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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.
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3.9
38,105,088 total
5 21,005,670
4 5,890,252
3 3,788,863
2 1,808,798
1 5,611,505
Sherif Malek
Loading shared Facebook links is awful, media player is terrible, you couldn't navigate/rewind/fast forward video.. play and pause is very hard. It doesn't feel like an extension of Facebook.. more like a 3rd party application. Heavy Battery consumer. Hope it improves.
Vivek Nair
Now WTF happened to the camera? Its super dark and works in slow motion while shooting a video. Why do you guys wanna make this oversized app more fancy? Cant you just focus in making it light and easy to use rather than adding face masks n shit! Fix this problem asap and bring back the old version god damn it! You forced all of us to use this to chat with friends and this is what you give? What a crying shame!
Camille Rose Serrano
Whenever I scroll down to see old conversations or plainly try to open a conversation, it would magically disappear and "Something went wrong. Please try again." Will show. Most of the time, it sound be like a flashlight being turned on and off over and over again and it would go back at the very top (or most recent messages) when I scrolled down too far. It's making me annoyed (too much). Please fix it, thank you.
mkjustmike
I am loving the app, but I do not like new camera feature. I want to be able to refresh the app. You need to get rid of that shit on the next update. That's the only way you're going to give you 5 stars with me!
Morrigan Whelan
It takes way too much space on my phone, too many permissions, you literally spy on all of us and force us to use this app because otherwise we can't see messages. Disgusting beyond words.
Has really improved with the option of photo annotations a la Snapchat. I don't get the purpose of the persistent Favorites and Active Now chat head rows, though. I didn't choose the people that often appear in my favorites, and often profiles with whom I haven't conversed in weeks appear at front of the list.
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Loading shared Facebook links is awful, media player is terrible, you couldn't navigate/rewind/fast forward video.. play and pause is very hard. It doesn't feel like an extension of Facebook.. more like a 3rd party application. Heavy Battery consumer. Hope it improves.
Now WTF happened to the camera? Its super dark and works in slow motion while shooting a video. Why do you guys wanna make this oversized app more fancy? Cant you just focus in making it light and easy to use rather than adding face masks n shit! Fix this problem asap and bring back the old version god damn it! You forced all of us to use this to chat with friends and this is what you give? What a crying shame!
Whenever I scroll down to see old conversations or plainly try to open a conversation, it would magically disappear and "Something went wrong. Please try again." Will show. Most of the time, it sound be like a flashlight being turned on and off over and over again and it would go back at the very top (or most recent messages) when I scrolled down too far. It's making me annoyed (too much). Please fix it, thank you.
I am loving the app, but I do not like new camera feature. I want to be able to refresh the app. You need to get rid of that shit on the next update. That's the only way you're going to give you 5 stars with me!
It takes way too much space on my phone, too many permissions, you literally spy on all of us and force us to use this app because otherwise we can't see messages. Disgusting beyond words.
Has really improved with the option of photo annotations a la Snapchat. I don't get the purpose of the persistent Favorites and Active Now chat head rows, though. I didn't choose the people that often appear in my favorites, and often profiles with whom I haven't conversed in weeks appear at front of the list.
Security risk, hackers will get all the information from your phone bcuz you gave messenger permission to merge with your phone and all the personal data you have in your phone too will be compromised.... please be aware and don't let get in your phone
I keep getting notifications saying I have a new message but I can't find it! Also sometimes my messages are hidden from me! And it's forever updating!!!! Updating what exactly?! Sometimes there's something new other times it's the same! Sort it out please!
Thanks for making SMS more customizable. I'm confused by the "My Day" feature since there is already something similar on Instagram (which is owned by FB). It seems to take up space and no one uses it. Please make it so that the section can be hidden. I will give 5 stars if this happens.
Facebook messenger should have been a intelligent way of communication far more better than others but i could not see anything here much interesting and intellectual so i am not much happy with this app. The old Facebook chat was better than this. Lets see how much it can do in comming updates then i will surely give you full star and hope it will improve further
Why is the camera so dark until I take the actual photo, no idea what a picture is going Too look like until i take it. Too much junk. Wish you'd just keep it simple.
I think with technology being what it is this app can actually just be a lot better and more.... Idk!?!?!? "Fun" for lack of a better term... More attractive, more techy, idk... It's just very much the same over the last few years ... While everything else updates this just kinda maintains
Absolutely trash What the heck is going on with all the changes, the new update is absolute garbage. If it isn't broke don't fix it. You devs need to sort this trashy app out. It used to be great. It should be put in the recycle bin on your PC and deleted. Either that or bring the old version back. I hope I speak for many other people. Fix it!!!!
