data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/meta” target=”_blank” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/meta”>Meta is officially deprecating its Windows and Mac support for its Messenger app on December 15, potentially leaving millions of users without a convenient way to converse with friends.
Once the Messenger app is no longer in service, users who attempt to launch it on a PC running Windows will be redirected to the Facebook desktop app, where the same messaging tools — including desktop calling — continue to live.
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This move by Meta was first spotted by data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/10/15/meta-is-killing-off-standalone-mac-and-windows-messenger-apps” target=”_blank”>Apple Insider, which also noted last week that…

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