Facebook Messenger ~ Generations Next Stop

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Facebook Messenger

By talha 2:16 AM 1 comment

Messenger "Connecting Peoples"

Introducing Vedio Calling In Messenger

Facebook Messenger (sometimes abbreviated as Messenger) is a free instant messaging service and software application which provides text and voice communication. Integrated with Facebook's web-based Chat feature and built on the open MQTT protocol, Messenger lets Facebook users chat with friends both on mobile and on the main website.

Facebook has reported that Facebook Messenger has reached 1 billion monthly active users.David A. Marcus heads Facebook Messenger and had joined Facebook on invitation of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.

Bots

Facebook Messenger supports chatbots, and in April 2016 launched a Messenger Platform service which allows developers to create bot accounts that can interact with Facebook users. Bots created at launch include weather services, CNN news, 1-80 Flowers and the interactive fiction adventure Zork.

Pay with Messenger

In June 2015, Facebook Messenger rolled out peer-to-peer payment service across the U.S. which allows users to transfer money with one another within the chat by tapping the dollar icon for free using debit cards. Although the service is only available within the U.S. and in U.S. Dollars, Facebook Messenger payment service might soon also roll-out in Europe, as Facebook Payments International Ltd. has been granted an E-Money Institution authorization by the Central Bank of Ireland in October 2016.

Instant Games

As of November 2016, Facebook unveiled a new initiative called Facebook Instant Games, an HTML5 gaming platform to play games on Messenger and in the Facebook News feed. It introduced users to 17 new in-app instant games such as Pac-Man, Endless Lake, Galaga and Arkanoid.

Reception

In November 2014, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) listed Facebook Messenger (Facebook chat) on its Secure Messaging Scorecard. It received a score of 2 out of 7 points on the scorecard. It received points for having communications encrypted in transit and for having recently completed an independent security audit. It missed points because the communications were not encrypted with keys the provider didn't have access to, users could not verify contacts' identities, past messages were not secure if the encryption keys were stolen, the source code was not open to independent review, and the security design was not properly documented.