Messenger App Lock Update

App Lock uses the device’s privacy settings like fingerprint or face authentication to unlock the Messenger app, and the user's touch or face ID is not transmitted to or stored by Facebook.

Native app lock is a feature that is becoming common to see in apps these days, including WhatsApp, which added app lock last year for both Android and iOS. With app lock, users can prevent others from opening the Messenger app, and allowing the app to be opened by the device’s privacy settings like fingerprint or face authentication.

App Lock uses your iPhone’s or iPad’s privacy settings such as Touch ID for fingerprint authentication or Face ID for face authentication to unlock the Messenger app. Facebook insists that your fingerprint or facial recognition data is never transmitted to them or stored by the app.

A HUGE Facebook Messenger update lets you lock your app – and adds brand new privacy tricks. The feature means nosy pals or partners won't be check up on your messages. Our phones are a privacy.

The company has pushed out an update to Messenger called App Lock that adds an extra layer of protection. Simply put, it engages the biometric security settings of your phone to open the app.

Facebook Messenger app is adding an extra layer of security with its new App Lock feature. The feature essentially locks the app and users will need to unlock it using their biometrics such as.

Last week, Facebook announced to bring a security feature for the Messenger app for iPhones soon and keeping true to its words, the company has released the new mobile app update with user-privacy.

The App Lock feature can be turned on by using Touch ID or Face ID on users’ iPhones and iPads.. With the update, the Messenger app can use a device’s built-in fingerprint or face.

In an update today, Facebook Messenger has also delivered expanded privacy settings, including the ability to lock the app so that Face ID or Touch ID (or your passcode) is required to access it.

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App Lock is a pretty simple concept that uses your device’s privacy settings like fingerprint or face authentication to unlock the Messenger app.. Messenger now gets an App Lock update.