Social media giant Facebook is rolling out a version of Messenger aimed at under 13s. The app, dubbed Messenger Kids, will be available on Android devices via the Google Play Store “in the coming ...

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Facebook is intent on giving you more communication options beyond text messaging. The social network’s current obsession is video, and today it is introducing instant video to its Messenger platform.

For the first time, Facebook is opening up to children under age 13 with a privacy-focused app designed to neutralize child predator threats that plague youth-focused competitors like Snapchat.

After bringing its pared-down Android app Messenger Lite to mature markets like the US and UK last autumn, Facebook is expanding its features to ramp up engagement. Today, the company announced that ...

Facebook today launched a standalone Messenger app for macOS and Windows platforms, allowing users to video and text chat with friends and family from their desktop computer. Along with all of the ...

The social network has created a version of Messenger for younger users. But it has to avoid the kind of abuse that YouTube Kids has suffered. Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, ...

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Facebook released free-to-use Messenger Rooms, allowing multiple people to do video chat in a single array of windows at one time. Using this platform is relatively simple if all users already have a ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the availability of Messenger Rooms, its video-calling service for social interactions. Facebook's social take on Zoom has rolled out to the US, Canada, and ...

As Zoom becomes synonymous with group video chat, Facebook announced a number of different options to connect friends remotely, including a new feature: Messenger Rooms. Like Zoom, as well as a new ...

Facebook is preparing to broadly launch a free videoconferencing product called Messenger Rooms — which will allow people to connect whether they use one of the social giant’s apps or not, CEO Mark ...