You can now download Facebook Messenger Beta on Windows 10 for PC and tablets

If a few hours ago the first images of Facebook Messenger Beta for Windows 10 were made public, it took very little time to attend the launch of the popular application for the Microsoft operating system and can now be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

For now this is a version that only works on PCs and tablets, so we are still waiting for the release of the one intended for mobile phones, which may be the one that raises the most expectations, since most users on PC usually enter through web access. And once available, it is time to see first-hand what new features it brings.

As its name indicates, Facebook Messenger Beta is just that, a beta and it is still a version to be polished until a final one arrives that adds all the functions that users expect, such as the possibility of making voice calls or making video calls, so that we will have to settle for the closest thing to sending voice messages.

Facebook Messenger Beta for Windows 10 uses an interface very similar to the one we can find in the one dedicated to iOS and offers no remnants of the image that has always characterized Windows 10 applications, something that may indicate that it is a _port_ waiting for a final version.

This is how we find a design that shows a bar with three shortcuts at the bottom: recent, people and settings A window for Chats that allows the sending of images, voice notes, emoticons and GIF files and an area on the left designed to access the latest conversations, as well as to search for people and groups.

These are the features and possibilities offered by Facebook Messenger Beta:

• Receive notifications so you don't miss any message
• Use of stickers in conversations
• We can create groups with the most used contacts
• Now we can forward messages or photos to people who are not part of the conversation
• Ability to view pending messages on a Live Tile
• Now we can send photos, videos, GIFs…
• Confirmation of message reading time
• Search for people and groups so you can contact them quickly

A basic version, whose download link you have at the end of the _post_, which represents a long-awaited arrival in what is a first step towards the launch of a final version but above all, the prelude to the arrival of the application for _smartphones_.

Via | Windows Central Download | (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/app/9nblggh2t5jk?tduid=(b22427b59a3d15fef1d2669a6ee347ee)(259740)