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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
34,953,872 total
5 19,148,359
4 5,429,372
3 3,473,993
2 1,674,633
1 5,227,427
Mechelle Lowie
Live video communication I'm legally blind and this app allows Me to see my family and friends that live away. It works great 80% time, I think it's the signal then and not the actual app. Wish you would make a app that is compatible with face time since my entire family has I phones and I can't afford one. Then I would also get to see my grand babies as well. Hands down nest idea in quite sometimes
Justin Hreha
For the most part very reliable Facebook Messenger has shown to be a great communication tool. However I would like to echo what other users are saying to the developer. You need to be fair to us and disclose a full change log for every update you deploy. I have looked through your description extensively many times and never see a change log. As an IT Professional and as an app user it's important to me to know what I'm installing and using on my devices plus what you are doing to the app. Please heavily consider this request.
Duree Corbin
Power Hog The biggest and slowest messenger app I have ever used. Please make the app simple again. Video calling, voice calling and text messaging. All other messenger apps are way smaller in size with the same damn functions. The updates aren't fixing anything, just getting on my nerves. Had this not been required for Facebook I would've deleted this long time ago.
Anon Emouse
Useful and simple. Can you guys add a setting so that #1, either through Facebook or Messenger we can turn on or off whether or not we want our activity to be seen (Active Now, etc.) and #2, something that allows us to keep the app from resorting back to "All" when you have SMS access enabled?
Paul Kelly
Never warned in Play Store WHAT'S NEW that this is a mammoth upgrade Description in WHAT'S NEW Play Store did not mention anything about daily diary, Message Team etc, I just want a simple and easy to use Messenger App, not all these unnecessary bells and whistles. This App should therefore be given a new name, otherwise. No confusion anymore between Messenger Google and Messenger Facebook!!!!
Ashlee Compton
Good! Except one thing... I love FB messenger! I don't even text anymore, I keep all my conversations on messenger. I even make a lot of calls through messenger. It's so convenient! However, recently when I've gotten a message, Facebook immediately reads the message for me without me actually selecting the conversation. If I get a message and I'm not paying attention I will completely miss messages, which is not so great. 5 stars if that gets fixed! :)
User reviews
Live video communication I'm legally blind and this app allows Me to see my family and friends that live away. It works great 80% time, I think it's the signal then and not the actual app. Wish you would make a app that is compatible with face time since my entire family has I phones and I can't afford one. Then I would also get to see my grand babies as well. Hands down nest idea in quite sometimes
For the most part very reliable Facebook Messenger has shown to be a great communication tool. However I would like to echo what other users are saying to the developer. You need to be fair to us and disclose a full change log for every update you deploy. I have looked through your description extensively many times and never see a change log. As an IT Professional and as an app user it's important to me to know what I'm installing and using on my devices plus what you are doing to the app. Please heavily consider this request.
Power Hog The biggest and slowest messenger app I have ever used. Please make the app simple again. Video calling, voice calling and text messaging. All other messenger apps are way smaller in size with the same damn functions. The updates aren't fixing anything, just getting on my nerves. Had this not been required for Facebook I would've deleted this long time ago.
Useful and simple. Can you guys add a setting so that #1, either through Facebook or Messenger we can turn on or off whether or not we want our activity to be seen (Active Now, etc.) and #2, something that allows us to keep the app from resorting back to "All" when you have SMS access enabled?
Never warned in Play Store WHAT'S NEW that this is a mammoth upgrade Description in WHAT'S NEW Play Store did not mention anything about daily diary, Message Team etc, I just want a simple and easy to use Messenger App, not all these unnecessary bells and whistles. This App should therefore be given a new name, otherwise. No confusion anymore between Messenger Google and Messenger Facebook!!!!
Good! Except one thing... I love FB messenger! I don't even text anymore, I keep all my conversations on messenger. I even make a lot of calls through messenger. It's so convenient! However, recently when I've gotten a message, Facebook immediately reads the message for me without me actually selecting the conversation. If I get a message and I'm not paying attention I will completely miss messages, which is not so great. 5 stars if that gets fixed! :)
Lack of basic features You cant even log out of delete a profile from messenger. It told me i could go onto privacy and terms to deactivate and account but when i went on it there was no such button or feature anywhere. Absolute joke. So if u log into someone elses then be prepared for it to be on there until the app is deleted.
Too many updates/takes up too much space on phone The amount of space this app on top of the Facebook app takes up is ridiculous. I can't have both on my phone but yet Facebook requires you to have this messenger app just to receive messages. As if that isn't annoying enough this app needs an update like every other day! Never have enough space for the updates!
