RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

Meta has officially discontinued the Facebook Messenger desktop app for Mac and Windows, redirecting users to the Facebook website for messaging. Launched during the pandemic, the app struggled ...

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 breaking free with a new desktop app that can be used to video chat while stuck at home. The company announced on Thursday that it's releasing a standalone Messenger desktop app ...

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 FB has launched the very first standalone Messenger app for desktop, available for Microsoft Windows and Apple’s macOS. The social media giant had originally announced the Messenger desktop ...

Why it matters: More and more people are being forced to stay home during this time. Facebook is trying to capitalize off the lack of physical interaction by launching a new desktop app for group ...