The chances of the chat feature returning to the Facebook app are uncertain, as it depends on various factors and the strategic decisions made by Facebook. However, I can provide you with a brief overview of the topic in approximately 1000 words.

In the early days of Facebook, the chat feature was an integral part of the platform, allowing users to communicate with their friends and connections in real time. It provided a convenient and immediate way to exchange messages, share updates, and engage in conversations. However, over time, Facebook made significant changes to its messaging ecosystem, leading to the introduction of standalone messaging apps like Facebook Messenger.

As per Jane, the new update for the chat section would contain only basic functionalities and in order to react to the texts received and make calls, you will have to open Messenger separately.

Facebook made a strategic decision to separate its messaging functionality from the main Facebook app and introduced Messenger as a standalone application in 2011. This move was aimed at providing a more focused and streamlined experience for messaging, while also enabling Facebook to experiment with additional features and monetization options specific to messaging.

The feature is still in test mode and available to very few numbers of people as of now. So in view of the integration of Whatsapp, Instagram, and Messenger, Facebook’s new step is to return to its origin and bring a huge number of users within the app.

This decision of Facebook is beneficial for its users as they would get a choice to remove Messenger and save them a lot of storage space. But users will have to wait for a few months to get this feature available for everyone.

There’s also a hint that Facebook might roll out the new changed UI that they have been working on since January, for everyone soon.

However, it’s important to note that Facebook’s strategy and priorities can change over time. The company continuously evaluates user feedback, market trends, and competitive dynamics, which may influence its decisions regarding the chat feature. If there is a significant demand from users to reintroduce the chat feature within the Facebook app or if market conditions shift, Facebook might consider revisiting its approach.

In conclusion,

the chances of the chat feature returning to the Facebook app are uncertain. Facebook’s strategic focus has been on developing Messenger as a standalone messaging platform and integrating messaging services across its platforms. While the chat feature may have been a fundamental aspect of the early Facebook experience, the company’s current direction suggests a preference for a dedicated messaging app rather than integrating chat back into the main Facebook app. However, as with any technology company, Facebook’s decisions are subject to change based on user feedback, market trends, and competitive dynamics.

WhatsApp is owned by Facebook and now the company is trying ways to connect both. Now the question arises how will you make use of this latest feature? Well, the process is very simple. Right where you share your story you will find three dots kind of symbol. When you tap on it a tap will open automatically and you will get various options like Forward, share, etc. In these options, you will find one option of ‘Share to Facebook’, as soon as you tap on the option it will take you to Facebook and you will just have to confirm in order to share your WhatsApp story on Instagram.

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The users of application are having interesting reviews about the launch of this latest feature. People are posting publicly about their views and it looks like they are quite impressed with it.

“So WhatsApp has a new feature, you can share your story on WhatsApp to Facebook. For me, this is quite interesting, a centralized mode of communicating to various platforms,” posted one user.

“The New #WhatsApp update allows you to share your statuses on to your #FacebookStory as well,” wrote another.

It’s time for windows smartphone users to wave goodbye to Whatsapp as the company has announced departure from the less famous windows mobile platform by the end of this year this means from the next year you will not be able to send WhatsApp messages to your friends if you own a windows smartphone.

It’s probably not surprising seeing Whatsapp ending support for Windows mobile platform as Microsoft itself is ending support for its own operating system and this might be the main reason for Whatsapp to stop development for the Windows mobile platform.

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Moreover, Whatsapp also announced that it will be discontinuing its support for Android version  2.3.7 and older, as well as iOS 7 and older on February 1, 2020.

Whatsapp told that ” Because we will no longer actively develop for these platforms, some features may stop functioning at any time,”. While the app may initially continue to work, you’ll likely start encountering major bugs as WhatsApp continues to make changes on its end and Windows phone grows stale”.

