The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Messenger web users will be redirected to Facebook's chat interface after the shutdown. Meta previously retired the desktop ...

Facebook Messenger is about to get smarter. Much smarter. The five-year-old messaging platform, which reports 1 billion monthly active users, announced on Thursday that it is rolling out its ...

Meta will shut down its Messenger website (messenger.com) in April 2026, redirecting users to Facebook for web chats, marking another step in merging Messenger back into the main platform ...

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 ...

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