After Facebook previously announced an update about plans to turn on end-to-end encryption in Messenger or secret chats, this time it’s time to release a new feature. By adding more colors to the chat, such as adding a chat room theme , add color effects, add custom reaction emoji, or create different profiles in each chat group so that conversations don’t seem too awkward or boring.
Facebook Messenger What is End-to-End Encryption?
This chat format is End-to-end encryption means that only the chatter can access the content. This protects information from hackers or unwanted third parties. This encryption method has been widely used in many popular chat apps including Facebook Messenger since 2016. In this latest update, the company has added the feature. This covers voice and video calls. Previously, it only supported chat.
Because in the past, many users prefer to make more than 150 million voice and video calls via Messenger per day, making Facebook adapt these chats to protect user privacy data to be more secure. Sure enough, it’s safer.
What new features have been added?
- Chat theme: Add chat themes to help personalize it. and improve the conversation to look more colorful Including the gradient of the data quickly. Take for example the newly added Midnights theme.
- Chat emoji reactions: makes us express emotionally or communicating through emojis to smile, laugh, cry, complete
- Group profile picture:Choose a group profile picture for easier chatting with friends or colleagues.
- Link preview: Rebuild link preview for encrypted chat such as sharing various songs or news links, etc.
- Active status: Make it easier for others to see our usage status. whether you are online or not
- Bubbles on Android : Bubbles (circles with friends’ pictures while chatting) make chatting easier when pop-ups pop up. when receiving a new message
This update probably has many people wondering. So how is it different from normal chat? This usage will be like a normal chat. But it is a new encrypted alternative like a secret chat itself. To be more secure and tighter than before
Previously, it was a chat that didn’t have any additional features. In addition, Facebook will begin to gradually open it to users around the world in the next few months.
Team : Facebook
