• Facebook Messenger is coming to Windows

    Posted on April 30, 2019 at 14:38 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    For most of you this isn’t a big deal, but for those who have friends who incessantly use Facebook Messenger (harump!) it’s another app to stick on your PC.

    Facebook has just announced that it’s going to have a version of Facebook Messenger that works on Windows:

    We’re also launching a desktop app for Messenger that’s available for both Windows and MacOS. People want to seamlessly message from any device, and sometimes they just want a little more space to share and connect with the people they care about most. You can download Messenger Desktop — and enjoy the same features as the app on your phone — like group video calls, collaborate on projects or multi-task while chatting in Messenger. We are testing this now and will roll it out globally later this year.

    That’s kind of ho-hum. But this part’s worth noting:

    we are committed to making Messenger end to end encrypted by default.

    Sounds like it’ll be a usable desktop (not UWP) app. Unlike, say, Skype. Put down that brickbat.

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