Facebook has begun launching beta updates Messenger applications for Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Beta updates take applications up to version 1320.11.119.0 and it also adds a new look.
According to a report by TechRadar, with updates, the company has also begun to use the original Windows Universal (UWP) platform instead of its own custom control.
Facebook Message platform WhatsApp also recently started using UWP for its PC application.
With a new design, this application now resembles the appearance of other Windows 11 applications.
Last week, Google launched a stable version of the Chrome 96 web browser and now also combines similar design languages ​​in Windows 11 on other UI menu items and elements.
The most concrete changes obtained by applications in performance.
Switching to UWP is reported to speed up the application performance dramatically.
The company also managed to reduce the size of the application of 100MB.
You can experience improvement by updating the application only if you have registered for a beta program.
Facebook this week also announced that it delayed the end user encryption of the user message on Messenger and Instagram.
This step was announced by Davis Antigone, Head of Facebook Safety by post in the Telegraph.
“We take the time to get this right and we do not plan to complete the global launch of end-to-end encryption by default in all of our messaging services up to around 2023,” wrote the Davis antigone in the telegraf.
“As a company that connects billions of people around the world and has built leading technology in the industry, we are determined to protect the community’s personal communication and make people still safe online,” he added.
With E2EE only the sender and the recipient will see their conversation, the company wants to ensure that this does not interfere with the capabilities of the platform to help stop criminal activities.