Facebook Messenger is getting a desktop app for Mac and Windows, addressing one of the biggest complaints about the IM platform, as the company meshes its three messaging services. Announced at F8 ...

About a decade ago, Facebook (before it was Meta) made the controversial decision to extricate Messenger from the Facebook app. If you wanted to continue using Messenger on a phone, you had to ...

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. Facebook might be putting Messenger’s chats back into its main ...

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 ...

It's finally here, almost a year after it was confirmed. Photo: Mac Generation A brand-new Facebook Messenger app has finally landed on Mac. It gives users the ability to more easily keep on top of ...

At Facebook’s 2019 F8 developer conference, the company announced plans to introduce desktop apps for its popular communications app Messenger. Now, less than a year later, the Messenger Mac App is ...

Facebook's main app is getting some of the features that were previously only available in Messenger. Credit: SOPA IMAGES / LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES Remember when Facebook spun off Messenger as a ...

Say goodbye to another high-profile Apple Watch app. As MacRumors notes, Meta is telling Facebook Messenger users that the Apple Watch version will be unavailable after May 31st. While you'll still ...

The latest Apple Watch app casualty is Meta’s popular Facebook Messenger. In the last few days, users have been getting warnings about the Messenger app for Apple’s wearable being killed off and Meta ...

Facebook is launching a new chat app for kids, the company announced Monday. The app, called Messenger Kids, allows children to send messages and photos and video chat with specific contacts that have ...

It can be disorienting when one of your most important apps suddenly changes its look. Sometimes, these changes are ...