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.

Messenger web users will be redirected to Facebook's chat interface after the shutdown. Meta previously retired the desktop apps for Mac and Windows.

Messenger made its triumphant return to the Facebook app back in 2023, with end-to-end encryption finally arriving later that year. Since then, you've still been able to access Messenger through the ...

Meta is shutting down the standalone Messenger website, according to a company help page. The website will disappear in April, though web users will still be able to send and receive messages within ...

Facebook is planning to retire its Messenger.com web app in April after pulling the plug on its desktop apps a couple of ...

Facebook head Tom Alison said Tuesday that the company will expand the test soon as it looks for ways to integrate messaging features in the platform over the coming year. "Ultimately, we want it to ...

About a decade ago, Facebook (before it was Meta) made the controversial decision to extricate Messenger from the Facebook app. If you wanted to continue using Messenger on a phone, you had to ...

Meta has announced that it is shutting down Messenger web on April 2026. Here's what's going to happen and why we had two ...

The all-new Facebook Messenger app for macOS made its official Mac App Store debut on Thursday at a perfect time for those working and interacting more from home. Messenger for the desktop first ...

Since October 2016, Meta has offered the world a way to save on their smartphone's space and data consumption with the introduction of Messenger Lite, but this famed app will soon bid its farewell ...