Editing Instant messaging (section)

====Games and entertainment====
Some IM applications include in-app games for entertainment. [[Yahoo! Messenger]], for example, introduced these where users could play a game and viewed by friends in real-time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altaba.com/news-releases/news-release-details/yahoo-messenger-launches-imvironmentstm-next-generation-yahoo|title = Yahoo! Messenger Launches "Imvironments™" with Next Generation of Yahoo! Messenger Service &#124; Altaba Inc}}</ref> [[MSN Messenger]] featured a [[Games and applications for Windows Live Messenger|number of playable games]] within the interface. Facebook's [[Facebook Messenger|Messenger]] has had a built-in option to play games with people in a chat, including games like [[Tetris]] and [[Blackjack]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-30 |title=How to play ALL of Facebook Messenger's new games |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a788495/hidden-facebook-games-how-to-find-play-facebook-messengers-secret-games-basketball-chess/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Discord]] features multiple games built inside the "activities" tab in [[Voice chat in online gaming|voice channels]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discord Activities: Play Games and Watch Together |url=https://discord.com/blog/server-activities-games-voice-watch-together |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=discord.com}}</ref>