FB: Facebook Messenger Gets ‘Big Likes,’ More New Features

by Christopher Freeburn | June 13, 2014 12:23 pm

If simply “Liking” something on Facebook (FB[1]) just wasn’t enough to signal the full depth of your enthusiasm, the social media giant is adding “Big Like” to emphasize the action[2].

[3]“Big Like” is one of a number of new features FB has included in version 6.0 of its Facebook Messenger app. In addition to “Big Like” — which works by tapping and holding the “Like” button until it registers a “Big Like” — the Facebook Messenger app now allows users to add in-line video clips, CNET notes.

Users can now to send video to friends captured through a smartphone’s front-facing camera via the FB app, without having to launch the phone’s own camera app first. Videos recorded and sent through the FB messaging app have a time limit of 15 seconds.

FB has released the Facebook Messenger update for devices running Apple’s (AAPL[4]) iOS and Google’s (GOOG[5]) Android operating systems.

In Friday trading, FB stock rose slightly. FB stock closed at $64.29 per share on Thursday.

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Source URL: https://investorplace.com/2014/06/fb-facebook-messenger-gets-big-likes-new-features/

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