{"id":135041,"date":"2023-12-05T19:32:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135041"},"modified":"2023-12-05T19:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:32:41","slug":"meta-is-quietly-killing-facebook-and-instagram-cross-app-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/meta-is-quietly-killing-facebook-and-instagram-cross-app-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta is quietly killing Facebook and Instagram cross-app messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Messaging between Facebook and Instagram will be AXED later this month&#8230; here&#8217;s what it means for YOUR old conversations<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Cross-app&#8217; chats will be disabled sometime in December\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Old conversations will still be available, but you cannot start new ones\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0US tech giants face new curbs on their power under the DMA<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meta is killing a feature that allowed\u00a0direct messaging\u00a0between its different social media platforms &#8211; less than three years after it launched.<\/p>\n<p>So-called &#8216;cross-app&#8217; chats between\u00a0Instagram and Facebook will no longer be possible in &#8216;mid-December 2023,&#8217; according to an update quietly released by Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, your old conversations that happened across the two apps will still be available &#8211; but you won&#8217;t be able to reply to them or start new ones.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/17\/32057804-12828371-In_August_2020_Facebook_rolled_out_an_update_that_merged_Instagr-a-6_1701798910323.jpg\" height=\"548\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In August 2020 Facebook rolled out an update that merged Instagram with Messenger. But now the company is ending the cross-app compatibility<\/p>\n<p>There was no public fanfare to the new announcement, which appears to have been published on or before November 21, The Verge noticed.<\/p>\n<p>The DailyMail.com has reached out to Meta for comment on why the company is making this move. This article will be updated if we receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>Meta had said the 2020 cross-app chat merger would make it more convenient for Facebook Messenger users to message friends and family without having to download Instagram, and vice versa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/05\/18\/78608777-12828371-image-a-10_1701800222323.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Meta did not explain its reasoning behind de-linking its different platforms&#8217; messaging abilities<\/p>\n<p>Some observers have noted that the change could be due to European Union&#8217;s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a sweeping piece of legislation aimed at limiting big tech companies&#8217; market dominance.<\/p>\n<p>The DMA&#8217;s intent is to make it easier for consumers to move between different competing services, including &#8216;social media platforms, internet browsers, and app stores,&#8217; according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, appears to be developing a third-party chats feature that will be DMA-compatible, according to 9 to 5 Mac.<\/p>\n<p>Users should still be able to search and view their existing messages that they sent between Instagram and Messenger, but all the other cross-app functionality will disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Meta has not announced a specific date for the cutoff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are the full details of the update, from Instagram&#8217;s help center.\u00a0The details of the new development are pretty self-explanatory, even if the reasoning is not:\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Once cross-app communication isn\u2019t available:\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You won\u2019t be able to start new conversations or calls with Facebook accounts from Instagram.<\/li>\n<li>Any existing chats on Instagram that you\u2019ve had with Facebook accounts will become read-only, even if these Facebook accounts are removed from the chat. This means that you and others with Instagram accounts can\u2019t send new messages in these chats.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook accounts won\u2019t be able to view your Activity Status or whether you\u2019ve seen a message.<\/li>\n<li>Any existing chats you&#8217;ve had with Facebook accounts won&#8217;t move to your inbox on Facebook or Messenger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12828371\/meta-facebook-messenger-instagram-messaging-no-longer-compatible.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messaging between Facebook and Instagram will be AXED later this month&#8230; here&#8217;s what it means for YOUR old conversations &#8216;Cross-app&#8217;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meta is quietly killing Facebook and Instagram cross-app messaging - bluemull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/meta-is-quietly-killing-facebook-and-instagram-cross-app-messaging\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meta is quietly killing Facebook and Instagram cross-app messaging - bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Messaging between Facebook and Instagram will be AXED later this month&#8230; 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