10 million people already customize chat threads in Messenger everyday.įacebook isn’t stopping there.

New custom emoji reactions and message effects will help people put more emotion and creativity into their conversations. Replying to specific messages, forwarding messages, and chat themes.

There will be all of the old familiar features. Messenger on Instagram will look and feel exactly how it does on Facebook. Yet, one out of three people find it difficult to remember where to find a certain conversation thread.įacebook has officially announced they will connect Messenger and Instagram to create one seamless messaging experience more than 18 months after Mark Zuckerberg’s initial announcement of a unified messaging infrastructure for Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. 75% of consumers also prefer to engage with brands using private messaging channels vs traditional channels. Over 1.3 billion people use Messenger as a place to share content and stay in touch with friends. The role of messaging apps for staying in touch has become even more important since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Video calls, sending GIFS, and sharing stories are parts of daily communication in a digitally connected world.

They’ve continually explored new ways to improve how people communicate online with over 100 billion messages sent on Facebook’s family of apps each day. Messaging has come a long way since Facebook first introduced it to Instagram and Messenger.

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