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 ...

Meta is shutting down the Facebook Messenger app on certain devices on Monday (December 15), which could leave some unable to ...

Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger’s strategy three years ago. Now they’re being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses. Facebook Messenger is now removing the Discover ...

The Facebook Messenger desktop app for macOS is being axed on December 15, forcing Mac users into using the web version, for ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Messenger says it's rolling out group video chat by popular demand. Rather than being limited to person-to-person video calls, up to 50 people can listen, join in via voice ...

Grandma and Grandpa never come to visit anymore because technology has reduced their grandkids to sticker-faced chat drones. (Facebook Image) Facebook announced Monday that it is rolling out a new app ...

Facebook’s video chat feature Messenger Rooms is now available to use, but is it secure and private? Facebook has just made its new video chat feature Messenger Rooms available to use, starting in ...

Facebook Messenger has had video chat capabilities for a couple of years now, and last December, it finally added group chat capabilities. Today, the company is unveiling even more features to ...

M won’t be the only artificial intelligence on Facebook Messenger. Facebook has given some developers access to an unannounced Chat SDK that allows them to build interactive experiences and “bots” in ...

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is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Facebook announced a wider availability of its new Customer Chat service today, ...

SAN FRANCISCO — You already chat with friends on Facebook Messenger. Now Messenger wants you to chat with businesses and get updates from them, too. That's the future Facebook pitched Tuesday at f8, ...