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Facebook going to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger into one App

fb stated Friday it is trying to get its messaging apps to be friends, allowing encrypted missives be exchanged regardless of which of its services are used.

The main social network is at the back of free, stand-on my own telephone apps Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.

every carrier is famous, but customers need to be within the identical utility to exchange to connect.

"We´re working on making greater of our messaging merchandise stop-to-stop encrypted and considering approaches to make it simpler to reach friends and family throughout networks," a facebook spokeswoman said in response to an AFP inquiry concerning a big apple instances report approximately the attempt.

"As you would anticipate, there is a lot of discussion and debate as we start the lengthy technique of identifying all the details of how this will paintings."

fb was hoping to get the messaging apps communicating with one another, even as last separate services, by the cease of this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months, consistent with the instances document.

each of the fb-owned messaging services boasts more than a billion customers. stop-to-quit encryption could suggest messages exchanged among the services would be scrambled to cover contents from snooping.