What you need to know
- End-to-end encryption has been an optional setting in Meta's Messenger since 2016, but it will now be enabled by default.
- Meta is also adding new features to messages themselves, like message editing, disappearing messages, read receipts control, updated media selection and sharing, and playback speeds for voice messages.
- End-to-end encryption will begin rolling out to day, but Meta says it will take a "number of months" for the global rollout to complete.
