Facebook is shutting down MSQRD, the AR selfie app it acquired in 2016

Photo: MSQRD Facebook will shut down MSQRD, its AR face-filtering app, this April, the company announced today.On April 13th, Facebook will remove the MSQRD app from both the Android and iOS app stores. Facebook purchased MSQRD in 2016, and the AR app played a key role in boosting Facebook’s internal portfolio of AR image and video tools. One of those tools, Spark AR, lets you create custom face filters for Facebook and Instagram.
As Business Insider pointed out, following the acquisition