Messenger Day is Facebook’s answer to Snapchat: Here’s how it works

Facebook has announced a new feature in Messenger in the form of Messenger Day. It gives you the potential to instantly share pictures and videos as a daily record with friends, family and even the wider world, but at the end of 24 hours it all disappears.

In that sense, it is much like Snapchat, although the latter service has a much faster turnaround before content is removed.

It works through the Messenger app, added as part of the update that is rolling out now. From within the app, you can choose clips or pics from a chat, or shoot a brand new picture or video and add them to your “Day”. They will be shared with whoever you want.

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Here’s how to do it:

• Update the Messenger app on iOS or Android if you don’t have it already.
• Open it and tap on the camera.
• Take a selfie, photo or video of something you want to share.
• Add any art effects you like through the smiley face icon in the top right.
• Add any text or draw on the picture.
• When complete, tap on the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner and it will ask you if you want to save it to your Day, save it to your phone’s camera roll, or send it to a specific person or group.
• It will be viewable for 24 hours.

You can also select a video or picture placed in a conversation. After sending the content, you will see an option to “Add to your Day”.