Meta will shut down its Messenger website (messenger.com) in April 2026, redirecting users to Facebook for web chats, marking another step in merging Messenger back into the main platform ...

The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

The Messenger mobile app for iOS and Android will remain fully operational and unaffected, allowing users to continue conversations as usual on smartphones and tablets.

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 ...

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 ...

Becoming friends with someone on Facebook Messenger just became a lot easier. In a new update that started to roll out Thursday, Facebook's chat app now has Messenger Codes -- circular patterns around ...

Did you know that more people are checking their chat apps than they are checking their social media accounts? Facebook Messenger, the world’s largest mobile messaging app (with more than 1.3 billion ...