Exposed: Facebook Messenger for iPad, iPhone app with movie talk in the works

– May. 1st two thousand twelve 1:38 pm PT

While Facebook has focused on smartphones for its standalone Facebook Messenger app, the company is presently developing a version for the Apple iPad. A reliable source has provided an in-depth look at an early beta version of Facebook Messenger for iPad, and those convenient with the iPhone version should feel right at home with the fresh app. Facebook Messenger for iPad is basically a larger version of the iPhone application with one-to-one messaging, group talking, shove notifications, the capability to see friend locations on a map, and more. We have a utter gallery of the iPad app after the break.

While the application is essentially just a larger version of the iPhone app, the fact that Facebook is working on such an app shows the company’s dedication to all of Apple’s platforms. The Facebook Messenger for iPad application will also provide iPad users with the convenience of a ordinary application for messaging their friends. There will no longer be the need to access the sometimes flaky and “mighty” total Facebook for iPad application. Sources are uncertain of a release timeframe for the iPad app or if Facebook actually plans to budge passed internal-only operation, but the program is certainly being actively developed with fresh builds being readied often.

Clicking the blue arrow starts a movie call

Facebook is also working on an updated version of the iPhone app with Skype movie talk support and improved spectacle. The fresh iPhone app will likely come before an updated Facebook Messenger for Android with similarly fresh functionality. These apps are on-track for a launch sometime this summer, with testing happening right now on Facebook’s internal servers. We had a chance to attempt out the fresh Facebook Messenger for iPhone movie talk feature, and spectacle was slick most of the time. Facebook will eventually make the iPad and iPhone apps into a single universal binary, however we’ve yet to see true indication of movie talk on the iPad side.

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