Washington: Facebook Messenger for Windows Desktop will be shutting down from March 3, according to a report in The Next Web.
According to the report, Facebook’s Messenger app began showing a link saying that it would shut down from March 3.
The report comes within days of Microsoft’s announcement that the official Facebook Messenger app will be coming to Windows Phone 8 devices within weeks.
Facebook Messenger for Windows was released in March 2012. An OS X version was expected to be launch but given that the Windows version has shut down, it seems unlikely.
Facebook is likely to concentrate on Messenger for Windows Phone devices, and other mobile devices, instead of focusing on desktops.
This isn’t the only service to get the axe in Facebook recently. Facebook also announced that it would be killing off the email service @facebook.comadmitting that it had failed to take off amongst users.
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