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Instantly reach the people in your life—for free. Messenger is just like texting, but you don't have to pay for every message (it works with your data plan).
Not just for Facebook friends: Message people in your phone book and just enter a phone number to add a new contact.
Group chats: Create groups for the people you message most. Name them, set group photos and keep them all in one place.
Photos and videos: Shoot videos and snap selfies or other photos right from the app and send them with one tap.
Chat heads: Keep the conversation going while you use other apps.
Free calls: Talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries. (Calls are free over Wi-Fi. Otherwise, standard data charges apply.)
Even more ways to message:
Bring your conversations to life with stickers.
Preview your gallery photos and videos without leaving the conversation--then choose the perfect ones to send.
Record voice messages when you have more to say.
Extra features:
Know when people have seen your messages.
Forward messages or photos to people who weren't in the conversation.
Search for people and groups to quickly get back to them.
Turn on location to let people know when you're nearby.
See who's available on Messenger and who's active on Facebook.
Create shortcuts to get to any conversation right from your home screen.
Turn off notifications when you're working, sleeping or just need a break.
Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
Not just for Facebook friends: Message people in your phone book and just enter a phone number to add a new contact.
Group chats: Create groups for the people you message most. Name them, set group photos and keep them all in one place.
Photos and videos: Shoot videos and snap selfies or other photos right from the app and send them with one tap.
Chat heads: Keep the conversation going while you use other apps.
Free calls: Talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries. (Calls are free over Wi-Fi. Otherwise, standard data charges apply.)
Even more ways to message:
Bring your conversations to life with stickers.
Preview your gallery photos and videos without leaving the conversation--then choose the perfect ones to send.
Record voice messages when you have more to say.
Extra features:
Know when people have seen your messages.
Forward messages or photos to people who weren't in the conversation.
Search for people and groups to quickly get back to them.
Turn on location to let people know when you're nearby.
See who's available on Messenger and who's active on Facebook.
Create shortcuts to get to any conversation right from your home screen.
Turn off notifications when you're working, sleeping or just need a break.
Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
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3.9
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2 1,896,825
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Gaming Wolf
Yeah Go Ahead Copy Snapchat
eunise manalastas
Easy
Simon Jones
A faster way to message? Not anymore! So much bloat in this app now and with the Snapchat copy features being added its the last straw. We didn't need that we already have Snapchat Instagram and WhatsApp that do it trying to run four stories a day? That's crazy! I'm sure most people will just keep with Snapchat for this kind of thing anyway. Would be much better for most users to concentrate on streamlining and getting it less RAM hungry.
Sharla Kendall-Cronin
My 3 best friends and I have a group and it makes it easy to chat during the day and keep up with plans. Besides that, when my hubby was in the UP in Michigan and had no cell service we were able to use the phone in messenger to talk. My only issue and the only reason I didn't give 5 stars is I wish I could customize the notification sound a little more. Most of the ones on here are either too quiet, totally lame, or the standard one that everyone has.
Rob Miljus
please increase the amount of space for sending videos before you have to edit it to be able to send to friends. I hate having to edit my videos. It never turns out how I like. If you increased the the threshold of how big a video should be, before you leave to edit it, that would make it so much better. For example, I tried to send a small video (about 75 MB) to a friend, but it didn't allow it because it was too big for this app to do, so I had to edit it to make it suitable for messenger. Surely, I'd be able to send such a low MB video to my friends without having to edit it. Cmonman!
Kat McMillen
I don't receive alerts that someones messaged me since I updated. It doesn't connect unless you physically open the app and then suddenly you have 4292 messages edit: 3/10: I STILL CAN'T GET NOTIFICATIONS OF MESSAGES! THE UPDATE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THINGS *BETTER* NOT WORSE! DAMN IT.
