Facebook has discontinued its native Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows as of December 15, 2025, redirecting users to its website instead.

Icon of Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger (Facebook's proprietary messaging app) alongside other social media apps on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone's touchscreen. Credit: Getty Images When Facebook first ...

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 ...

Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of speculation suggesting that Google is in the process of releasing a unified chat application called Babel. Babel is rumored to have merged services ...

Meta has officially discontinued the Facebook Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows, redirecting users to the Facebook website for messaging. Laun ...

At Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference in San Francisco, the company unleashed a new platform for users (and businesses) to use the Messenger app in all-new ways. The Messenger platform allows all ...

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 ...

LinkedIn, the popular social network for connecting business people, has announced that its messaging experience is getting a serious design overhaul from today. Unlike the previous inbox, messages ...

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