Facebook has been experimenting with the messaging section for quite some time. The company has already confirmed testing a system of paying to message non-friends
on the social network. And now reports suggest the company is working
on a new system that allows users to send private messages directly from
the status box rather sending through the messaging panel.
According to a TechCrunch report,
Facebook's new messaging feature is expected to be tested with a small
percentage of users later this year.
The new feature is likely to fall
in line with the recent Facebook Chat Heads feature that allows users to
message from any screen within the Facebook mobile app.
Facebook's new messaging option is also
expected to help amp up messaging rates on the social network. The
company also plans to integrate messaging into the status update box and
photo uploading box that appears on the top of the homepage. It will
allow users to switch between posting to the newsfeed and start a
private communication with select friends.
Facebook
has reportedly added a stripped border to the status composer when
users select “Only Me”, which is believed to be related with rumoured
private messaging option.
The rumoured feature, however, seems to be borrowed from Google's new cross-platform messaging service Hangouts,
which allows users of Gmail and Google+ chat to each other across
desktops as well mobile devices. Moreover, Hangouts allows users to
share photos, emojis to contacts (with an offline support as well) and
make video calls up to 10 friends. Read Google I/O 2013 Day 1: All you need to know
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