RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

There's an easy way to make sure that your chats are safe FACEBOOK bosses have started shutting down the Messenger app on billions of devices. Meta – which owns Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and ...

This is important because: Meta is steering desktop messaging into the browser, not native clients. That gives it one code path to maintain, faster rollouts, and tighter alignment across Windows and ...

Users must shift to browser-based Messenger, back up chats before shutdown Meta has confirmed it will shut down Messenger’s standalone desktop apps for macOS and Windows on December 15, 2025. From ...

Meta is shutting down its Messenger app for macOS and Windows and pushing users to the web. Meta confirmed over email to Engadget that the app will be fully shutdown on December 15, after which the ...

Meta has published a support doc that states its Messenger app for Mac is being discontinued. New users won’t be able to download the app at all, and existing users have about 60 more days of use ...

Meta is shutting down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac on December 15, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Starting December 15, users will no longer be able to ...

Before everyone had a smartphone in their pocket and access to countless free mobile games (both good and hot messes), people got their free gaming fixes from browser games. I have fond memories of ...

I walk through how I use Facebook Messenger on my iPhone to chat with friends, send photos, and manage settings. I show how to send new messages, create group chats, and share pictures or voice ...

Messenger is one of the most popular messaging services around, especially in the US, but it has its faults. Group chats, for example, are not end-to-end encrypted by default, meaning the company that ...

'National messenger' to be pre-installed on devices New app is being integrated with government services Critics say it's a spy app, state media deny that WhatsApp and Telegram are under regulatory ...

Editor’s note: All instructions on this list of Facebook Messenger tips and tricks were created using a Google Pixel 8a running Android 15. Steps might differ from device to device, especially if ...