Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook and Messenger, has confirmed it will retire the standalone Messenger desktop application and the Messenger.com web messaging site in 2026, prompting ...

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RIP to Facebook Messenger’s desktop app. The native app for Mac and Windows is no longer available to users as of today, December 15, 2025, and existing users are being directed to the Facebook ...

The Facebook Messenger desktop app for macOS is being axed on December 15, forcing Mac users into using the web version, for better or worse. At the time, Facebook had already pulled the app from the ...

This is important because: Meta is steering desktop messaging into the browser, not native clients. That gives it one code path to maintain, faster rollouts, and tighter alignment across Windows and ...

Meta is officially deprecating its Windows and Mac support for its Messenger app on December 15, potentially leaving millions of users without a convenient way to converse with friends. Once the ...

Meta has published a support doc that states its Messenger app for Mac is being discontinued. New users won’t be able to download the app at all, and existing users have about 60 more days of use ...

If you're using Messenger on macOS, you'll want to switch to something else — and probably sooner, rather than later. According to a pair of Facebook Help Center page, Facebook is axing its Desktop ...

Meta is starting to move more teens on Facebook and Messenger into dedicated "teen accounts" that have added parental controls and other protections for younger users. The expansion comes as the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Facebook is quietly removing a major feature that many people use daily to talk with other group members. And they're replacing it ...

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