Years after splitting Messenger out into a separate app, Facebook seems to be thinking about reversing course.
The company split it out years ago, forcing users to download an additional app to message their friends.
Facebook appears to be considering re-adding Messenger to its core app, years after removing it and spinning it out into a separate app. posted on Twitter on Thursday screenshots that show the Silicon Valley tech giant is exploring the idea of putting Messenger back inside Facebook itself on smartphonesThe potential move comes as Facebook is embarking on an ambitious project to more tightly integrate its messaging services — Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram direct messages — with encrypted messaging; a move that Facebook says is supposed to promote privacy, but that has been interpreted by critics as an attempt to fend off the...
It seems unlikely that the move would spell the end of the Messenger app entirely. Spinning the message service into its own app back in 2011 helped it grow markedly, and many users have notifications on the core Facebook app switched off; forcing Messenger messages to only route through it again would mean messages would go unread, and engagement would likely decline.
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