Facebook adds 10 new features to Messenger, including 'Birthday Cash Gifts' to commemorate the 10th anniversary
To commemorate Messenger's 10th anniversary, Facebook has announced 10 new Messenger features, including a 'cash gift feature,' 'new contact sharing method,' and 'voting game feature.' The new features will be rolled out mainly in the United States from August 26, 2021.
Let's Celebrate 10 Years of Messenger! – Messenger News
Celebrating 10 Years of Messenger with New Features --About Facebook
https://about.fb.com/news/2021/08/messenger-10th-birthday/
◆ Voting game
The 'Poll Games' feature allows you to run a survey with choices in a group chat, similar to the voting feature of Instagram Stories. In response to questions asked by chat members, such as 'Who is likely to buy a present for my birthday?' 'Who is fighting zombies while everyone is running away?' 'Who is likely to miss the plane?' Members can select the name of the group member from the 'Vote' button. Tap the 'Most likely to' button in the chat ...
After creating the question, tap the post button.
The question content will be displayed in the chat as shown below, so chat members tap 'Vote'.
If you select the 'most likely person' for the question and press 'Submit' ...
You can see who posted to whom and who posted the most.
◆ Birthday cash gifts using Facebook Pay
In the United States, a function to send and receive cash gifts on birthdays through Messenger has also started. You can check the cash gifts sent on Facebook and Messenger, and when you tap the card that looks at the gift parcel, a lot of balloons will fly and a gift card with a forehead will appear. The user who received the gift can deposit the amount sent to the bank account immediately after confirming the details through Facebook Pay. If you want to give a cash gift, you can do so by pressing the button on the 'Post to inform your friend's birthday' displayed on Facebook's mobile app.
◆ Birthday customization tool
In addition to the chat theme with balloons for birthday celebrations ...
Ten new birthday stickers are also available.
There are also message effects such as birthday song
In addition, customization tools such as 360-degree balloons and VR effects for birthdays account for 6 of the new features announced this time.
◆ New way to share contacts
There's also a new way to easily share your Facebook friends' contacts within Messenger. Select the contacts you want to share ...
Tap 'Share Contact'.
When you select the destination ...
The contact was displayed in the chat of the selected destination.
◆ Word effect
In addition, if you specify a specific word as a trigger in advance and post that word in a chat room, the desired effect will be displayed. 'Word effect' will also appear. Word effects will be set to be linked to various words instead of being tied to a birthday.
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