If you’re one of the billion or so people who use Facebook Messenger, you might notice a change in the coming days — if you’re an Android user, that is. As first reported by Android Police, it would ...

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As many of you who use Facebook Messenger know, the app tends to really downgrade the quality of pictures you send to someone. I personally experienced that so many times that I stopped sending ...

Android has the unique ability to set a default texting app for sending SMS and MMS messages through your carrier. Back in the operating system’s early days, many apps added support for this feature ...

The Messenger app has gained four new features this week. One of the most notable features is the option to send higher-quality photos to a contact. File size limits have also been increased from 25MB ...

We have some bad news for those of you who have been using Facebook Messenger as your SMS app of choice. Meta is getting ready to ditch SMS support in Facebook Messenger, which will happen next month.

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 ...

Messenger Lite, the lightweight alternative to Messenger, is no longer available on the Play Store, leaving users with limited data or those seeking a simplified messaging experience disappointed. The ...

Messenger Lite was announced in October of 2016 and aimed at less-powerful Android devices. It eventually became available for all phones, but Meta is now killing Messenger Lite in September. For some ...

Themed icons debuted in Android 12 and expanded to third-party apps with Android 13. Now, as Android 14 rolls out more widely, Meta is finally giving in and bringing themed icons to Instagram, ...