User reviews
A faster way to message? Not anymore! So much bloat in this app now and with the Snapchat copy features being added its the last straw. We didn't need that we already have Snapchat Instagram and WhatsApp that do it trying to run four stories a day? That's crazy! I'm sure most people will just keep with Snapchat for this kind of thing anyway. Would be much better for most users to concentrate on streamlining and getting it less RAM hungry.
My 3 best friends and I have a group and it makes it easy to chat during the day and keep up with plans. Besides that, when my hubby was in the UP in Michigan and had no cell service we were able to use the phone in messenger to talk. My only issue and the only reason I didn't give 5 stars is I wish I could customize the notification sound a little more. Most of the ones on here are either too quiet, totally lame, or the standard one that everyone has.
please increase the amount of space for sending videos before you have to edit it to be able to send to friends. I hate having to edit my videos. It never turns out how I like. If you increased the the threshold of how big a video should be, before you leave to edit it, that would make it so much better. For example, I tried to send a small video (about 75 MB) to a friend, but it didn't allow it because it was too big for this app to do, so I had to edit it to make it suitable for messenger. Surely, I'd be able to send such a low MB video to my friends without having to edit it. Cmonman!
I don't receive alerts that someones messaged me since I updated. It doesn't connect unless you physically open the app and then suddenly you have 4292 messages edit: 3/10: I STILL CAN'T GET NOTIFICATIONS OF MESSAGES! THE UPDATE IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THINGS *BETTER* NOT WORSE! DAMN IT.
I have been really enjoying using this app ever since it came out. It had all my people that I talk to in one place. Facebook did an awesome job at creating an app where you can call, video chat, and message people all in one. It was my favorite app to use to communicate to people, until they added "add to my day". I absolutely hate this feature. There is no point in having that when I have Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook itself that I can upload about my day on. I don't need it in the messaging app. It is super annoying and I wish I was able to disable it. I wish I could uninstall this app but unfortunately it's the only way I talk to some people. I am super unhappy with this app now.
I absolutely hate the new My Day feature. It takes up so much precious screen space, right on top, where I'd rather see urgent or current messages from friends. Messenger is for messaging, and it's useful because it's not Snapchat, but FB seems to not understand that. There needs to be an option to turn off the feature. Or, if FB is going to be adamant about keeping the feature there, then they should at least let the users rearrange the order of contents. That way people who don't want to bother watching those videos can push My Day down to the bottom, so it's not the first thing they see when they launch the app.
Stop trying to be like Snapchat. I want messenger to talk with friends not send pictures and have stories. You guys have IG for that. After all the updates you have been releasing I now only have 3 chats visible on my screen without scrolling. The rest is filled with crappy suggestions that I never use and now a snap chat story along the top. At least give us the option of removing them.
I will not be forced to use an app that demands so much access to my phone. I am switching permanently to Skype for any such purposes. That is not to mention how intrusive the stay on top button it is and how it makes me miss phone calls when it pops up over the Answer button or the call disconnect button. Refuses to respect denial of permission for notifications and forces them onto you when you don't want them.
GREAT for private, instant small talk or long distance communications. Works GREAT for me and after 30 arduous months, it's one aspect of Facebook that even I've figured out. Haven't tried to use the BLUE PHONE for voice contact, yet, but I'll give it a test run eventually. Summertime has pasted and Autumn is upon us, it's great to be in Eastern Massachusetts and New England this time of year. Updated: 10 March 17
This new "My day" feature is on your face and obnoxious. It's something that annoyed me on Snapchat and Instagram, and is just downright moronic on this glorified text messaging app called Facebook messenger. I have no intention of using it, and yet when I send a picture, or gif to a person, it tries to sell the feature in the conversation. Instead of giving me more new features that I have no use for, how about giving me an option to disable a feature people have no interest in.
For the love of god remove that flipping shared daily crap you added this week. If it is not removed by next week I am uninstalling the app for ever. Fb calls?? The fact that fb messenger allows calls without any ability to disable all incoming calls is pathetic. I do not wish to receive calls nor for anyone that chats with me to have the option to call me. So many times people hit the button to call me by mistake.
