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Didn't they acquire Messenger as well? I think it was called Beluga

• wil421 7y ago
  I’m not sure about the mobile app itself. I do know they rebranded messages in Facebook to become Messenger. Basically you had to access private messages inside Messenger.
• dehrmann 7y ago
  No, it was split out from the main app: https://www.vox.com/2014/8/7/11629664/facebook-messenger-split https://www.vox.com/2014/8/7/11629664/facebook-messenger-spl... > The move allows Facebook developers to focus more exclusively on features and improvements for each individual app. Of course, it also requires users to download another Facebook property onto their smartphones, a not-so-subtle way for the company to increase app downloads. I found this on Beluga, but it smells of an acquihire and rewrite, and predates the split by a few years: https://www.adweek.com/digital/beluga-facebook-messenger/ https://www.adweek.com/digital/beluga-facebook-messenger/
  • mhluongo 7y ago
    The article you posted is about how Beluga was turned into Messenger...
• skinnymuch 7y ago
  Beluuga was a pretty basic app. Sure they acquired that. But Messenger is mostly and created by Facebook. Especially because Facebook Chat was already around.