Messenger, also known as Facebook[4] Messenger, is an American proprietary mensagens instantâneas[1] application developed by Meta-plataformas[3]. Since its initial release on August 9, 2011, it has been continually updated for various operating systems, including Android, iOS[5], Windows, and macOS. The app offers a wide range of features for users, making it a widely used platform for instant messaging. It provides seamless communication services and diverse functionalities, integrating well with the Facebook platform[2]. Messenger is a significant component of the Meta Platforms ecosystem, and it continues to evolve through regular updates and the addition of new features. Its development journey has also been marked by notable legal cases, including Young v. Facebook, Inc., Fraley v. Facebook, Inc., and Force v. Facebook, Inc.
Messenger, also known as Facebook Messenger, is an American proprietary mensagens instantâneas app and platform developed by Meta-plataformas. Originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008, the company revamped its messaging service in 2010, released standalone iOS e Android apps in 2011, and released standalone Facebook Portal hardware for Messenger calling in 2018. In April 2015, Facebook launched a dedicated website interface, Messenger.com, and separated the messaging functionality from the main Facebook app, allowing users to use the web interface or download one of the standalone apps. In April 2020, Facebook released a Messenger desktop app for Windows e macOS.
Criador(es) | Meta-plataformas | ||||||||
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Lançamento inicial | August 9, 2011 April 2020 | ||||||||
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Sistema operativo | Web, Android, iOS, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Phone, macOS, WatchOS, Wear OS | ||||||||
Size | 53.33 MB (Android) 124.1 MB (iOS) 169.4 MB (Windows 10 and Windows 11) 91.3 MB (macOS) | ||||||||
Available in | 111 languages | ||||||||
List of languages Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (België), English (UK), English (US), English (upside down), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Frisian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Japanese (Kansai), Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian (bokmal), Norwegian (nynorsk), Oriya, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Serbian, Shona, Silesian, Simplified Chinese (China), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorani Kurdish, Spanish, Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Syriac, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh and Zaza | |||||||||
Tipo | Mensagens instantâneas, VoIP | ||||||||
Licença | Freeware, proprietary | ||||||||
Sítio Web | messenger.com facebook.com/messages |
Messenger is used to send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, and also react to other users' messages and interact with bots. The service also supports voice e video calling. The standalone apps support using multiple accounts, conversations with optional end-to-end encryption, and playing games.