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Meta AI Chatbot Makes Debut In India Across WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram; Here's How To Access

The Meta AI chatbot has rolled out in more than 12 countries including the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.  

Jun 24, 2024, 15:10 PM IST

Instagram, Facebook Outage Results in Mark Zuckerberg's $3 Billion Loss

Even with the considerable decline, Zuckerberg might still hold onto his rank as the world's fourth-richest person. 

Mar 06, 2024, 15:23 PM IST

Meta To Let EU Users Unlink Their Instagram, Facebook, And Messenger Accounts

Users in the EU, European Economic Area, and Switzerland will soon be able to unlink their Instagram, Messenger and Facebook accounts. 

Jan 22, 2024, 18:57 PM IST

Meta unveils upgraded 3D avatars on Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram stories: Here’s how it will work

Avatars are just the first step toward enabling everyone to express themselves in their unique ways," said Manish Chopra, Director and Head Partnerships, Meta India.

May 25, 2022, 10:24 AM IST

Facebook Messenger groups to have end-to-end encryption for calls, chats

Messenger now has end-to-end encrypted chats, GIFs, stickers, reactions, and long-press to reply or forward messages.

Jan 30, 2022, 08:33 AM IST

Meta Compliance Report: Facebook took action on 16.2 million content pieces in India in November

Meta said that more than 16.2 million content pieces were "actioned" on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively in India during the month of November.

Dec 31, 2021, 18:00 PM IST

AI Chatbot For Facebook Messenger

The Zebrabuzz Facebook chatbot interface is straightforward to use and comes with a free version that gives you access to the entire features of a pro version. 

Aug 16, 2021, 16:43 PM IST

Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice, video calls

Facebook`s WhatsApp and Messenger services already have end-to-end encryption on personal texts messages sent by users.

Aug 13, 2021, 22:47 PM IST

Facebook unveils new features for Instagram and Messenger: Check how it works

Besides that, users of Instagram will be able to send a visual reply in DMs. This feature is already available in Stories, and it allows users to send a reply with another photo or video. This feature is only for iOS now and it will soon be launched on Android.

May 07, 2021, 15:45 PM IST

Facebook unveils new Holi themed avatars: Here’s how to use them

With the help of the smartphone’s camera, one can create a Facebook avatar and it will show different options of skin tones to choose from, and then you’ll have a set of various options to customise your hair, colours, eyes, mouth, face shape, complexion, eyebrows, and makeup.

Mar 27, 2021, 12:45 PM IST

Facebook's Vanish Mode arrives on Messenger, Instagram

Currently, the Snapchat-inspired Vanish Mode will work on individual chats and not group chats, reports The Verge.

Nov 13, 2020, 09:40 AM IST

FB to introduce separate section for reported chats in Messenger

The upcoming feature will also generate a lot of useful data that can help the social network enforce its community guidelines.

Sep 10, 2020, 17:56 PM IST

Facebook introduces forwarding limit on Messenger, now forwarding allowed to 5 people or group at a time

This limit kicks in once a message has been previously forwarded five times or more.

Sep 04, 2020, 10:34 AM IST

Facebook begins merging Instagram, Messenger chats: Report

In another step to integrate its family of apps that are being used by 3.14 billion users globally, Facebook has also integrated Messenger rooms with WhatsApp on the Web.
 

Aug 15, 2020, 12:04 PM IST

Go live on Facebook from Messenger Room group video calls

This feature is rolling out in some countries on Facebook and Messenger web from Friday.

Jul 24, 2020, 13:15 PM IST

Facebook rolls outs Dark Mode on mobile for some users globally

Facebook Dark Mode interface will not be completely black like on Instagram and Messenger but a grayscale design with white accents for logos and icons.

Jun 29, 2020, 16:54 PM IST

India launches coronavirus COVID-19 Facebook and Messenger chatbot helpdesk

The Corona helpdesk chatbot will also suggest the dos and Donts to prevent the further spread of deadly coronavirus.

Mar 27, 2020, 07:50 AM IST

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger stop working amid Thanksgiving outage

Some users reportedly said that they were able to see parts of each app, while others said that the services appeared to be working as normal. 

Nov 28, 2019, 11:57 AM IST

Facebook to launch unified payment service across all of its apps

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year the company is planning to unify the messaging infrastructure across its platforms. He said the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible as direct messaging was likely to dwarf discussion on the traditional, open platform of Facebook`s news feed in a few years.

Nov 13, 2019, 07:34 AM IST

Facebook to unveil new versions of Portal video chat devices, which enables video chat on Messenger, WhatsApp

Facebook Inc plans to release new versions of its Portal video chatting devices this fall, the company`s vice president of AR/VR Andrew Bosworth said during an interview at Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Jun 11, 2019, 07:17 AM IST