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Chat Heads can be hidden by swiping them off the screen.

Chat heads has a very dumb name, but in practice it actually looks very practical.

I couldn't always tell who a Chat Head represented from this visual clue alone.

Chat Heads is Facebook's latest attempt to crack this problem.

Again, I can't even believe that they went with "Chat heads" as the actual name, but it looks like a very promising service.

Chat Heads, which isn't the name of a talk show or comic book, is a new way of messaging.

Tap chat heads to reply, drag them around, or flick them down to close.

They like the two core features: Cover Feed and Chat Heads.

The single best thing in this first version of Facebook Home, however, is Chat Heads.

When you see a Chat Head appear, it means that friend has sent you a message within Facebook.

Recognizing that text messaging is one of the most important tasks on a mobile phone, Facebook also showed off a feature called "chat heads."

Chat Heads will show users their friends' profile pictures in little bubbles that hover over whatever app the user is on.

The chatting heads are getting scarier.

Once he has read the message, Marcus' blue dots are replaced by a miniscule Martinazzi chat head.

That's called a Chat Head.

Consumers will be able to tap on pop-up images, named chat heads, to respond to friends rather than opening up apps or scrolling though menus.

(The one thing that sometimes flummoxed me: each Chat Head is a tiny version of the person's profile picture, cropped to fit inside a circle.

Chat Heads are bubbles that will show up within the Facebook app whenever users are chatting with their friends through the social network.

Facebook today updated its Messenger for Android app to include the Chat Head feature.

To dismiss a Chat Head icon, touch the image with your finger and drag it down to the bottom of the screen to a gray X.

Facebook's new Android app in "Chat Head Thread" mode.

Another feature called Chat Heads lets users quickly chat with their friends while running other apps on their smartphones.

On the iOS version, however, the Chat Heads are contained within the Facebook app itself.

In Facebook Home, Chat Heads can pop up when you are using other apps on the phone to keep you connected with your friends.

You can swipe the Chat Head to nudge it to any location on the screen, or tap it to begin chatting in a pop-up window.