Could improve One problem is that it is impossible to close app to not receive messages . App is active all times, privacy is zero. App doesn't get cached on background when it is possible. Why not get GCM or any other trigger to activate it? There is no way to disable calls and it is a problem. Videos doesn't work on landscape.
POOR PERFORMANCE Too slow. Experiencing difficulties sharing photos & no1 responds to my emails for help. Too many updates & they dont improve performance of app so useless. Id uninstall but only way to be in touch with some of my friends & only way i have to share vids even with the problems. U need to improve app performance & respond to emails for help!! Since latest update animated gifs arent right!!! Updates are taking as long as half hr to install!! Updates every week? Sometimes 2x a wk? And dont improve performance!
Update spoiled it Use msngr hundreds of times a day, I only updated to see if there were any new emojis (which there aren't) & now when I tap the app to open it, it stutters then goes back to my home screen. I have to tap again to open. Very annoying. Fix that & I'll give it the rest of the stars. UPDATE: I uninstalled & reinstalled - did NOT fix the problem. NOT HAPPY.
Annoying The fact it constantly tries to take over my messaging system drives me crazy. It seems to constantly running my data. I never have problems with data when I delete the app but for some reason they always find a way to download it again. Useful but annoying. Samsung Galaxy s7 edge
It's wastes a lot of battery... 🔋 ...and there is no dark theme. Facebook has made big improvements such as combination Facebook /SMS texting and not requiring users to have a Facebook account to use Facebook Messenger. You can make video calls, too. I wish I can change the violet theme that's in sms. But please fix the battery issue. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S7.
Trying to do too much This app is getting to big for its britches. They are adding to many useless features into an app that doesn't need it. Our phones already tell us who called and who texted us and stuff this app does not need all this. Please make a lite version of this app for those of us who just want to message or friends and not have all this useless space being taken up by useless features.
Intermittent and unreliable Too many unexplained updates with no improvements. Videos rarely play in this app. I only get a black box with a rotating circle. I really wish you knew how to make a stable application. I know a couple other people who have this issue as well. Different phones and carriers. I hate that I have to use this terrible application.
When I type a message to someone everytime I'm halfway through my chat the app crashes and I lose everything I typed. It's very annoying re opening and re typing and it crashing again. There's no other way to message through facebook without the app it seems either, and I'll soon not have a computer leaving me with only my phone and most of my friends only use this app. My app is also completely up to date.
I can't have it as default msg app. I like facebook messenger and also became amazed after I read about the update that the app can be a sms app. so I tried It but sadly It doesn't go well. I cant have it as default rather the prompt that makes it default doesn't even show up. Please help, dear developers. I really adored the app and love the improvements please keep it up.😊
This app is not good Photo and video upload is very slow. Messages that are sent not properly understood if the other person has received (or seen) it or not. Frequent unnecessary updates but no improvements.For one set of messages the bell should ring once,not for each message.Very annoying. Still very slow performance.So please fix.
Getting worse and worse I am hating it. For some reason it conflicts with my permissions. I have to keep the chat heads off because otherwise I just cannot do anything with my phone. Might as well just uninstall it right? Of course. It takes a ridiculous amount of space and has loads of useless features, yet, no search amongst messages. Good job.
Not bad Does what it says on the tin but keeps giving me the same soddin update again and again and again. I have version 3.9 already why does the app keep wanting to update it. Stupid. Anyway I don't seem to use much of what they have put in this as extras. Also I have a phone to make my calls why would I use this app to do that. Also why would I want my texts and fb inbox to be merged together that is the worse idea you can come up with. Should of left it as the simple IM service it was
I don't want my SMS's going through messenger! I hated it when this "feature" was added. I said NO to this app accessing my SMS's yet every time I get an SMS this useless app has a notification DESPITE me checking the SMS on my phone's messenger app. If I didn't need this stupid app to check Facebook messages I wouldn't even have it on my phone. WORST APP EVER!
Why the hell you didn't listen your users? We don't need another snapchat (which is terrible here btw), we just want simple application to send massages. Now i must update this app almost in every week and it doesn't always work.
Good but buggy The app is good for messaging and for calling. However, it feels like it's been getting a lot slower over time (especially compared to WhatsApp). Also, the notifications for new messages stay in the notification bar even after I've read them. I experience the issue both on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and on the Google Pixel.
