Facebook is testing a Self-Destructing Messages for its Messenger, at the moment the feature is available for some users in France.
This is the silent war of the social media, now Facebook is planning to offer its users a Snapchat-like feature in its Messenger app, the company is implementing the Self-Destructing Messages.
The new feature will allow Facebook users to send self-destructing messages.
Snapchat is a video messaging application that allows sending videos and messages, dubbed “Snaps,” that recipients can view for a limited time, it has been estimated that in May 2015 the app’s users were sending 2 billion photos and videos per day.
Users can enable the self-destructing message by tapping the hourglass icon on the top-right corner of the Messenger conversation. Enabling this mode Facebook sets the messages to self-destruct after an hour. To restore Facebook Messenger normal behavior user has to tap again the hourglass icon.
At the time I’m writing, the feature is only available to a limited number of French users.
(Security Affairs – Self-Destructing Messages, Facebook)