Facebook recently rolled out its brand-new feature for Messenger dubbed “Secret Conversations”. The new feature should please security enthusiasts, as Secret Conversations in Facebook Messenger are end-to-end encrypted, which means messages in this mode can’t be read by anyone including Facebook and intelligence agencies. Facebook owned WhatsApp Messenger recently rolled out end-to-end encrypted in its app, so it’s no surprise that the company has introduced it for its Messenger app, albeit in a different way.
The Secret Conversations feature has rolled out to the 900 million Facebook Messenger users but it’s still somewhat unknown among users, surprisingly. Along with encryption, the feature also includes some cool features like self-destructing messages, so yes, it’s certainly a cool new addition to Messenger. If that sounds interesting, here’s how to use secret conversations in Messenger on iOS or Android:
Note: Secret Conversations is only available in the Facebook Messenger app on Android and iOS and not on Facebook or Messenger’s web portals. Also, the messages sent in Secret Conversations will not be visible in any other device or Facebook’s web versions.
[ad type=”banner”]- First, you will have to enable Secret Conversations in the Messenger app. To do it, go to the Profile tab in the app, scroll down and tap on the “Secret Conversations” option. Here, just enable the toggle.
- Once done, just tap on the new messageicon on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. In the next page, just tap on top right icon, which is a lock icon on Android and a “Secret” button on iPhone.
- Then, search for the contact you want to have the secret conversation with. You can only have secret conversations with people that are in your friend list.
- The Secret Conversation should then start up and you can start sending text messages, pictures, stickers, emojis and location.
Tragically, you can’t send videos, GIFs or make voice and video calls in Secret Conversations. Likewise, there’s no real way to have mystery gather talks, starting at now.
[ad type=”banner”]In Secret Conversations, you can likewise set a clock on your messages. You can simply hit the clock symbol and select the time (from 30 seconds to a day) after which you need the messages to self-destruct. For example, you’ve set the timer to a minute, in that case, the messages will destruct from your gadget following a moment, while the clock may be set off on the beneficiary’s gadget after they’ve seen the message.
Alongside the end-to-end encryption, self-destructing messages, the component additionally brings discreet notifications, which implies the warnings for these messages arrive as “Someone has sent you a message”.
Send Self-Destructing Messages with Facebook Messenger’s Secret Conversations
Indeed, that is all there is with regards to utilizing Secret Conversations on Facebook Messenger however we’ll refresh this post when Facebook conveys new updates to the element.