Meta discontinuing cross-platform chats between Instagram and Facebook Messenger this month


The feature was first introduced back in 2020. — Photo by 84 Video on Unsplash

Meta will be removing support for cross-platform messaging between Instagram and Facebook Messenger.

Based on an Instagram Help Center Notice, the feature will no longer be available sometime in mid-December, with all existing chats and messages between the platforms becoming read-only.

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