Microsoft Brings Meta-Owned Messenger App To Windows 11 Widget

The first third-party gadget for Windows 11 was the achievement of Meta's Messenger messaging. (photo: dock. Microsoft)

JAKARTA - Two years ago Microsoft launched the Widget app on Windows 11 as a central hub featuring news, tips, weather information, some promotions and special highlights. Reportedly, the company will bring Meta's Messenger.

Indeed, third-party gadgets were not supported at the time, but Microsoft promised support would be added later. And now, one of the first third-party gadgets for Windows 11 may be Meta's messenger messaging.

Wednesday January 26, Microsoft announced the preview version of the app is now available on the Microsoft Store with support for widgets, where users can view the latest messages directly from Judge.

But it looks like this gadget is only available to members of Insider Prevention, so most users can't try it yet.

If users can run the preview, they can try Widget Messenger by downloading or updating the app, opening the widget board, and clicking the + button to access the available Wideget list. Then, click Messenger, which will pin it to the top of the board.

Microsoft reports that third-party gadgets have multiple system problems, such as suddenly disappearing from the Widget bar for a certain period of time, so users should wait for the feature to be released completely.

The new preview Build also addresses a number of bugs that affect the taskbar, windowing, and others. This news came a day after Meta announced they were bringing along many new features such as link previews, special emojis, themes, and more.

Microsoft and Meta are not the first to work together, they are also partnering in other areas, such as bringing Microsoft 365 to the Meta Quest Pro in the future.