Facebook is redesigning Messenger app to prioritize Stories in an attempt to replicate the success of Instagram's killer feature
Stories appearing as small video previews atop the list of online Facebook friends, Stories get their own tab in the new Messenger app.Facebook is likely betting that giving Stories more real estate will have a similar effect in Messenger that it has had in Instagram. Stories has been a runaway success for Instagram since it launched in August 2016.
As of this January, Instagram StoriesWhile Stories has been a boon to Facebook and its family of apps, the company can't take credit for the idea. Instagram borrowed the format and idea from Snapchat, but found much more success with the feature: Two years after introducing Stories, InstagramThe makeover of Messenger's look seems to be Facebook's reaction to changing attitudes and desires among users.
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