Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching ...

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey developed Bitchat, a privacy-focused messaging app that works offline via Bluetooth without ...

Even now, if users have Messenger installed on iOS, Facebook's main app will kick them over to it when they want to chat with friends. The only difference with the upcoming change is that users ...

Facebook moves all mobile chat to Messenger app. By Zach Miners. Jul 29, 2014 4:52 am PDT. If you like to send messages via Facebook when you’re on the move, get ready to download a new app.

Since Facebook is taking messaging out of its main app, you’ll need Messenger if you want to chat to people privately on your phone. Messenger includes text chat, group chat, photo/video sharing ...

Facebook Home is due out today and will likely arrive soon, but the standalone Messenger app update is already here, and it brings Chat Heads support to most Android devices, regardless of whether ...

Facebook has been rolling out alerts prompting users to download its Messenger app. The trick to stop these alerts–and to get back the old private message interface in its flagship app ...

Can't see family and friends in person? You can still connect face-to-face with video chat apps. We've picked some of the best to help you stay in touch.

As many as 50 people at a time can participate in a group video chat, and it’s free to use over Wi-Fi. Facebook says 245 million people make video calls on Messenger every month. More from CBS News ...

Now, if users want to chat on Facebook, they'll have to do it through the standalone Messenger app. Facebook first rolled out its Messenger-only system to select European countries in April, but ...

Facebook added a new feature to its Messenger apps for Android and iOS via an update on Friday: Voice messages and chat. Instead of typing messages or sending photos and smiley faces, now you can ...