Facebook Messenger & Messenger Kids undergo massive redesign, will remove Discover tab

dedicated messenger app of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, is going through a massive redesign for both Android and iOS platforms. In update, Facebook is said to be ditching chatbots and letting go of Discover tab as a part of more significant redesign. Here is everything you must kw about new Facebook Messenger update.

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A move to focus on speed and simplicity

According to reports by a leing techlogy portal, upcoming changes are meant to be a part of more substantial Messenger platform redesign. y also said that new update reorients People tab around Stories as Facebook Stories tries to dominate expiring content segment, which was inspired by Snapchat Stories. reports mention how, under leership of Stan Chudvsky, app has been streamlined to work as a functional messaging app.

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In new design, Facebook is promoting a ‘People’ section. new section contains large squares that are dedicated to friends who have recently posted/updated ir Facebook stories. Ar significant redesign that can be ticed is organisation of contact list to show most used contacts who are online and active on top and ors below m, based on frequency of contacting.

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Apart from se visual changes, Instant Games and Transportation features will also be removed from chat composer’s utility tray. y will be moved inside app and will require dedicated searches to find m. changes mentioned above will take place during span of next week, and many users will start to tice se differences while using Facebook Messenger app.

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Makers to tweak Messenger Kids along with Facebook Messenger

In order to provide parents with access and more control over what ir kids are doing on Messenger Kids app, developers ded an array of new privacy and parental control features on parental control dashboard. parents will w be able to access data like who ir kids are talking to, wher y are video calling ir contacts, and if y have blocked anyone on app through app’s parental control dashboard. Facebook Messenger for Kids was launched back in 2017, and it h received a lot of criticism over privacy issues.

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