Description
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.
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 camera roll 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.
Turn off notifications when you're working, sleeping or just need a break.
Stay logged in so you never miss a message.
What's New in Version 92.0
We update the app regularly so we can make it better for you. Get the latest version for all of the available features and improvements. Thanks for using Messenger!
Apple Watch
Customer Reviews
Good App, Overall
I love the FB Messenger app, overall. I think the new layout is pretty decent. So far just 2 complaints: 1, I'm not crazy about how it seems to randomly switch back-and-forth between the new and old emojis (I like the traditional emojis myself 😄).
My 2nd complaint is about the iWatch's FB messenger app. For some reason whenever I log into the FB messenger app from my watch's home screen (not the notification window) it seems to get stuck on the loading screen and doesn't retrieve any of my messages. That's gotten to be really annoying. FB Messenger app developers, please fix that. Other than that, good app.
FB, please get rid of the new emojicons. They're horrible. Or someone at least tell me how to turn them off.
Well, it works.
It does what it's suppose to. I hate that I'm forced to have it just to reply to Facebook messages. This stupid app got me yelled at, because I hate having notifications turned on for this application. Nothing more annoying to me than my phone going off all day from stupid apps. Anyhow,I had been browsing Facebook watching videos, minding my own business...when this stupid, freaking app showed I was active on messenger, just BECAUSE I was browsing Facebook. Lol so now I'm "an unpleasant individual who ignores people and is not noble" thanks, Facebook! Can't event watch my cat videos in peace without cyber stalkers watching my every move.
One major flaw
Not sure where Facebook was headed with this, but I have waited several weeks for them to fix the issue and it seems they're not worried about it.
In the recent weeks/months Facebook messenger decided to take out the feature where you are able to fast forward and rewind videos someone has sent to you. Now what if somebody says "just watch the last part..." Well now you end up sitting through whatever it is that is irrelevant and you're more likely to not watch it.
Not sure why Facebook took out the ability to fast forward or rewind these videos on Facebook. Not happy and extremely annoying. Easy fix, just bring it back.
- Free
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Oct 12, 2016
- Version: 92.0
- Size: 231 MB
- Apple Watch: Yes
- Languages: English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Seller: Facebook, Inc.
- © Facebook, Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.