You can now add themes, custom emojis, reactions, group profile photos, and more to your so-called "secret conversations". That's right, no more plain white backgrounds in encrypted Messenger chats.

To create a secret conversation on Messenger, start a new chat and tap the lock icon. Messenger's secret conversations are encrypted, meaning not even Facebook can read them. Secret conversations ...

Facebook now lets you conduct polls in Messenger, so when you need to get a bunch of people to reach a decision, you can start a group conversation in Messenger and take a vote. Tap Polls when ...

You can protect your privacy to some extent by using Messenger’s Secret Conversations feature, which turns on end-to-end encryption so no one can access the text, pictures, or videos except you ...

Facebook Messenger makes it easy to set nicknames on your contacts. As much as you love your friends and family, they can get too chatty. I mute conversations when I need to focus on something or ...

Currently, Meta has E2EE available on its Messenger platform but only on a per-chat basis. The company has announced its intention to turn on E2EE by default soon, but in the meantime, if you’re ...

If the update is taking a while to roll out on your end, you can still take advantage of the old way to use E2EE in Messenger. This hidden feature is called “secret conversation,” and it’s ...

Meta is expanding tests that make encryption the default for Facebook Messenger. You'll see the changes to some conversation threads in the "next few months," the company says. If you're part of ...

Does Facebook notify screenshots being taken by recipients? In this article, we’ll show you how to set up a Messenger conversation so that you get notified when the recipient screenshots your ...