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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Meta has introduced some features for end-to-end encrypted chats for Messenger.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post made by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the new features include link previews, custom emojis as well as themes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re ramping up testing default end-to-end encryption for more people in Messenger too,\u201d Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n

Meta has added chat themes to help personalise and enhance conversations in end-to-end encrypted chats.<\/p>\n

Users can set themes ranging from static colour to gradient themes.<\/p>\n

On Messenger, users can also customise chat emojis and reactions as they can see the full menu of emoji reactions and tailor-make the quick reaction tray.<\/p>\n

Meta has also rebuilt link previews for end-to-end encrypted chats so that a user can see where a link takes them before clicking on the link.<\/p>\n

The active status update allows people to see when a user is active so they know when it\u2019s a good time to call.<\/p>\n

This feature can be turned off to improve privacy.<\/p>\n

Group profile photos can be chosen for different chats with friends or work colleagues and bubbles on android lets a user read and reply to messages while using other apps.<\/p>\n

Once enabled, a bubble (a circle with your friend\u2019s picture) will appear when getting a new message.<\/p>\n

Meta has also started gradually expanding testing default end-to-end encryption for Messenger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know people want a space to connect and they want to know that those conversations are private, safe and secure. That is why we\u2019ve spent time building a team of talented engineers, cryptologists, designers and policy experts who are all committed to rolling out default end-to-end encryption on Messenger,\u201d Meta said.<\/p>\n

Over the next few months, more users will continue seeing some of their chats gradually being upgraded with an extra layer of protection provided by end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n

Meta product manager Melissa Miranda noted through a post that they will notify people in these individual chat threads as they are upgraded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know people will have questions about how we select and upgrade individual threads, so we wanted to make it clear that this is a random process. It\u2019s designed to be random so that there isn\u2019t a negative impact on our infrastructure and people\u2019s chat experience,\u201d Miranda said.<\/p>\n

She said this also ensures their new end-to-end encrypted threads continue to give people a fast, reliable, and rich experience on Messenger.<\/p>\n

The company has not mentioned yet when end-to-end encryption will become the default setting for all users but has stated that they will provide progressive updates throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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