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It looks like Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are having some technical difficulties right now. Many users have complained about not able to send and receive messages through the platforms. Not just in Malaysia, other countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Australia are facing the same problem as well.

Today, you can now send secret messages to your friends and family on your Facebook Messenger and Instagram. The vanish mode is a chatroom that you don't need to delete the messages and it will automatically disappear in a short time by itself. In the secret chatroom, you still can send a message as per normal such as texts, photos, voice messages, emoji, gif, and stickers.

Facebook Avatar is finally here in Malaysia after it was launched at overseas. But you might not know the existence of this feature, so what does it do? Avatar allows you to create and enable you to share a range of emotions and expressions in a fun way.

During the pandemic, Facebook updated its Messenger allowing users to have a video call together up to 50 people. And now just this morning, they quietly rolled out another update that enables us to "Watch Together" any videos that are on Facebook Watch in real-time.

When Facebook rolled out Messenger Rooms globally in May, it was probably hoping to become the top video call service. With Zoom and Google Meet in the way, that hasn't happened yet. But the company has added some new features and changes to Messenger Rooms that may entice more users to it.

Based on a statement by The Verge, it seems that Facebook has recently pushed out an update which allows users to have both their Messenger and Instagram chat to be combined together, allowing you to chat with users on either platform. While not much is known in regards to which Facebook-owned social media platform they plan on merging next.

As many of you know, video calling has become the new norm for many in the past months. Platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams saw massive growth in user numbers, causing many companies to jump on the bandwagon. Facebook became one of them when it officially released Messenger Rooms last month and has now announced a new feature that's rather interesting.

Video chat service is one of the things that we can't live without during this pandemic. Not only keeping us connected, but it is also used for various professional purposes while we're being quarantined at home. Screen sharing is an important tool for video chat service to let users interact with one and another. For that, Facebook has updated the Messenger with a new screen sharing feature for those who would like to share their phone screens with their family and friends.

"A cross-platform between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, you say?" Yes, it looks like this is going to happen and it's currently in development as we speak. This was discovered by @Alex193a, a reverse engineer when he was checking out some codes inside Messenger, showcasing many "whats_app" files.

If you're paranoid about your Facebook inbox messages being seen, then you'll probably like what the company is currently testing. Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature that lets you add some security to the Messenger app. Specifically, it's said that the company is working on allowing you to add another layer of protection over your inbox.