It also includes a dark mode, which Facebook has been rolling out as one of the new features introduced to the desktop’s redesign.

  • The launch of a standalone desktop app for Facebook Messenger has been a long time coming, with strong hints that Facebook was working on an app.
  • Facebook later launched a desktop app for Workplace, its collaboration tool, in late 2017. But it didn’t announce Messenger for desktop until last year.
  • As many of us practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, video chat are becoming vital tools to keep in contact with friends and family.
  • Facebook finally launching a full version of its Messenger desktop app should make it a little bit easier for users to video chat with friends.