Security News > 2021 > August > Facebook Adds End-to-End Encryption to Calls in Messenger
Facebook has updated the end-to-end encryption features in Messenger to provide users with more secure voice and video calling capabilities.
Messenger has been offering support for end-to-end encrypted text chats for roughly five years, and Facebook has decided to expand the security feature to voice and video calling as well, after observing an increase in the use of these capabilities over the past year.
With other messaging services out there offering end-to-end encryption as standard, including the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, it was only a matter of time before the social media platform would improve the security and privacy of Messenger as well.
"The content of your messages and calls in an end-to-end encrypted conversation is protected from the moment it leaves your device to the moment it reaches the receiver's device. This means that nobody else, including Facebook, can see or listen to what's sent or said," Facebook explains.
Facebook also says it plans to roll out additional security features in Messenger in the coming weeks, including end-to-end encrypted group chats and calls, and that it will start testing delivery controls for end-to-end encrypted chats.
The company will start a limited test campaign allowing adult users to opt-in to end-to-end encrypted messages and calls on Instagram, but only for one-on-one conversations.