Messenger
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Messaging app owned by Meta, spun out of Facebook's in-app chat as a standalone app in 2011.

Messenger is a messaging app owned by [Meta](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/organizations/meta.html), released in August 2011 as a standalone app spun out of Facebook's in-site chat and tied to the Facebook account system.

It supports text, voice and video calls, group chats, stickers and payments, and has gradually been merged with Instagram direct messages; in some markets it also carries customer service conversations between businesses and users.

Updated: 2026-10-30

Relations:
- Published by: Meta https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/organizations/meta.html

Sources:
- Messenger https://www.messenger.com/
- About Messenger https://about.meta.com/technologies/messenger/