Now with apps for macOS and Windows, the best of Messenger is coming to desktop, including unlimited and free group video calls.īenefits highlighted by Facebook include a larger screen for video calling compared to the mobile app, easy connection with anyone you are friends with on Facebook (no need for emails or phone numbers), multitasking, notifications, chat sync across mobile and desktop, and of course Dark Mode! Over the past month, we saw more than a 100% increase in people using their desktop browser for audio and video calling on Messenger. We are testing this now and will roll it out globally later this year.”įinally, Facebook will make all communications in Messenger end-to-end encrypted by default.Today we're launching a Messenger app for macOS and Windows so you can video chat on your computer and stay connected with friends and family all over the world.Now more than ever, people are using technology to stay in touch with the people they care about, even when physically apart. “You can download Messenger Desktop - and enjoy the same features as the app on your phone - like group video calls, collaborate on projects or multi-task while chatting in Messenger. “People want to seamlessly message from any device, and sometimes they just want a little more space to share and connect with the people they care about most,” Sharma says. And another will let them easily share videos.įacebook also revealed that it is now testing a desktop Messenger app for both Windows and Mac. One new feature, co-watching, will help people watch videos together remotely. It will also feature new video tools, since this is so popular on the platform: Over 410 million people connect over video chat on Messenger each month, Facebook notes, and its users spend 2 billion minutes every day on Facebook’s various video offerings.
The new Messenger will also feature a new user interface that lets you connect quickly with the friends and family you message most. That’s 70 MB lighter than the smallest Messenger version today, Facebook says. “The idea being, that if we were to start to build a social network today, we’d start with messaging first.”Ĭode-named Project LightSpeed, the all-new Facebook Messenger is designed to launch in under 2 seconds and take up less than 30 MB of storage space on any device. “2019 will be a transition year for Messenger, and for messaging as we proceed to build an app that realizes a privacy-focused vision for social networking,” Facebook director Asha Sharma explains. Facebook announced a major overhaul of its Messenger service that focuses on privacy and speed.
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