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Facebook Links Messaging Platforms

Sep 30, 2020, 12:37 PM by Rich Brome

Facebook has started testing the ability to send direct messages between its Instagram and Facebook Messenger apps. Facebook is also updating messaging in Instagram to be more like Messenger, adding features such as vanishing messages, selfie stickers, custom emoji, and new ways to block unwanted messages. The new features are currently being "tested in select markets and will expand globally in the coming months." Facebook announced plans to integrate its various messaging platforms last year, eventually including WhatsApp.

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digitalindia

Oct 5, 2020, 2:25 AM
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Oct 1, 2020, 6:18 AM

WhatsApp Timeline

Has Facebook given a timeline yet for the integration between FB Messenger and WhatsApp? As a former Facebook subscriber, I don’t miss the drama nor the time I wasted perusing their platform daily, I do miss the ability to IM folks who still have it.

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