facebook messenger
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Facebook Messenger rolls out Instant Games worldwide
Facebook is sidestepping the app stores by now allowing everyone to play no-download HTML5 “Instant Games” inside of Facebook Messenger. Launched in the U.S. in November, Instant Games are now globally available with 50 titles to play, from Pac-Man to 8 Ball Pool. Facebook sidesteps Snapchat by launching Messenger Lite in 132 more countries
Facebook is aggressively pursuing the international and developing world markets Snapchat hasn’t prioritized. Facebook Lite recently hit 200 million users, and Instagram just rolled out offline mode for Android. Now after launching Messenger Lite for Android in five countries in October, it’s expanding to 150 more, including Vietnam, Nigeria, Peru, Turkey, Germany, Japan and the… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Everything Facebook launched at F8 and why
An augmented reality developer platform, group chat bots, and a virtual reality version of Facebook itself were just a few of the launches at the social network’s big F8 conference today. Here’s a breakdown of each major announcement and why they’re important to you and Facebook. Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Facebook Messenger launches group bots and bot discovery tab
Facebook today launched two powerful ways for people to find Messenger bots to use, addressing the discovery problem that’s plagued the platform’s 100,000 developers. Facebook Messenger hits 1.2 billion monthly users, up from 1B in July
Normally adding 200 million users in 8 months to a product that already has a billion would reduce the average engagement, but most apps don’t have Facebook Messenger’s network effect. Now with 1.2 billion monthly active users, “we increased engagement massively in terms of number of messages sent per active user. We had double-digit growth percentage-wise”… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Facebook Messenger’s AI ‘M’ suggests features to use based on your convos
Write “You owe me $20” and Messenger will suggest you use its payments feature. If someone says “goodbye,” Messenger will recommend a “bye-bye” GIF. That’s how Facebook’s new M Suggestions work. Facebook’s AI assistant will privately interject recommendations above the redesigned one-line message composer in your Messenger conversations,… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Facebook will launch group chatbots at F8
Facebook will reveal at its F8 conference a new class of group bots that work inside Messenger group chats. These group bots can keep users informed about real-time news such as a sports game’s progress, e-commerce deliveries and more. Facebook Messenger now lets you privately share your Live Location for an hour
Facebook Messenger wants to be an offline social gathering tool, not just an online chat app. Today it’s adding a new Live Location feature that lets you share for an hour within a private direct or group message thread your real-time location on a map. The recipients can then see an estimate of how long it would take you to reach them by car. Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Stories are the new News Feed
If the camera is the new keyboard, then the future of social media will look more like a slideshow than a Word document. So while Snapchat invented Stories, we’ll have to get used to using them everywhere. Facebook Messenger rolls out mention alerts and message Reaction emoji
Group chat will get a bit less chaotic with the global rollout of two Facebook Messenger features it was previously testing in Vietnam. Users can now @mention friends in a group chat to send them a special notification to reply to your message so they don’t miss it in a noisy thread. Meanwhile, Facebook is bringing its News Feed Reactions to Messenger. Read More
Powered by WPeMatico