Facebook first announced they would be redesigning their Messenger app to be simpler and easier to use back in August 2019 and it appears the company is starting to roll out that new design this week.
Facebook previously made its Messenger app a one-stop-shop for connecting people and businesses, adding bloat like games, shopping, and confusing chatbots to serve as automated middlemen between users and businesses. Now the company will be hiding most of that unwanted bloat and focusing on just two (2) tabs at the bottom of the app: Chats and People. The latter will be a page dedicated to Stories, which is where you share photos and videos that stay up for only 24 hours. Facebook more or less ripped off its popular Stories feature from Snapchat. A sub-tab adjacent to Stories shows which friends are currently online. Instagram, another Facebook app, averages a whopping 500 Million daily users of its Stories feature as of January 2020. So it’s not difficult to see why Facebook is also pushing the Stories feature hard on its Messenger app. Since Stories also display ads, more eyes on users’ Stories means more revenue for Facebook. Any content previously found in the Discover tab of the Messenger app isn’t gone for good. Now you’ll just have to access it via the search bar, which the majority of users would not do - so businesses will have a hard time committing more resources in this area. Facebook, however, says it remains committed to promoting businesses on its platforms and that they still play an important part of Messenger. See screenshots below from the redesigned Messenger app and let us know your thoughts in the comments. We are a small operation. If you've found our articles to be informative, please consider supporting us via PayPal or buying us a coffee. Your contribution is incredibly appreciated and goes a long way. Simply sharing our articles also helps us. Sign up for our free WhatsApp Alerts to be notified as soon as we post breaking news. NEW! Check out our Merchandise Store for high-quality t-shirts, hats and more!
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