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San Francisco: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is adding a new Slack-like “@everyone” functionality that will notify all participants in a chat about a new message. When you start a message with @everyone, all participants in the chat will be notified. @everyone is perfect for group reminders, impromptu get-togethers or when you need to gather […]

The new quick reply bar to the Messenger media viewer makes it easier to have conversations sparked by a cool photo or video without needing to go back to your main chat thread.

The company said that while it expects to make more progress on default end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Instagram Direct this year.

"Kids are increasingly asking their parents if they can join apps that help them keep up with their friends," Mosseri said in a tweet.

The smartwatch is expected to be feature loaded and would join Facebook's Oculus virtual reality headsets as well as Portal video chat devices as part of the social network's growing hardware ecosystem.

Greeting each other on festivals has changed as with WhatsApp, FaceTime, Messenger and other messaging and video calling apps taking over what cards used to do earlier

Currently, the Snapchat-inspired Vanish Mode will work on individual chats and not group chats, reports The Verge.