Remember when you used to be able to send SMS text messages with the Facebook messenger app, but then it mysteriously vanished never to be heard from again? Well, it looks like Facebook is hellbent on ...

Facebook Messenger is rapidly becoming the one-stop-shop for all your communications — from SMS, voice/video/group calls, payment, transportation, apps, bots and more. Following the company’s annual ...

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Searching online for free texting apps is a pain in the rear end. There are free apps that work with your existing SMS service and messenger apps that send messages but not real SMS. This is a problem ...

Facebook today launched a standalone Messenger app for macOS and Windows platforms, allowing users to video and text chat with friends and family from their desktop computer. Along with all of the ...

Actual Encryption & Privacy are two features that many users have started looking at when it comes to voice and video calls. Just like how text chat should be secure ...

At long last, Facebook is implementing a new Messenger feature that gives users the ability to fully remove messages—from everyone’s view—in a conversation on the social media messaging app. This, ...

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Users can now place free video calls with Messenger, as Facebook continues to extend the app beyond simple text-based chats. With the feature, Facebook is also taking a jab at competing products like ...