New shortcuts functions in the coming Messenger Update
Meta, which is constantly adding new features, is now planning to add new shortcuts to Messenger. You already know that you can mention the name of a user in the chat with the “@” sign and mention. Recently, new functions @everyone allow you to mention all the chat members in the group at once, and the @silent function to send messages without notification and sound.
@Everyone shortcut can be said as a group reminder that let everyone in the group chat know that @silent is sending messages without pop-up notifications while the receiver is working, sleeping, studying, or in a meeting room.
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The Messenger update, which will be released in the coming weeks, includes many new shortcuts. The /pay shortcut has been added, For Messenger users in the US (iOS and Android Devices). Simply type /pay to send or request money securely without fees – perfect for quickly paying.
/gif will also be available to iOS users soon. Instead of having to search for GIFs separately, just type /gif in the text bar and the title you want, and the corresponding GIFs will appear.
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To display emotions in an old-school way before GIFs and stickers appeared, people used to send (╯ ° □ ° ╯︵ ╯︵ ┻━┻, ¯ \ _ (ツ) _ / ¯.
However, even a gif can’t compare to the emotions conveyed by the old-school text-based classic emoticons. In fact, Meta is trying to add /shrug & /tableflip shortcuts in its Messenger.
