Messenger 4 is all about simpler and easier-to-use messaging. Focusing on simplicity, we are bringing a easy to use interface with new fun features like color gradient background to personalize your conversations even more.
Hey everyone, we are super happy to release this new version of Messenger today. It has been a lot of work and a great journey to simplify this app used by 1.3B people.
@jmd you must feel quite the sense of responsibility when updating anything used by that many people! What were the leading factors when making decisions about the updates to make?
@jmd Seriously hate how people were forced to download this app instead of just enhancing the functionality of the Facebook app's messaging system. Absolutely ridiculous splintering of a product for no reason.
@ems_hodge Primary user feedback. 7 out of 10 people told us simplicity is the top priority and we obviously agreed that this was a huge opportunity and an area where we could do way better.
Nice to see Facebook do a refresh of Messenger. It's common for apps like this to build feature and UX debt. That said, I ultimately use chat apps my friends are on and as much as I love business fish, new features and cleaner UX won't change my adoption (although it might get me to come back to the app more often each day in ways I don't even recognize).
I'm curious to hear peoples' thoughts on Messenger in general. Do you use it? Most people use multiple apps to communicate with different groups of people. What's your favorite messaging app today?
@rrhoover Super excited to try the new version!
I use it a lot on an everyday basis. In college we use all day (No Islands in France 😬@gregisenberg when are you coming? 😉)
I don't receive a lot of SMS (sometimes 0 to 3), but can receive sometimes like 250+ notifications in Messenger since I am in several group chats. We have a group for everything, classes, friend groups, best friends, clubs, birthday parties, events, school projects,...
But I also use other messaging apps like Snapchat, iMessage, Twitter DMs. I can be sometimes chatting with the same person on Snap and Messenger ^^
@rrhoover I used to use it, but it's such a resource heavy app that I switched to the lite version, which I like much better. But only have the 1 friend who uses it :P
At the moment my most used/fav app would probably be Discord, one, because most of my friends are there, and two, it's most like how the old Skype app used to feel. (and you can edit your messages when you make types, which I think most other chat apps should have)
@ems_hodge There are certainly the purpose of improving battery life and not being a deer in headlights when opening in the evening. Honestly, we also did it because it looks really cool :D
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