Starting from September 28, users who have been using Messenger as their default SMS app will no longer be able to send or receive text messages. Facebook is advising Android users to switch to ...

Meta's rolling out new encryption features on its app over the next few months, though it will randomly upgrade individual chats over time. Reading time 2 minutes Messenger users may finally have a ...

Rather than launching a sleek, worthwhile encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped a junky, insular extension of his social media platform.

While iMessage and Meta's apps dominate modern messaging, there have been many other instant messaging apps that were hugely popular in the past.

Meta is officially deprecating its Windows and Mac support for its Messenger app on December 15, potentially leaving millions of users without a convenient way to converse with friends. Once the ...

Facebook Messenger aficionados, good news: It just got easier to respond to your best buds' messages with hot takes. Facebook today announced that message replies -- one step short of threaded ...

Meta controls some of the most popular messaging apps in the world, including Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Even though Instagram isn't a messaging-first app, it's also commonly used for that.

The move is part of an effort to make the app more like WhatsApp and iMessage. Law enforcement authorities say the privacy makes it harder to track criminals. By Mike Isaac and Michael H. Keller Mike ...

Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the ...

Samsung is ending Messages in July: 5 replacements I'd switch to now ...