Facebook will now allow you to hide your Messenger chats behind Face ID. According to The Verge's latest report, the new update of the giant social media app adds an extra layer of security when the users access their Messenger on iPad and iPhone.

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The latest update will allow its users to lock Messenger upon or shortly after closing it. Once the app is successfully locked, the user will be required to use an authentication method such as Face ID or Touch ID.

Using the new security feature, you can now let your friends borrow your Android or iPhone without worrying about accessing your personal messages or chats. Facebook's App Lock is just a portion of the social media's number of small changes that are soon to arrive in Messenger. The upcoming updates will focus on security and privacy.

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Messenger's update will also provide its users a single location to control features like App Lock and what users they just recently blocked by integrating a Privacy section to its settings. The report said that App Lock is expected to be launched in Android devices in the coming months.

Facebook also confirmed that it will start testing the additional updates soon. There are no specific details about the additional features yet, but the company said that the updates will include features that will allow people to have more control over other users who can message or contact them.

Facebook's other updates

Facebook will enhance its security features by blurring the pictures sent by those users who don't have approval. With this update, you don't have to open a potentially troubling photo just to check the message they've sent. Instagram and WhatsApp already have a similar feature.

Search Engine Journal (SEJ) also reported other new features of Messenger-one of these is the "Screen Sharing" feature that allows users to share a live view of your display to other users while showing the faces of other participants.

"Screen sharing lets you share a live view of your screen so you can share virtually anything together," written in the report.

"Whether you want to share memories from your camera roll, shop together online, co-browse social media, and more," the report added. It was stated that Screen sharing was already available in Messenger's desktop version, and this will be the first time it will be an option in mobile phones.

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