web version 109 110 Originally planned in 2022 end to end encryption by default is delayed to 2023 111 Mobile GlobalInstant Games November 2016 Allows users to quickly play games including Pac Man Space Invaders EverWing and Words with Friends Frenzy inside Messenger Games are asynchronous through high scores rather than directly at the same time and are built on HTML5 rather than apps 112 113 In May 2017 Facebook announced the global rollout of Instant Games 114 115 Mobile GlobalMessenger Day March 2017 Following an initial test in Poland in September 2016 116 117 Facebook launched Messenger Day in March 2017 Messenger Day similar to Snapchat s Stories feature gives the user the ability to share photos and videos with friends that automatically disappear after 24 hours 118 119 120 Mobile GlobalReactions and Mentions March 2017 Reactions let the user tap and hold on a message to add a reaction through an emoji while Mentions let the user type in a group chat to give a particular user a direct notification 121 122 123 All GlobalAugmented reality effects December 2017 World Effects lets users add 3D augmented reality effects into their photos and videos 124 125 Mobile GlobalAI Chatbots in messengers January 2018 Facebook started allowing messenger AI bots after 2 steps of verification All GlobalMessenger Rooms April 2020 A video chat feature that allows users to chat with up to 50 people at a time 45 All GlobalMessenger Rooms Edit It is a video conferencing feature of Messenger 126 It allows users to add up to 50 people at a time 127 128 129 Messenger Rooms does not require a Facebook account 130 Messenger Rooms competes with other services such as Zoom 131 Back in 2014 Facebook introduced an unrelated stand alone application named Rooms 126 letting users create places for users with similar interests with users being anonymous to others 132 This was shut down in December 2015 126 In April 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic Facebook revealed video conferencing features for Messenger called Messenger Rooms 133 This was seen as a response to the popularity of other video conferencing platforms such as Zoom and Skype in the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic 128 133 134 Messenger Rooms allows users to add up to 50 people per room without restrictions on time 135 It does not require a Facebook account or a separate app from Messenger When used it only prompts the user for basic information Users can add 360 virtual backgrounds mood lighting and other AR effects as well as share screens To prevent unwanted participants from joining users can lock rooms and remove participants 136 Some have voiced concerns in regards to Messenger Room s privacy and how its parent Facebook handles data Messenger Rooms unlike some of its competitors does not use end to end encryption 137 In addition there have been concerns over how Messenger Rooms collects user data 138 Monetization EditIn January 2017 Facebook announced that it was testing showing advertisements in Messenger s home feed At the time the testing was limited to a small number of users in Australia and Thailand with the ad format being swipe based carousel ads 139 140 141 In July the company announced that they were expanding the testing to a global audience Stan Chudnovsky head of Messenger told VentureBeat that We ll start slow When the average user can be sure to see them we truly don t know because we re just going to be very data driven and user feedback driven on making that decision 142 143 Facebook told TechCrunch that the advertisements placement in the inbox depends on factors such as thread count phone screen size and pixel density 144 In a TechCrunch editorial by Devin Coldewey he described the ads as huge in the space they occupy intolerable in the way they appear in the user interface and irrelevant due to the lack of context Coldewey finished by writing Advertising is how things get paid for on the internet including TechCrunch so I m not an advocate of eliminating it or blocking it altogether But bad advertising experiences can spoil a perfectly good app like for the purposes of argument Messenger Messaging is a personal purposeful use case and these ads are a bad way to monetize it 145 Reception EditIn November 2014 the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF listed Messenger Facebook chat on its Secure Messaging Scorecard It received a score of 2 out of 7 points on the scorecard It received points for having communications encrypted in transit and for having recently completed an independent security audit It missed points because the communications were not encrypted with keys the provider didn t have access to users could not verify contacts identities past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen the source code was not open to independent review and the security design was not properly documented 146 147 148 As stated by Facebook in its Help Center there is no way to log out of the Messenger application Instead users can choose between different availability statuses including Appear as inactive Switch accounts and Turn off 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