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Facebook Messenger catches up with WhatsApp as it hits 1 billion users milestone

on Jul 20, 2016 | 0 comments

By Rebecca Stewart

Facebook Messenger has joined the one billion users club, catching up with sister company WhatsApp.

The world’s largest social network shared the news via a blog post announcing that one billion people each month send messages via its private platform.

To mark the occasion, Facebook is going to send a billion ‘thank yous’ to Messenger subscribers in the form of floating balloon animations that users can send to their friends within the app “to add a touch of whimsy and delight to any conversation”.

“As part of this journey to one billion, we focused on creating the best possible Read full story ›

Source: The Drum