Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct Chats Won’t Be Encrypted Until 2022

Messenger and Instagram Direct are among the two most popular messaging services out there. Despite millions of people using them every day, Messenger and Instagram Direct are not really privacy-friendly as they do not end-to-end encrypt chats by default. Facebook has now promised that it will roll out end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Instagram Direct “in 2022 at
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Tinder Launches Video Chats Worldwide | MakeUseOf

Tinder has made virtual dates possible for everyone across the globe. The dating app will now let you turn on video calls whenever you want to meet someone face-to-face. Face to Face Goes Global Tinder began testing video calls in July 2020, a feature that it calls Face to Face. While Face to Face was initially
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You Can Soon Mute Annoying Chats in Microsoft Teams | MakeUseOf

If you like holding meetings, but you dislike people chatting away during your presentation, you may want to keep your eyes on Microsoft Teams in the future. The remote meeting service will soon let you mute chats to keep things distraction-free. What’s Coming to Microsoft Teams? You can take a look at Microsoft’s plans by visiting the
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You Can Now Turn Video Chats Into Podcasts Using Anchor

Anchor has launched a new video-to-audio conversion feature which lets you turn your video chats into audio podcasts. This means that you can hang out with friends on Zoom or Google Meet (now free for everyone) and record a podcast at the same time. How to Turn Your Video Chats Into Audio Podcasts Anchor, an
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Skype Adds New Messaging Features for Your Chats

Skype has added a host of new messaging features designed to improve the experience of chatting on Skype. This is an effort to catch up with the likes of Messenger and WhatsApp, which most people are more likely to use over Skype for simple text chats. The best-known messaging apps started out offering barebones text
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Discord Adds Server Folders to Organize Your Chats

Discord has finally added server folders to help you organize your chats. Discord users have been requesting server folders for years, and the chat app has finally delivered. Now, you just need to decide which servers to organize into which folders. How to Organize Your Discord Servers Into Folders Until now, Discord hasn’t supported folders.
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