In a blog post on Monday, the California-based company reiterated its project's vision after rolling out the latest version of Messenger on iPhone's app store. Facebook had added that an upgraded desktop app will also reach Windows users.Īt last year's event, the company had also announced its plans to make Messenger on iOS faster and lighter under the LightSpeed Project. To recall, at Facebook's F8 event in 2019, the company had announced that it is developing the desktop app for macOS and it will be launched soon. 'We don't have a date when it will be available as we're still gathering feedback from our users,' the spokesperson added. It is possible that some other countries might have received the newly developed macOS version of Messenger as well.Ī spokesperson told the publication said that Facebook is conducting a small test of the Messenger app for macOS in a couple of markets. Other than France, the messenger app was also available in a few other international markets, including Mexico, Poland, and Australia, TechCrunch reported.

The latest development comes days after Facebook started rolling out its new version of the Messenger app on iOS under 'Project LightSpeed.' The Messenger desktop app for macOS has not been released in the United States, where it is quite popular, and it is still unclear when the new desktop version of the app by Facebook will reach Apple Mac users in India. Currently, the messaging app by Facebook is available on the app store in France and a few more countries as spotted by a tech news website. Facebook Messenger (commonly known as Messenger) finally has a desktop app for macOS, and it is now available on Apple's Mac App Store but it is not a worldwide release.

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