Messenger's 2 New Interesting Features Includes Ability To Send Silent Replies. Details

Meta is rolling out new shortcuts on its flagship Messenger messaging service and two of them are now available for Android and iOS users.

Messenger's 2 New Interesting Features Includes Ability To Send Silent Replies/Credit: Meta

New Delhi: Social networking giant Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is rolling out new shortcuts on its flagship Messenger messaging service and two of them are now available for Android and iOS users. The two new Messenger features for iOS and Android users are /silent shortcut and @everyone. According to Facebook Messenger, these are just the first of many shortcuts for users in Messenger, and it has asked users to stay tuned for more features coming later this year.

"Enter the @everyone and /silent shortcuts, available today to people using Messenger on iOS and Android. When you start a message with @everyone, all participants in the chat will be notified. @everyone is perfect for group reminders, impromptu get-togethers or when you need to gather the braintrust to crowdsource an answer to a time-sensitive question," the Messenger team wrote in a blog post late on Tuesday.

According to the company, this way, a user's message gets maximum exposure, and nobody misses out.

By using the other feature, which is /silent shortcut that is available on Meta-owned Instagram as @silent, members of your chat will not receive a notification of your message at all. "Sending a message with /silent removes the anxiety of interrupting someone with a non-urgent pop-up notification or disturbing them during their off-hours. Now, you can share those late-night epiphanies at the moment without disturbing the peace, and your friends can read your message at their leisure," the Messenger team added.

Upcoming feature called /Pay for iOS and Android users in the US

Messenger's new /Pay shortcut aims to make it even easier to send and receive money right in your one-on-one Messenger chats. Users can simply type /pay to send or request money securely without fees -- perfect for quickly paying a friend for dinner or getting paid back for a ride.

/Gif coming soon for iOSusers

GIFs help users on the internet express themselves, conveying a sense of identity through pop culture references, which in turn help form a larger digital culture. To easily find and send that perfect GIF, use the /gif shortcut -- simply type /gif and your chosen topic to see your gif options appear. 

/shrug and /tableflip coming soon for iOS users

Sometimes even a gif can’t compare to the emotions conveyed by the old-school text-based tableflip “(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻” and shrug “¯_(ツ)_/¯” emoticons. Instead of struggling to type each emoticon (or having to find it online to copy and paste), simply type in /shrug or /tableflip to add your chosen emoticons to your message.