All About FB Messenger

Founder(s): Facebook

Founded: Aug 09, 2011

Type Of App: Instant Messaging, Social Media

Use: Instant Messaging, Social Networking

Nature Of Business: Public

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, U.S.

Area Served: Worldwide

Industry Type: Internet

Website: www.messenger.com

Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, and subsequently released standalone iOS and Android apps in August 2011. Over the years, Facebook has released new apps on a variety of different operating systems, launched a dedicated website interface, and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app, requiring users to use the web interface or download one of the standalone apps. Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, as well as react to other users' messages and interact with bots. The service also supports voice and video calling. The standalone apps support using multiple accounts, conversations with optional end-to-end encryption, and playing games.