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chat heads was released in march 2014 22 23 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 24 25 an ipad optimized version of the ios app was released in july 2014 26 27 in april 2015 facebook launched a website interface for messenger 28 29 a tizen app was released on july 13 2015 30 facebook launched messenger for windows 10 in april 2016 31 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 32 33 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 34 35 facebook announced a messenger program for windows 7 in a limited beta test in november 2011 36 37 the following month israeli blog techit leaked a download link for the program with facebook subsequently confirming and officially releasing the program 38 39 the program was eventually discontinued in march 2014 40 41 a firefox web browser add on was released in december 2012 42 but was also discontinued in march 2014 43 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 44 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 45 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 46 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 amongst the covid 19 pandemic 47 privacy concerns arose since the feature uses the same data collection policies as mainstream facebook 47 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 48 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 49 on 13 october 2020 facebook s messenger application introduced cross app messaging with instagram which was launched in september 2021 50 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 51 features edit 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 52 53 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 54 55 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 56 57 mobile global money transfer messenger pay march 2015 a feature for u s users to send money to friends 58 59 in april 2017 the feature was expanded to support group payments 60 61 mobile u s calls january 2013 in january 2013 facebook added voice calling to messenger users in canada 62 63 expanding the feature to users in the united states a few days later 64 65 in april 2015 facebook introduced video calling in select countries 66 67 in april 2016 group voice calling was introduced with a maximum number of 50 call participants 68 69 the following december facebook enabled group video calling for up to 50 people 70 71 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 72 73 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 74 75 76 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 77 78 79 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 80 81 82 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 80 mobile global transportation requests december 2015 messenger integrated with uber to let u s users request a car directly from the app 83 84 85 support for lyft was added in march 2016 86 87 support for uber pool was introduced in july 2016 88 89 mobile u s sms support 2012 facebook implemented support for sms texting within the messenger android app 90 91 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 55 sms was once again introduced in testing in february 2016 92 93 before the official global rollout started in june 94 android global multiple accounts february 2016 facebook added support for multiple accounts in the apps 92 93 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 95 96 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 97 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 98 99 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 100 101 qr scan users can scan special branded qr codes through messenger s camera functionality that take the user directly to a specific bot 100 101 the slightly renamed discover tab was officially launched in the united states in late june 2017 102 103 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 104 105 106 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 107 108 109 the rollout of m suggestions was made official at facebook s f8 conference on april 18 2017 100 101 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 110 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 111 112 originally planned in 2022 end to end encryption by default is delayed to 2023 113 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 114 115 in may 2017 facebook announced the global rollout of instant games 116 117 mobile global messenger day march 2017 following an initial test in poland in september 2016 118 119 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 120 121 122 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 123 124 125 all global augmented reality effects december 2017 world effects lets users add 3d augmented reality effects into their photos and videos 126 127 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 47 all global messenger rooms edit it is a video conferencing feature of messenger 128 it allows users to add up to 50 people at a time 129 130 131 messenger rooms does not require a facebook account 132 messenger rooms competes with other services such as zoom 133 back in 2014 facebook introduced an unrelated stand alone application named rooms 128 letting users create places for users with similar interests with users being anonymous to others 134 this was shut down in december 2015 128 in april 2020 during the covid 19 pandemic facebook revealed video conferencing features for messenger called messenger rooms 135 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 130 135 136 messenger rooms allows users to add up to 50 people per room without restrictions on time 137 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 138 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 139 in addition there have been concerns over how messenger rooms collects user data 140 monetization edit 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 141 142 143 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 144 145 facebook told techcrunch that the advertisements placement in the inbox depends on factors such as thread count phone screen size and pixel density 146 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 147 reception edit 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 148 149 150 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 151 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 152 153 user growth edit after being separated from the main facebook app messenger had 600 million users in april 2015 66 this grew to 900 million in june 2016 94 1 billion in july 2016 154 155 and 1 2 billion in april 2017 156 157 in march 2020 total messaging traffic increased by 50 in countries that were on 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