Facebook Messenger down? Meta users report problems - DowndetectorFacebook Messenger down: Meta's instant messaging platform users are facing problem, reported Downdetector.
15 Apr, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: How Meta's Muse Spark fares against Anthropic's Opus, OpenAI's GPT, Google's Gemini modelsMuse Spark is the first model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs. It is a natively multimodal, reasoning-focussed AI model, designed to p...
09 Apr, 2026, 09.46 PM IST
Russia sees China's WeChat, Douyin as models for its homegrown Max messengerThe Kremlin is pushing Russians to use Max instead of Telegram, currently the country's most popular messaging app, but is facing stiff r...
08 Apr, 2026, 05.38 PM IST
Meta ends end-to-end encryption for Instagram DMs: what this meansInstagram had introduced the optional end-to-end encryption in December 2023. Users had to enable it manually per chat, unlike the default ...
14 Mar, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Meta to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram, FacebookBeginning in mid-December 2023, the users will no longer be able to chat with Facebook accounts on Instagram.
06 Dec, 2023, 10.57 AM IST
Meta pulls the plug on Messenger Lite app for Android, services to end on September 18Meta has announced that it is discontinuing its Messenger Lite app for Android devices. The app, which was introduced in 2016, was popular ...
25 Aug, 2023, 05.18 PM IST
After WhatsApp, Meta testing end-to-end encryption on MessengerThe company said it will also begin testing the ability to unsend messages.
12 Aug, 2022, 08.45 PM IST
Now you can split the bill with your friends on Facebook Messenger. How to use 'Split Payments' featureNow users can settle the bills with their friends within the Facebook Messenger app itself.
06 Dec, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
Facebook Messenger gets new features, including payments only in USFacebook has added new chat themes and a quick reply bar in its Messenger app, along with an ability to send and receive money from anyone,...
11 Jun, 2021, 06.26 PM IST
Facebook redesigns Messenger, goes back to its roots with 3 tabs instead of 9The updated tabs allow users to navigate between their conversations under Chats, People, and Discovery.
24 Oct, 2018, 10.40 AM IST
Paytm plans to launch messaging service to rival WhatsApp by end of this monthPaytm’s move seems to be in the reverse direction compared to Hike, which recently launched payments through wallet and unified payment int...
01 Aug, 2017, 05.52 PM IST
Here's why Apple and Google should be worried about Facebook's messaging appFacebook wants retailers to communicate with their customers on it, instead of on their own sites.
13 Oct, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
Facebook's David Marcus says it won't make companies pay to sell things through MessengerMarcus told Wired's David Rowan that Facebook doesn't plan to take a cut of transactions that happen between companies and people via Messe...
13 Oct, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Flipkart, Jabong bet on instant messaging to acquire customers, facilitate paymentsThe two companies also partnered with Japanese messaging app Line, which has a feature that allows users to make payments using credit card...
20 Jan, 2015, 11.09 AM IST
Facebook Messenger userbase reaches 500 million per monthThe US-based firm had originally started the messenger service as a chat feature on the website but later rolled it out as a standalone mob...
11 Nov, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
IM apps to drive traffic, but generating revenue is a challenge: StudyEven as instant messaging has become immensely popular, a study has said that IM apps will account for just 2 % of the global messaging rev...
28 Feb, 2014, 06.14 PM IST
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For heavy SMS users, the costs can sometimes add up to more than half the monthly cellphone bill. Here are details on free phone applicatio...
11 Apr, 2011, 07.12 AM IST