I’m sure you’ve already heard a lot about Facebook’s latest iPhone application, Facebook Messenger. However, unless you live in the U.S. or Canada, you’ve been unable to download it… until now!

Facebook has launched the very first standalone Messenger app for desktop, available now on Windows and macOS. Audio and video calling via Messenger on a desktop browser has grown 100% in the past ...

Facebook launched a Messenger desktop app for Windows and macOS on Thursday, allowing users to text, voice and video chat for free outside of the social media platform’s website. In a press release, ...

Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Meta buried the news in a post that’s supposed to reassure users that Facebook’s neither ‘dead nor dying.’ Meta ...

The COVID crisis has kept people apart physically — and with social-distancing norms, a wave of services is pushing out “watch party” features, letting their users virtually stream video together with ...

As Zoom becomes synonymous with group video chat, Facebook announced a number of different options to connect friends remotely, including a new feature: Messenger Rooms. Like Zoom, as well as a new ...

RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. Facebook Messenger’s mobile app ...

Facebook is preparing to broadly launch a free videoconferencing product called Messenger Rooms — which will allow people to connect whether they use one of the social giant’s apps or not, CEO Mark ...

95 percent of consumers think chatbots benefit customer service. 57 percent of consumers like the instant service of chatbots. 47 percent of consumers would buy something using a chatbot. That’s why ...

Whilst you can easily save photos and videos to your phone, Facebook doesn't allow you to download audio directly through the Messenger app. Here are several different methods for how you can download ...