After nine years of absence, Messenger will soon return to the Facebook application, according to the latest release from Meta. Soon you will no longer have to install two different applications to send messages to your friends on the social network.
Meta has officially announced that it is leading a test to reintegrate Messenger into the Facebook application. If you recall, Facebook and Messenger first went their separate ways in 2014, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying at the time that having Messenger as a separate app made for a “better experience.”
However, after almost ten years of separation, Meta seems to want to reconsider its decision, and would now like to merge Messenger and Facebook. While it was until now mandatory to download a separate app to chat with your friendsyou will soon be able to follow all your discussions directly on the Facebook application.
Facebook will soon allow you to send messages to your friends
” We’re testing the ability for people to access their Messenger inbox in the Facebook app and will expand those tests soon. Facebook head Tom Alison wrote. ” Ultimately, we want it to be easy and convenient for people to connect and share, whether in the Messenger app or directly in Facebook. “.
As the Meta employee explains, only a small portion of users already have access to their conversations directly in the Facebook app. Meta will likely test the feature for several weeks before rolling it out more widely, to make sure no bugs interfere with its return.
Anyway, once deployed for all users, this feature will above all allow Internet users to no longer have to download two applications if they want to follow the news of their friends while chatting with them. Also remember that it is possible to send messages on Instagram directly from Messenger, but we do not know if this functionality will be available as soon as Messenger is integrated with Facebook.
This will allow not only to make space on the storage of smartphones, but could also increase the performance of the devices, including their autonomy. For a few years now, Facebook has been accused of secretly draining phone batteries, so limiting the number of apps installed could be a good solution.