Messenger Provides New Options for Valentine’s Day, Together with Break up Invoice Funds and Prolonged Voice Messages

Messenger has announced some new options to coincide with Valentine’s Day, together with expanded voice messages, voice message previews and cut up invoice funds.

First off, on voice messages – with extra folks turning to audio as a connection choice, Messenger is including the capability to preview your voice messages earlier than sending, whereas it’s additionally rising the length of voice messages from 1 minute to half-hour.

That’s an enormous extension, and once more, with extra folks using audio connection instruments, as exemplified by the rise of Clubhouse and related choices, it might show to be a well-liked replace.

Although audio social instruments are slightly completely different, in that it’s a stay, two-way alternate. However nonetheless, clearly audio messages are being utilized on Messenger, which has prompted Meta to make the transfer to longer recordings.

So now you may ramble away, as you confess your love on essentially the most romantic day of the yr. Simply don’t make a mistake 25 minutes into your monologue, in any other case you would possibly come to resent that preview choice.

Messenger’s additionally including cut up invoice funds in chats, which might turn out to be useful in your Valentine’s dates.

As you may see on this sequence, now you can request {that a} complete fee quantity be cut up between members of a chat. Messenger will then allocate the required quantity to every consumer, enabling simplified, fee-free invoice splitting through the app for many who’ve registered their fee data.

Break up Funds is now accessible within the US on iOS and Android gadgets. 

Lastly, Messenger Youngsters can be getting in on the Valentine’s Day celebration with new paintings and interactive choices to assist youngsters take part with the occasion.

“Beginning immediately, youngsters can share digital valentines with accepted contacts utilizing new AR results, picture frames and sticker packs. Strive taking pictures arrows as child cupid, dancing round because the Queen of Hearts, or including a candy contact with glowing coronary heart cheeks.”

As you may see right here, there are additionally new frames and Valentine’s Day stickers for Messenger Youngsters, enabling mother and father to each experience how cute their youngsters are, whereas additionally lamenting simply how briskly they’re rising up.

The brand new Valentine’s Day options at the moment are accessible in Messenger and Messenger Youngsters, with invoice splitting, as famous, solely accessible to US customers at this stage.