Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Facebook has launched the very first standalone Messenger app for desktop, available now on Windows and macOS. Audio and video calling via Messenger on a desktop browser has grown 100% in the past ...

Facebook Messenger is the most popular iPhone app, but you don’t need to rely on your iPhone or Android to send messages to Facebook friends. Instead of using the Facebook website, you can use one of ...

While messaging platforms including Meebo had attempted to bring messaging to the Web, Facebook officially released its desktop messenger for Windows yesterday. The messaging platform was initially ...

Facebook has started testing a Facebook Messenger for Windows desktop client with a limited group of users, currently in beta. The application, which requires Windows 7, provides access to three main ...

Meta has confirmed it will shut down Messenger’s standalone desktop apps for macOS and Windows on December 15, 2025. From that date onward, those trying to log in on the desktop client will be ...