Facebook is rolling out a new, simplified version of Messenger. Messenger 4 delivers a simple design and features that put the focus back on messaging and connecting.

The new Messenger will gradually roll out globally over the coming weeks.

To make it easier to find the features you care about, the new Messenger will have three tabs instead of nine. Your conversations - both one-to-one and groups - are front and center in the Chats tab. Messenger 4 will have visual communication features like Camera at the top so you can easily capture and share your selfies.

Once you tap into Messenger 4's People tab, you can find friends, catch up on people's Stories, and see everyone who is active right now. Then you have the Discover tab, where you can connect with businesses to get the latest deals, play Instant Games, book your next vacation, follow the news and more.

Messenger 4 has another way to personalize your conversations with a small update to chat customizations called color gradients. With this feature, you can now use multiple colors to customize your chat bubbles in conversations. You can see the colors change from red to blue, for example, as you scroll up and down a conversation. Color gradients can be changed any time to reflect your mood or topic of conversation.

Messenger 4 is still keeping all of the features that help you connect with the people you care about: whether you want to poll your friends on which movie to see, split the bill for last night's dinner, share your live location to find friends at a music festival, challenge them to your favorite games, or catch up in a group video chat.

In the near future, Messenger 4 will also add some other features such as the Dark Mode, a re-skinned interface that cuts down on the glare from your phone.