I liked the app just how it was before it updated. You all,should come up with a way to reverse updates so people who prefer the other can still use it. I don't like that now you can't refresh your messages....instead when you drag down to refesh it pulls the whole mesenger app down and auto pulls open a camera and it's easy to accidentally snap send a pic in a message as it is. I thought it was fine before but oh well.
I uninstalled messenger a while ago as I did not like how it became. But yesterday my brother and I both downloaded messenger on our phones, both different phones. Today both of our phones crashed and messed up in almost identical fashion not even 24 hours after having messenger installed. I'm not saying the two are related, but it's a big coincidence.
Latest update made the interface look horrible. Who wants to drag their screen down and take a picture straight away? Round edges are just horrible, bring the old messenger back. The new update with Facebook trying to immitate Snapchat makes the app even worse. Stop copying other apps, your features are what make your app unique and make people want to download it.
The redesigned UI pushes taking photos, a la Snapchat, which I disliked. The notifications have to be turned off individually (attempting to turn off all at once doesn't have a "forever" option, but only 24 hours at most). At this point the web version is simpler and easier.
Good 4 messages that are private. Getting better & w/Stickers! I love that Messenger has ADDED more floating flowers and many other stickers, TY! Please Fix the on/off button as It's Way to close to send! Overall I like your New changes & features! Would you consider to Please move Send buttons & Camera. Fix please, Thanks.
Ever since the recent update I have been having many issues. The most common ones are the constant crashing. My screen will go black half the time from opening it. It loves to force close itself constantly. Ill even be playing game thru facebook and will get a random message saying messenger has encountered a problem. Please fix all this and get that annoying "add picture to your day" button. Thank you
There is too much feature creep in this app. If I wanted snapchat, I would have installed snapchat. This app was good when it did one thing well, which was interpersonal and group messages. New features should enhance that, like setting unique notifications for a specific contact. "Features" like filters and "days" that I can get elsewhere if I want just add to the download size and make me see random stuff from people in my "acquaintances" list who I don't even follow in news feed.
It should allow me to switch accounts from within the app, without making me open the Facebook app to switch there first. You're the ones who decided to make this feature a separate app from Facebook app, now live up to it! Also stop hiding my messages just because someone is not on my friends list, it's fine to put them in a different place but don't make that place hard to find or make it hard to know when I have new messages there.
What the hell is this huge My Day button on top of my list now? And the slightest down swipe takes me to my camera for a snapchat/instagram thing? Who's idea was this? You just ruined messenger. Stupid stupid stupid. Now I just gotta figure out how to get back to the previous version. You suck.
Omg! This new update "Add to My Day" is awful. I already have snapchat for that. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE A SLIDE SHOW ABOUT PEOPLE I BARELY KNOW. I do not want to see random facebook people at the top of my messenger inbox. Currently there is no way to remove it. Would have given the app 5 stars if this permanent feature didn't exist.
I don't like the fact I have to have this app just to read my Facebook messages, that being said it's a one of the best messaging apps out there. I also don't like all the space it consumes on my phone, it takes up a lot of space where I could have more music downloads or diy ideas that I'll never actually do myself.
Well hate the fact I have to use a separate app for a FB feature. Second it messes up way to often. Third there is no way to refresh other than closing and opening the app. Fourth the whole day thing is annoying and in the way. THIS ISN'T SNAPCHAT AND NEVER WILL BE, SO STOP TRYING. It makes me want to delete Facebook in general. I'm pretty sure with all the recent updates I'm uninstalling both messanger and Facebook and strictly using the website.
Hate everything this app has become.. It's copying other apps.. If we wanted them, we would download them instead of messenger.. Its big and bulky.. I hate the camera behind the main part of the app.. There's no need.. Too much rubbish on here.. The voice call and video call features are useful along with gifs sometimes... Get rid of EVERYTHING ELSE PLEASE!
