

Skip exchanging phone numbers and simply send a message to your Facebook friends, even if they’re across the world. Keep your friends and family close with unlimited live video chatting.Host group video calls with up to 8 people, with high-quality audio, high definition video, and interactive video features like face filters. Capture every moment and reaction in real-time. Watch videos, tv shows, and movies with your friends over Messenger Video Chat and Rooms when you can't be together. Lost for words? You can customize your reactions, with lots more emojis to choose from.Ĭhoose from fun themes and colors, like Tie-Dye or Love, to make your chats more personal. New privacy settings let you choose who can reach you, and where your messages are delivered. Simply search for them by name or username to message or call. Two other missing features are notifications and badges, which the developer says are in the works.Group video calls, voice calls, text messaging and more!īe together whenever, with our free* all-in-one communication app, complete with unlimited text, voice, video calling and group video chat features.Ĭonnect with your Instagram friends right from Messenger. One feature that would make this Mac app more useful is an option to access the app from the menu bar. It's just a Mac app wrapper around Facebook's Messenger app, so the two look and act the same. It's not from Facebook but an open source project by self-proclaimed fans of Messenger. When composing a message, you can add emoji, stickers, photos and a thumbs-up, just as you can with the Messenger mobile app.įor the Mac user who doesn't want to tie up a browser tab for Messenger, there is the Messenger for Mac app. In settings, you can disable all notifications and all sounds. The person or people included in the conversation you are viewing are listed on the right with a check box to mute notifications for that conversation.

The middle column shows your current or selected conversation. On the left is a list of your conversations along with a settings button and a button to compose a new message. The design mimics that of the Messenger mobile app but uses a three-column layout. It should prove a productivity boost for anyone who uses Facebook Messenger increasingly as a supplement to email or IM.Īfter logging into your Facebook account at, you'll be greeted by a familiar interface. Now you can access your Facebook messages on the Web without getting getting distracted by your News Feed and the rest of Facebook.

Facebook separated messages from the rest of its mobile app last summer, and Wednesday it did the same for laptop and desktop computers with the release of.
