About a month after app researcher extraordinaire Jane Manchun Wong tweeted out one of the latest of her many scoops — that Facebook Messenger is testing a selfie mode for its camera that includes skin softening and bokeh effects — Facebook is making it official.
The social media giant is rolling out a Messenger update starting Monday morning for a majority of its users around the world that includes a slew of new features for the camera within the standalone messaging app. Among those additions are new stickers, filters, a Boomerang video looping effect and the aforementioned selfie mode.
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