

Several of us commented on the placement of our own video window. Same with creative backgrounds and filters, also “coming soon.” Messenger developers told me we’ll be able to add more people, but I couldn’t pin them down on when that will be. My daughter’s birthday is this coming weekend, and it would be great to get more like 20 people into one screen on the Portal TV for the celebration. The biggest cons so far are the fact it’s limited to eight people. Why CVS, Walgreens allow pharmacists to deny birth control Georgia residents can claim embryo as a dependent on their state taxes As online shopping slows, Amazon closes or pauses 40 warehouses is Gen Z underestimating how much money it will need to retire? The Daily Money delivers our top personal finance stories to your inbox Early impressions: What's missing

There are GIFS available now, with backgrounds, AR filters, and the ability to add more than eight people, “coming soon.” You can also use the new Messenger for Desktop to video chat with people using Messenger on mobile devices or children using Messenger Kids. It works across devices, iOS, Android, different browsers, and Facebook’s Portal screens. You can get a total of eight people in one video call: Open a new message window, click the contacts you want to add and click the video symbol in the upper right-hand corner. You don’t need to know anyone’s email or phone number, the text chatting, calling and video features are there, for people you’ve already approved as Facebook friends, so no stranger can crash-in unexpectedly. Click on that icon in your toolbar and it opens up the same Messenger window you’re used to, but reimagined for the big screen. Sign-in, set notification preferences, and the small logo appears in your toolbar. 'We're all in this together': Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood home concert crashes Facebook Live How it worksĭownload Messenger for Desktop from your app store. Tested and trusted by millions of users.Everbody's streaming: From Facebook to YouTube, live video is back.Badge with the notifications in the taskbar (Windows) and dock (Mac OS X).Auto launch option on system start-up (available for Windows and Mac OSX).Additional chat features like emoji, smiley, stickers etc.Surf Facebook without opening Facebook in web browser.Three different themes: Default, Mosaic and Dark.Sounds can be enabled or disabled in settings.Use emoticons and sticks available in Facebook text conversation.

Know when your text messages were read.Disabled by default but can be enabled in settings. Features of Facebook Messenger for Desktop Facebook messenger app has now at competition and more precisely said, an alternative to Microsoft Skype and Google Hangouts who have been popular for voice and video calling and chat.
