As a keen FBer, I'm quite excited about the prospect of the native Facebook chat application. I've tried out several third-party chat apps within Facebook, and none were exactly what I'd call seamless ...

Facebook will soon start weighing in on your conversations. The social media giant announced Thursday that it’s bringing a virtual assistant to its Messenger chat app that aims to make helpful ...

After killing Direct, which was supposed to be Instagram's own messaging system, Facebook is going to unveil a new chat app that will be tied to Instagram accounts, as if the world needed more ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The fusion of Oculus and Facebook continues apace at this year's sixth annual Oculus Connect conference, with this year's biggest example coming in the form of Facebook Horizon: a new ...

In brief: Remember when you could chat to friends in the main Facebook app without having to load Messenger? Five years after it disappeared, it looks like that option might be returning. App ...

Facebook wants to give you and your boo some space, so it created a chat app for iPhone users in love. Tuned is the product of Facebook’s New Product Experimentation Team. The engineers designed the ...

Now there’s a Facebook Chat app for the enterprise. The social network has quietly published a standalone Workplace Chat app, a year after it launched its browser-based Workplace enterprise networking ...

A new Facebook chat app designed for kids is raising concern among lawmakers and children’s groups over data privacy and safety. The app, Messenger Kids, is targeted toward children aged 6-12, who are ...

Users of Facebook will start seeing the site's new chat feature showing up in their browsers starting today, the company has announced. According to a blog post by Facebook's Josh Wiseman, users won't ...

Facebook’s messaging application doesn’t support encryption, but an open-source chat program, Cryptocat, has made it possible to chat with friends there over an encrypted connection. The program’s ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In an update of the chat app Kik, starting today users can now make video ...

Facebook has launched the start of its push into smart home software. Ignoring calls that it’s creepy, Facebook is forging onward with its Portal gadget Today Facebook quietly released iOS and Android ...