Here’s the list of every operating system where you won’t be able to use Whatsapp after sometime

• Phones running Android 2.3.7 and older
• iPhones running iOS 6 (iPhone 3GS/)
• Nokia S40. S40 that was last used in 2013 for Nokia 515

The entry of tech giants in consumer finance was something that seemed almost bound to happen. There have been many cases of the tech giants that have waded into these shark infested water, it was never seen openly in the public domain.

All this one could say changed recently as we saw in Cupertino, California where Apple released their new credit card last month with a great deal of pomp. This was a pioneering move by both Apple and the industrious bank, Goldman Sachs who are one of the key partners in the deal.

In the announcement, one would not have known that Goldman Sachs had played such a major role in the decision when we saw the mere passing reference made to them as nothing more than a footnote in the event. The entire event was handled and hosted by Tim Cook the CEO of Apple Inc. as the CEO of Goldman Sachs stood on the sidelines and clapped while in truth he should have been proposing the plan along with Cook on stage.

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This entire situation is in a way satirical and almost accurate representation of what the market and Wall Street will be reduced to if in future they continue to collaborate with these technological giants.

However, the question that most people have on their minds is whether or not these banks are ready to sacrifice their place in the driver’s seat because of the millions of customers that partnership with these tech giants would bring them into their banks. This is is a dilemma that the banks clearly have to face where they lose something integral irrespective of the decision they make.

If they choose not to entertain the partnerships of these tech giants they lose out on an opportunity to have millions of new customers join them. But, if they do accept a partnership they seem to be taking a backseat in all the ventures and decisions and may just become another front for these extremely successful companies.

The tech companies also have a reason for needing these partnerships. As they enter the world of consumer finance these tech giants need these Wallstreet heavy hitters in order to navigate this new terrain. It is not all great news for the banks as mentioned earlier as if these deals are agreed upon the more lucrative facets of the company like the customer relations and branding will go to the tech companies. The stakes, however, are higher than they have ever been with almost 40% of the $1.35 trillion in revenues that will go to these companies like Amazon and Apple, and maybe also to price competition.

American tech companies are in a way looking to their Chinese counterparts like Alibaba and Tencent as inspiration, these companies have already become major players due to their mobile applications that have greatly increased their ease of transactions, investing and payments.

American companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple are not far behind as they have begun to encroach on the turf of the banks. Google has Google Pay, Apple has Apple Pay, Amazon has Amazon Cash and Amazon Pay with which customers shop online and even Facebook is looking to enable payments via Whatsapp. These tech giants are doing this in order to fuel their revenue growth and also help them strengthen their grip on the market.

BBM stands for BlackBerry Messenger which has been a great messaging platform BlackBerry users is now going to shut down its services from May this year. Now, the BBM has been there for quite a while and back in time it was one of the most popular messaging services. Things have changed a lot since then. Messengers including WhatsApp and Telegram have overcome the BBM. Back in 2016, an Indonesia-based media conglomerate, Emtek took over its development. Then, it got redesigned and a lot of new features were added as well.

Unfortunately, all this didn’t get too well with the BBM Messenger. That’s why the company has decided to shut down the service in May. Here’s what the Emtek stated while announcing this news to the users.

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“We poured our hearts into making this a reality, and we are proud of what we have built to date.

The technology industry however, is very fluid, and in spite of our substantial efforts, users have moved on to other platforms, while new users proved difficult to sign on.”‘

According to CrackBerry, one of the main reasons why things didn’t go too well with BBM was being bloated with a lot of irrelevant games, channels, and ads. These are some things which contributed to ruining the overall user experience with the Blackberry. Now, for all those who still wanna see the Blackberry step back into the game, we have good news for all of you.

Blackberry is coming up with an enterprise-grade encrypted Messenger (BBMe). The company has already started rolling out the app to certain devices. The app is now available on the Google Play Store for the people to download and install. It will also be available on the App Store pretty soon. The app is free for the first year and is $2.49 for a six-month subscription thereafter. It would be interesting to see how this app from Blackberry would turn out for the users.