And if you’re coordinating a meetup and get the message “We’re on our way” you’ll be able to instantly tell where from. If you message someone “I’m outside your apartment to pick you up”, you’ll know whether they read it and are just on their way down, or if you should ping them again. It’s easy imagine how useful these improvements could be. And Facebook has replaced the ambiguous “three dots” real-time typing indicator by showing in-line the name of who’s currently typing a message to you. This improves on the old colored blue arrow next to geo-tagged messages that had to be tapped to actually show location. Two big mobile acquisitions, Beluga last year which was reformed as Facebook Messenger, and most recently Instagram, may both prove key to getting Facebook to travel with you everywhere.īeyond read receipts, you’ll now see the name of town or city from which a message was sent in-line if your conversation partners have location enabled. Nimbler competitors in mobile are something critics see as a big risk to Facebook’s future. This underlines Facebook’s goal of a smooth transition away from being a web-focused company. They’ll start by appearing in the standalone Messenger apps, and slowly roll out to Facebook’s primary mobile apps and the web interface. The read receipts definitely accomplish this, as you won’t have to send any “did you get that?” messages or wonder if someone missed you message, or read it but just didn’t respond. We’re focused on leveraging all the capabilities of today’s devices to create a new messaging experience.” (Update: Unfortunately, Peter Deng doesn’t actually talk like Yoda, and his quote was “but it was built for these T9 phones”) He also says these are just the start of app updates designed to make mobile conversations feel more real, as if you had body language cues and more to go by. The apps now display “Seen by Peter, Josh, Justin” right under a sent message.ĭirector of Product Peter Deng tells me “SMS has been around for 20 years, built it was for these T9 phones. Facebook Messenger “read receipts” are even easier to understand than those long-found on BlackBerry Messenger, and they work for group messaging too.
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Facebook thinks mobile messaging should feel like you’re having a face-to-face conversation, so today it updates its Messenger for iOS and Android apps with the ability to see if someone’s read your message, and easier ways to tell if someone’s typing and where they’re messaging from.
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