Facebook Messenger and Instagram chats are now officially merged, as the company implements the next phase in its planned unified messaging service for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. We first ...

For years, Meta (then Facebook) wanted to unify Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. It began implementing that plan by allowing Instagram users to talk to Facebook Messenger users three years ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Instagram is the latest of Facebook’s services to gain support for its new group video chat feature, Messenger Rooms. Follow along for a look at how it works… Facebook announced and rolled out ...

Facebook’s plan to unify its messaging apps is beginning to take shape. The company will begin incorporating more of Messenger’s features into Instagram’s in-app chat, including the ability to send ...

Facebook is unveiling a meaty upgrade to Instagram’s messaging capabilities. It’s also announcing some new features coming soon to Messenger. And the biggest news of all is that both of these updates ...

Meta ran into some major issues on Wednesday. Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Threads all went down on Wednesday afternoon with tens of thousands of users reporting that they were unable to use ...

Facebook is expanding its Messenger API to support Instagram messaging, enabling developers and businesses to integrate messaging from Instagram with other business applications. The company said the ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Parents can easily see how much time their teen is spending on Messenger. Parents can easily see how much time ...

Pride Month is off to a strong start, and if you’ve been sharing moments from the month’s celebrations on your socials, you know Instagram is stacked with rainbow stickers and Stories. To keep the ...

Instagram users are in for a controversial change. Owner Facebook is progressing its plans to combine Instagram’s Direct Messaging with its Messenger platform. Some of the new messaging tools Facebook ...

Instagram DMs can now connect with Facebook Messenger, letting you message people across apps. It’s optional, at least for now. Disappearing messages and selfie stickers have also come to DMs. Like it ...