Facebook Messenger for Windows launched Today

Facebook today officially introduced Facebook Messenger for Windows. “You should be able to stay in touch anytime, no matter what you’re doing,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. “So today we’re introducing Messenger, a new app that brings Facebook to your desktop.” The word “Messenger” is a link to facebook.com/about/messenger where you can download the desktop client.

The application, which requires Windows 7, provides access to three main Facebook features: Facebook Chat, the new Ticker feed, and notifications. Here’s how Facebook puts it:

• Chat while you do other stuff: See and respond to chats right from your desktop. You don’t have to click away to stay connected.
• Get notified instantly: Find out about new comments, photo tags and more as soon as they come in.
• See what’s going on anytime: Stay up to date with an active stream of posts and activity from your friends. Just click to leave a comment or see more.