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Not feeling very expressive today?Anticipation Don't worry -- Facebook Messenger has new tool to help make your feelings clear to anyone you're chatting with.

Now, when you're on a video call with someone live, you'll see a new Reaction Filter. Tapping on one of the now-familiar Facebook reaction icons (love, laughter, surprise, sadness, or anger) it'll animate on the screen to better get your point across. For example, for love, red hearts will emerge from your face and float around your head. Likewise, tapping on laughter (AKA "haha") will bring forth the "tears of joy" everywhere.

SEE ALSO: People really 'love' Facebook's Messenger reactions

Yep, you can now turn yourself into a Facebook reaction on Messenger. The update also includes reactions, filters, screenshots and more.

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The update also adds Instagram-like filters to video calls, including the classics sepia and black and white.

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Finally, Messenger is also making it easier to share screenshots of video chat. A camera icon in the chat will take a picture of the video call:

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After taking a screenshot, users have the option of sharing it to their Messenger Day, which if you forgot is Messenger's own Snapchat stories clone, or pushing it out to other platforms. But with all the brought-to-life emoji action here on Messenger, why would you ever want to, fool?

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