As Facebook continues to roll out new features and security enhancements for its Messenger app, some users may have noticed changes to the platform.
Last year, the company’s parent company Meta announced that it would be implementing end-to-ends encryption for both Messenger and Facebook.
According to reports, the new feature has started to affect Android phones in Australia. According to Meta, users will be asked to create a pin in their chats to restore their messages once they’ve upgraded to the latest version.
This method will allow them to recover their messages once they lose their device or change their settings.
The company noted that the roll-out of the new feature would take several months. Since 2016, users have been able to opt out of end-to-end encryption on Messenger.
However, starting today, private chats and calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
The new feature will protect the contents of your messages and calls to friends and family members by preventing them from being accessed by anyone other than the receiver.
This feature is one of the many changes that Messenger has been implementing to improve its security.
For instance, it now allows users to edit their messages for up to 15 minutes following they’ve been sent.
Furthermore, users can now see disappearing messages for up to 24 hours. They can also turn on read receipts.