Tag: Facebook Messenger
by Adam Koueider, 4 weeks ago
Facebook Home may have been somewhat of a debacle for Mark Zuckerberg and Co., but Facebook Messenger and more specifically Chat Heads, has garnered glowing reviews. Continuing Facebook’s recent love affair with Android, Facebook has updated…
by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago
Facebook voice calls for free can’t be bad news for anyone, so U.S. users of the Facebook Messenger and Facebook Home Android apps will be happy to hear that the feature is rolling out to…
by Chris Smith, 1 month ago
The Facebook Home user interface will be available today to download from the Google Play Store on certain Android smartphones, but the Chat Heads messaging feature can already be experienced on other Android devices as well. The…
by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 month ago
Facebook made quite some buzz when it quietly launched free calling through the Facebook Messenger app for iOS and Android. While initially available in the US and Canada, Facebook recently rolled out voice calling in…
by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago
If you’re a Facebook user in the UK, there’s some good news for you – the Facebook Messenger app now lets you make free voice calls. The feature has started rolling out to UK users…
by J. Angelo Racoma, 2 months ago
Cross-platform instant messaging service are on the rise, and this has contributed to the decline in SMS use and revenue for carriers. But will Facebook’s announcement of free Messenger service through 18 carriers around the…
by J. Angelo Racoma, 4 months ago
I wrote before that the proverbial Facebook Phone might actually be the smartphone you’re holding right now. It turns out that we might be closer to the real deal than I previously thought. While there…
by Nate Swanner, 4 months ago
Some crafty sleuthing has revealed that Android users access Facebook more than any other operating system. With 192 million monthly active user accounts, Android has a huge lead over it’s nearest competitor iOS, with 147…
by Andrew Grush, 4 months ago
Facebook Messenger rolled out a new update last night, bringing with it the ability to send voice messages to your friends and family. The new feature is pretty simple. In order to use it, you…
by Robert Triggs, 5 months ago
Rumor has it that Facebook is currently testing its own private chat application. The new messenger app is designed to allow users to send photos and messages to each other which, unlike the traditional Facebook…
by Tanay Sood, 5 months ago
Starting today, you no longer need a Facebook account to use Facebook Messenger. Yes, you read that right. With this unexpected move they are now entering the hotly contested arena of SMS replacement apps. All…
by Kristofer Wouk, 6 months ago
In the latest Facebook “Under the Hood” blog post, engineer Michael Eyal Sharon mentions that by better integrating its teams, Facebook hopes it will become more of a whole experience rather than several disparate experiences. One…
by Adrian Diaconescu, 7 months ago
Mobile is the future. And mobile is the key to Facebook’s success. Those were the exact words used by Mark Zuckerberg more than once in statements and interviews given during the past few months, despite…
by Nathan Snyder, 8 months ago
So you say the Facebook app sucks? You said you don’t like Timeline’s look on your mobile browser? Then you’ll enjoy the news straight from Menlo Park, a promise of epic proportions, that Facebook will…
