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Messenger Kids Is Now Available on Amazon Tablets

Messenger Kids is now available on the Amazon Appstore, meaning children can now use the latest Facebook app on their Amazon Fire Tablet. The Fire Tablet is seen as a child-friendly tablet thanks to its durability and affordability. So this is a sensible decision by Facebook. Facebook launched Messenger Kids in December as an app… read more »

Facebook Launches Messenger Kids for Children

Facebook has launched a new standalone version of Messenger aimed at kids. And it is, rather inevitably, called Messenger Kids. Messenger Kids is designed for children aged between six and 12, with parents being placed in charge of setting up and managing their children’s access. Thanks to the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act (COPPA)… read more »

You Can Now Send 4K Photos Using Facebook Messenger

Facebook is introducing a new feature aimed at smartphone photographers. Which describes 99% of us. Facebook is upping the maximum resolution Messenger supports, from 2K to 4K, meaning you can now send and receive photos at full resolution without Messenger compressing them. I’m old enough to remember a time when viewing a photo online would… read more »

How to Remove the Cross-Platform Facebook Messenger Malware

You might use it to keep in touch with friends and family — perhaps a bit of after-hours banter with your co-workers. It’s not uncommon to follow your favorite bands, TV shows, or even childhood toys on Facebook, but it’s not the safest environment online. With privacy issues, stalking, controversies with censorship and so-called “hate… read more »

Facebook Helps Make Messenger Chats More Fun

You can already do so much with Facebook Messenger. Which is why more than 1 billion people have the app installed on their phones. And now, thanks to a new update, Messenger has some new tricks up its sleeve. All of which will be especially interesting to those who do video chats. Messenger is insanely… read more »

You Can Now Split Bills Using Facebook Messenger

Whether you’re splitting the bill at a restaurant or all chipping into buy a gift for someone there comes a point when money has to change hands. However, with people less likely to carry cash about their person, paying for something collectively as a group is getting trickier. There are already several options open to… read more »

Facebook Adds Live Location Tracking to Messenger

Facebook has added a new Live Location feature to Messenger. You have been able to share your location on a one-off basis for some time, but Facebook has now added real-time location sharing to the mix. This comes just a few days after real-time location sharing arrived on Google Maps. Your smartphone has the capacity… read more »

You Can Now Enjoy Secret Facebook Messenger Conversations

Facebook now lets you encrypt all of your Facebook Messenger conversations. Unfortunately, the feature, called Secret Conversations, isn’t automatically switched on. This means you have to manually enable encryption on each and every conversation you have. Still, it’s worth the extra effort. End-to-encryption conversation on Messenger = "Secret conversation" Normal conversation = Non-secret conversation? —… read more »

Facebook Messenger Lite Is the App We’ve All Been Waiting For

If your Android smartphone is running slow or running out of battery too quickly, one app might be to blame: Messenger. Facebook’s instant messaging app has been found to use a lot of resources and drain batteries. There’s some good news now as Facebook has launched Messenger Lite. The new app is aimed at older… read more »

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