Too bad. I still hate this update. I do not want this stupid camera sliding open all the time. BRING BACK THE OLD MESSENGER. 😬😬😬😠😠😠 . BARING BACK THE OLD NOTIFICATION SOUNDS. I CANNOT EVEN HEAR THESE NEW SOUNDS WITH UPDATE. You are not seeing all the complaints!!!
One day facebook mobile website simply refused to show me my messages, and I was literally forced to install this crap. It's enormously big given the things it does, the permissions needed are endless, the heavy updates are way too frequent, almost daily, and the transparency is 0... the "what's new" section is always the same!! The perfect NWO app :((
The worst of the apps on my (Android) phone. Painfully slow to load and constantly freezes. I have no problems with my other apps, just with messenger. WhatsApp is much better
It's garbage... doesnt even function properly when using video chat. I hate it so very much.. I would rather use a different app to video chat upon.
Facebook is the single biggest memory hog on my entire phone. It is absurd how much space every FB app takes up. The only reason I even have messenger is because I use it for business. I've deleted everything but messenger and page manager, and just those 2 use up over 500mb, and keep increasing.
I hate messenger so much, i have to download it just to talk to my brother which is honestly fucked up. Not only does your phone already come with a facebook app, they force you to install annoying extension apps. Which is the most greedy thing i can think of a company doing.
I had no problem until the recent update.. Now when I open it all I get is a white screen or a black screen. No longer useful to me.
Keeps getting worse Too many issues. I have unread message notifications even though I don't have any unread messages, many of the features aren't working correctly.
Says No Internet connection where I got full network! It takes minutes to get connected.I will never blame my phone or my network,its the messenger app which is so dumb!Facebook without messenger was better.Im forced to use this damn thing.Asking for many permissions and others.I only use this cz i have to.
You kno the only issue I have with messenger n fb is not the constant updates but the fact that in a very long time now the "what's new" has not changed whatsoever 😐 I'm sorry, but people already don't trust y'all n not updating what's different everytime there's an update is highly questionable !
I hate that this app allows people who don't have my phone number to call me and I don't appear to be able to turn it off - where are my basic rights to privacy Facebook?!? I hate that the camera button is so needlessly prominent and I keep turning it on by accident. I hate that it's constantly telling me I have unread messages when I don't. And most of all I hate that I'm forced to use this awful app.
When it calls for updates. Just what is it updating? Everything seems to be the same. Nothing changes. I think its just eating up my dam memory.
Doesn't send any messages for more than an hour and it's ridiculous. Also can barely handle phone calls and video calls without the call dropping every 5 minutes. Never have this issue with any other app. 🖓🖓
Thanks for the 50$ data overage bill this month. This stupid poorly designed app has just used 3.5 GB's of background data In one day well I was working and did not use the app once. You should post a warning to all users that this scumbag companies app will do this.
Oh my God the level of crappiness this app has reached over the past two updates is amazing!! Uninstalling. It's become unusable and it's interfering with my entire phone
App takes up way too much space for something that can do nothing but message FB friends. And there a lot of permissions needed. Most of all I feel they are an invasion of my privacy.
I am unable to delete all dailed calls at a time... I can only delete one by one call... If i called a person 10times then i need to long press that entry then i need to select the delete option from the popped up menu.. This process i need to repeat for 10 times which is very frustating..
Finally able to hide useless section on main page. Dislike the camera integration, I always swipe down to keep my screen awake and now it starts the camera.
If you accidentally click a botton too many times the app blocks you from using it. All I want to do is connect with friends, but this app makes it impossible. Please Facebook fix the problem or at least contact me about why I'm blocked.
Messenger app It's OK, at best. I do like that it has calling features built in. Reminds me of snapchat. I could just give someone on Kiki my username and they could message me
Too many updates with no real improvements, taking up too much space on my phone (memory hog) uninstalled it then tried to reinstall. It refuses to reinstall and keeps freezing my phone. I guess I won't use this app anymore.
Kills my battery even when logged off. You force stop it but still runs in the background. Garbage! Let me check my messages on the app and website without the download of this $h!t
I can't see what I'm typing! The keyboard covers the text box instead of pushing it up when I'm typing. I have been having this problem since July of last year. Several updates later, it's STILL broken!
It used to be good. The recent update is disappointing. It always clicks to camera button when I want to chat with someone. There is no point of adding that feature in home screen
Might only be 8mb more but with each messenger update its going up and up (currently 215mb) for features while im sure will please snapchat fans. But for people that want it just as a sms replacement, whatsapp's looking like a better alternative.
Like it a lot, few issues with the floating bubble thing, sometimes when I'm in a game, not affiliated with messenger at all, it dissappears and I don't get any messages after that until I go on the app.
Ridiculous that you have to download this to use the message feature on Facebook. And that it keeps your mic on all the time potentially recording any conversation had with a phone present. Yay for privacy.
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Now you can see your call history and missed calls—all in one place.
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January 17, 2017
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