Facebook's Messenger app has long competed with other chat services, its latest desktop version features free video and text chat, as well as Dark Mode.

Over the past month, Facebook saw a more than 100% increase in people using their desktop browser for audio and video calling on Messenger, the company said. Users can download the app on the ...

The new desktop Facebook Messenger app is similar to the mobile version which launched for iOS and Android in 2011, with video calls being added in 2016.

Facebook also lists these as key highlights of the Messenger desktop app: Group video calls: Stay in touch with family and friends on a much larger screen compared to using a smartphone.

Project Lightspeed – Messenger is reengineering its app to cut 70 mb off its download size so people with low-storage phones don’t have to delete as many photos to install it.

The app doesn't currently support chat, which isn't really a drawback due to Facebook chat's suckage—but if you are that addicted to Facebook chat, you can already get it on your desktop easily ...

Facebook Messenger finally has its own desktop app, making it easier to message and video chat with friends and family from your computer. Facebook’s Messenger desktop app joins the increasingly ...