This is the new version of Facebook Messenger

In Facebook they don't know how to sit idly by and, when they are not implementing an improvement for their social network, they do so for their application of messaging. Thus, after introducing a fun football minigame, they now announce a new design for mobile platforms Androide iOS A change that is not excessively radical but that reorganizes its tabs, icons, and content to offer a more comfortable, agile, and communicative user experience.

This is a face cleaning of the main Facebook Messenger screen, with which those responsible want to do more Simple this tool, in addition to presenting relevant information Thus, after the update, users are faced witha new home screen or Home And it is that the most recent conversations are no longer displayed on a regular basis. Now there are different sections with data such as birthdays, favorite people or active users. We detail it below.

Far from being a screen full of chats, the new tab Home is divided into different sections arranged logically and with a basic assumption: encourage communication Of course, the first thing that exists is a section with the most recent conversations, where you can find the latest messages on a regular basis.

However, a section has now been included just below where it is shown, as a carousel, a list with thefavorite contacts A great way to find those special people to chat with without getting lost in a sea of ​​conversations. Simply click on any of them to speak their individual chat and resume a conversation.

Further down, on this same screen, there are also other new features. The most curious is the birthday section. Here the conversations with those contacts who are celebrating that day are shown. It is true that Facebook, before removing its messaging section, invited the user to communicate with it with a publication or message. Now Facebook Messenger does it by reminding the user of these events directly on the home screen of your applicationWhat better way to start a conversation than by congratulating the birthday? They must have thought of Facebook.

Lastly, this new tab of Facebook Messenger shows the contacts that are currently available or online in the app. Something common in the social network, but that in the messaging application could only be distinguished thanks to the activity signal of these contacts, which showed whether or not they were available to chat. Now all these people are listed on this same screen to give reasons to start a conversation. Although it is the crude “I was passing by”¦”.

At the moment this new design has only been presented, so its arrival could take several days or weeks. Just have the latest version of Facebook Messenger downloaded from Google Play or App Store, depending on the mobile of each user.Now that Facebook forces you to download the application to chat with contacts from the social network, what less than to make these messaging applications useful, simple and communicative.