CALIFORNIA (Kashmir English): Meta is going to discontinue Messenger’s desktop apps for both Windows and Mac on December 15.
From December 16 onwards, users will need to access Facebook or open Messenger on the web to continue chatting through the app on their computer, as per a report by CNET, an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
The report said, Meta will send an in-app notification to users once it begins the process to shut down the desktop apps.
Users will have a 60-day time to continue using the app before it is shut down permanently.
Once the 60-day window is over, users will “be blocked from using the Mac Messenger app”, the app’s help page reads.
Meta has advised users to enable secure storage in Messenger to save their chat history.
Users who have not enabled secure storage will need to turn it on and set up a PIN from their desktop app to save their chat history.
Messenger chat history
Messenger users will have their chat history available on all platforms once they transition to Facebook.com.
Those who use Messenger without a Facebook account will be redirected to Messenger.com, where they will still be able to log in without creating a Facebook account.
Meta removed Messenger from Facebook in 2014, aiming to make it a separate messaging platform.
