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

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

By Katie Paul and Jeff Horwitz NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt ...

Court filings show Meta executives warned in 2019 that encrypting Messenger could reduce child exploitation reporting to authorities.

Meta will discontinue Messenger.com and the Messenger desktop app by April 2026, redirecting desktop users to ...

Meta is set to discontinue the standalone Messenger website. According to the company’s update on its help page, the ...

From April 2026, users will no longer be able to access messenger.com, and web-based chats will instead be routed through ...

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

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 ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced that Messenger.com will no longer support messaging starting April 2026. The company also confirmed that the Messenger desktop app will no longer be ...

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 ...