Facebook to merge Messenger with Instagram and WhatsApp in ‘early 2020’

Sources say the apps will use one messaging service but function independently

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(Image credit: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images)

Facebook is planning to allow cross-messaging between users on Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram.

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