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Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, will gradually roll out this feature, starting with third-party chat integration and expanding to include rich messaging features such as reactions, typing indicators, and read receipts.

Meta is introducing enhancements to its parental supervision tools. Parents will now have the authority to approve or deny changes in default privacy settings made by their teenage children.

Broadcast channels are already popular on other apps owned by Meta, like Instagram and WhatsApp. The idea is to make it easier for people who run Pages to talk to their followers and for followers to get exclusive content.

Meta has introduced a range of AI-powered tools and features, promising to enhance user experiences across its apps. These innovations include AI assistants, image editing, AI-generated stickers, and AI personality chatbots.

In this article, we will tell you about the most popular messaging apps around the world. WhatsApp has the most users worldwide, while Facebook Messenger dominates the market of the USA.

Facebook updated Messenger's logo. The updated icon now uses a gradient from blue to pink instead of solid blue, which is similar in style to the Instagram icon. Also, Messenger now has new themes for chatting with more customization options.

Facebook announced that it would merge Messenger chat with Instagram, allowing users to communicate seamlessly across the two platforms.