Washington Facebook Messenger has recently added many new features. Features that users get include end-to-end encryption, screenshot detection, message responses, typing indicators, among many others.
Messenger added end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chatting in 2016, when it was still called Facebook Messenger, and Meta was still Facebook,
Many things have changed now, but the optional feature is completely available to everyone, with toggles for encrypting text messages as well as group chats and calls, as The Verge reports.
Meta has discussed switching to E2EE as the default, but it may not happen until next year at the earliest, as some regulator It is claimed that this will harm public safety.
Messenger users can join secure chats in two ways, either through disappearing mode, by swiping up on an existing chat to enter one where messages automatically disappear when the window is closed, or the original version called 2016 Presented as a secret conversation. , You can toggle it on by toggling the lock icon when you start a new chat.
Apart from the full rollout of the feature, Messenger also has a few new features that can be enabled. Now, in end-to-end encrypted chat, you can use GIFs, stickers, reactions and long press to reply or forward messages.
Encrypted chats now also support verified badge So that people can identify authentic accounts. You can also save exchanged media in chat, and there’s a Snapchat-style screenshot notification that will roll out over the next few weeks.
Screenshot detection feature and message reaction feature is something that WhatsApp users have been waiting for a long time. However, now that Facebook has made the features available for Messenger, they may soon be unveiled on WhatsApp as well.
All the new features will be rolled out to Messenger in the coming weeks.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.
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