Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook and Messenger, has confirmed it will retire the standalone Messenger desktop application and the Messenger.com web messaging site in 2026, prompting ...

Facebook has announced that its Facebook Messenger service for Windows desktop PCs and Firefox will be discontinued next week. The standalone messenger client will cease working on March 3, and the ...

I’m not a big fan of using Facebook. The website feels pretty horrible in today’s current climate, with racism, homophobia, transphobia, and so much more; however, I still use Facebook Messenger.

From April 2026, users will no longer be able to access messenger.com, and web-based chats will instead be routed through Facebook, according to an update posted on the company’s help pages. Meta is ...