The whole "days" Snapchat ripoff isn't innovative in the slightest. It's a blatant carbon copy and all it seems to add is inconvenience I wish there was a way to simply turn off this feature, I'm not nearly as displeased with the feature itself as I am with the fact that there is NO WAY to get rid of it if I don't want to buy into it. Honestly, when is Facebook gonna start listening?
Works decently on the current version. Not a fan of all the games and new crap they're trying to infest messenger with. Can't you just leave it what it was supposed to be? A nice simple quick messaging app. I guess it still functions as so though, for now.
This piece of crap keeps crashing (shutting down) on me. And it always seems to be right in the middle or after i finish typing this nice long message to someone... And i LOSE EVERYTHING! This crap is SO fricken ANNOYING! This app also takes up far too much space on my device.
Its CRAP . Why have you stopped me messaging through facebook.. It was not even the app and making me use more of my memory for something thats crap... I never wantedthis on my phone..EDIT This new update march 2017 I hate it. I don't want to see what people share. You get that on facebook and I don't like that much. I don't really use FB anymore but now i got to see crap on my messenger...!!!!
The only thing I want to do with this app is send messages, but the app has become so bloated that it is almost unusable. I don't want my camera activating by itself, I don't want snapchat-esque filters (there's a reason I don't use snapchat!), I don't want to call people through Facebook, I don't want to send all my photos etc. I went from using the app constantly to maybe once a week, and would prefer not using it at all.
Can't fb with out anymore. Ignore all ratings from far back because this update is only here to bully us into giving it our info if u ever want to check ur fb msgs again(update) and now messenger thinks it's Snapchat. "No I don't want to share my day"
there are always a bunch of things i don't want to see that I can't get rid of, now there are some sort of snapchat thing, or it puts conversations for bdays or games or active now. what do i want to see? my actual conversations and that's it. I'm willing to change setting for this but alas, no settings for these things. i will always try to talk in another app whenever possible.
Its sh!t. It used to be ok, now its a freeking 10 apps in one. Also the main conversation view doesnt work properly, lags, crashes, videos sometimes wont play. If I get a message while listening to music it changes my volume after the notification sound ends. This is very annoying! Update: Now uses a lot of battery and crashes more often! What are you guys doing?
What have you done to this app?! It used to be a half decent messaging app. Now half the screen is taken up with buttons taking me to that Snapchat rip off. Why can't I turn that off? And the slightest swipe takes me to it as well! It's a total train wreck. I want to use Messenger for messaging, is that really too much to ask?
I absolutely hate this app. There is no reason why everything this app offers could be a part of the Facebook app. It is less than user friendly and stores all conversations permanently unless you figure out a way to delete the thread. Even then, I doubt they ever truly delete the conversations. This app is a breach of privacy.
If I wanted to see everyone's stories, I'd add them on snapchat. We weren't allowed an option in this. One wrong tap and the private photos and conversation I was having with a friend would be shared with people I haven't talked to since high school. Change it back, change it back, change it back please
Nothing is never new why so many updates I updated yesterday. I don't see the need to update every day. I'm not sure that what you're saying about the chatheads keeping the conversation going when using other apps it's a lie and you need to remove it. Another thing get rid of the video chat it's annoying.
The home screen is too busy, there's too much going on. My Day, Filters that no-one uses, Active Now, Favourites, Groups, the New Message button, the search bar etc. etc. etc. It looks a mess. You've lost the focus of messenger; to message friends! Either simplify it, or let us switch off all these waste of space features.
Stop upgrading and start fixing the current issues with this app. If it wasn't necessary for work I would permanently uninstall If you already have the facebook app, you SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM ACCEPTING THIS APP FACEBOOK HAS MORE PERMISSIONS. Y'ALL ARE FREAKING STUPID!
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Now you can see your call history and missed calls—all in one place.
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March 10, 2017
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