Crappy unreliable app! Every time I do an update something else goes wrong! It's not allowing me to send photos/screen shots, Facebook reads the messages before I actually get to see them. Sometimes messages simply just don't come through! I just started to like this app and then you go and make unnecessary changes to it! Very frustrating!!!!
It's a waste of space Damn shame you HAVE to have a second app that wastes space to get a message from an app.. Facebook. Any way I can, I'm going to tell everyone i know to use a different message app to talk. Mandatory crappy updates. Mandatory apps? Nah I don't think so...
Not Customizable No way to customize or even add something as simple as timestamps, not to mention other things. Also, it reads your messages without asking, and then offers things to you. F you fb. Lastly, you can't open shared fb posts from the chat itself, which doesn't make sense because that's what this program is for.
I don't like it trying to take over my messages . I installed this so let for facebook. It was fine at first but now it is taking over my text messages . I don't want to have to read all ny messages on 2 different as apps . I just re installed it to see if it has improved. If not I'm done with it forever and recommend that to everyone.
Very irritating app You can't let somebody read messages till they install messenger.. And messenger keeps asking you phone number everytime you login.. Even after providing once.. Asks everytime.. Such a waste of time.i don't feel like logging in only
Bloated and miserable I long for a Messenger app that is just for sending messages to friends and groups. There's so much useless stuff in Messenger now it takes 15 seconds everytime to just load up the app when I need to check a message. The voice calls are surprisingly good though.
Why can't we turn off notifications permanently? I don't want this as a standalone app, not some constant background annoyance. This should be integrated with the main Facebook app. However, viewing profiles is currently awkward since it requires bouncing between apps.
Video chat crashes phone For the past few updates, using the video chat function of Facebook Messenger has caused my phone to crash and reboot. Have not had the same issue with other messenger apps, so must be something they changed with this app.
total crap!! lags like hell due to why i un installed app an my account! feel more comftable with whatsapp least when they bring a update it works & i have a option they need to relise without people they wouldnt even have a network to run the company even though there a bag off s**t!! best thing i done today was un install s**t :D though it killed me rating even 1 star i had to but dont take it serious
Awesome ....but I have been using this since my first fb account and had been a great value to me. But after I got my new phone the chat heads never pop up and only shows the text in my notification bar. So please look into it
features added, nothing but distracting consistently updated with features I don't need. why suggest someone I hardly ever contacted to as 'favourites'? why do I have to care whether those contacts are online? this is not gonna encourage me to chat with them at all. and why the app keep bringing that contacts suggestion back even though I've turned it off many many times?
This great app wants access everything The stars is so you will actually read my review. Yes it works. But then it wants to take over your messenger and be the default app. Well if your phone is working there is no need for that. Im sure Russia or someone that hacks phone is behind this app
Why are you trying to emulate Snapchat ?? I loved Facebook Messenger! Ive had no problems with speed at all. But after this update- Stories and the like it just is not very nice. I liked the fact that you 'messaged' on Messenger. Now there's a story line and I have no way to turn it off. It would be great to have the option to turn on this story feature or turn it off, but just to have it there is annoying for those who use it as a way of contacting people and no other way :)
Terrible now with 'My day's intrusion. Version 93.0.0.15 onwards has ruined an otherwise great messaging app. That terribly intrusive 'My day' and link to camera cannot be turned off and I hate it. I'm forever opening the camera by accident. Please give us an option to hide or turn off. Your developers should wonder why there are 5 million one star ratings and work on that before adding more clutter that we don't want.
WAY TOO MANY MANY PERMISSIONS. TAKES UP TOO MUCH SPACE. HAD TO UNISTALL N DELETE ALOT JUST TO HAVE ROOM ON MY SMART PHONE WITH LOTS OF MEMORY.,ALSO IT STARTS OUT JUST MESSENGER MSGS HERE THEN NEXT THING U KNOW REGULAR TEXT MSGS FROM,EVERYBODY N TO EVERYBODY POPPED UP HERE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Forceful Forced to download. Here's your 1* EDIT: it gets worse. Two months after they decide to put out an update which I don't need. And if I don't update "messenger won't work". Garbage ass company I wish I could give it negatives.
Default phone stuff. Facebook messenger is for facebook stuff. You dont need access to my contacts, text messages, or call logs. You already track my searches on my laptop and show me ads for baby crap because i searched honeymoon spots. I dont need facebook analyzing my personal communications. NO WAY!
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What's New
Now you can see your call history and missed calls—all in one place.
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November 23, 2016
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