Messenger is reportedly in the process of deploying Auto Status on its application, a feature that Facebook has already experimented with with Threads messaging.
Statuses in the form of emojis
It was Jane Manchun Wong who spotted this new feature and shared screenshots on Twitter. According to the blogger, Facebook Messenger is testing automatic statuses. These are not new since they were present on MSN, the reference messaging service from the early 2000s, but what exactly do they consist of?
Facebook Messenger is working to bring back the emoji status that they worked on but abandoned few years ago pic.twitter.com/KPgiufsy0T
- Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 12, 2020
Once activated, the feature uses the location, accelerometer and battery level of your smartphone to determine what you are currently on ...
