Meta Provides New Options for Earth Day on Messenger and Messenger Children

Messenger is rolling out some new features for Earth Day (4/22), offering new choices for folks to take part within the occasion, and assist to lift consciousness of local weather change and different sustainability measures.

First off, Messenger’s including a brand new set of in-thread and digicam stickers to mark the occasion.

The visuals, designed by illustrator Aran Quinn, intention to strengthen ‘the nearness of nature’ in our on a regular basis lives, with photographs of various creatures and vegetation to present your Messenger chats a extra natural really feel.

Meta’s additionally including new Phrase Results in its Earth Chat theme and 3D Avatar stickers, hooked up to phrases like ‘nature’, ‘local weather’, ‘earth’ and extra.

Messenger’s additionally launching new Earth Day Group Results:

“We’re persevering with our partnership with The Ellen Present to convey an Earth Day-friendly model of her hit cell recreation, Heads Up!, to Group Results on Messenger and Instagram video calling. Beginning at present, you’ll be able to entry the Heads Up! ‘Science Lab’ card pack, so collect the squad and prepare for some Earthly competitors! Keep tuned for brand new Heads Up! card packs within the coming months.”

And eventually, on Messenger Children, Meta’s including new Earth Day frames and stickers, together with an Earth Day AR masks to assist children have interaction with the occasion.

Given the rising local weather emergency, Earth Day takes on much more significance yearly, and it’s necessary to lift consciousness the place we are able to, and with youthful audiences, specifically, to make sure that motion is taken, and that we’re doing what we are able to to scale back the impacts of local weather change.

Meta has additionally taken steps to crack down on climate change denial, and whereas we nonetheless have a solution to go in securing true motion, on numerous fronts, it’s necessary that steps are initiated to share data with the general public, and take part within the local weather dialog the place we are able to.

The brand new Messenger options can be found from at present, whereas the brand new Earth Day stickers might be out there on each Messenger and Instagram this week.