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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
35,150,294 total
5 19,265,009
4 5,458,720
3 3,493,786
2 1,683,248
1 5,249,443
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?
Kuriso Takashi
Make different Modes. This app is great, though it would be really helpful to a lot of peole if you added modes like 'night mode' where the wallpaper is black and the text is white so that during night time we can use this app with lesser radiation, also 'easy mode' it is a mode that makes this app more simplier since a lot of people really dont use all of the features for this and just wanted to communicate w/ people in a much easier way. Dont make things too complicated for this app.
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!!!!
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?
Make different Modes. This app is great, though it would be really helpful to a lot of peole if you added modes like 'night mode' where the wallpaper is black and the text is white so that during night time we can use this app with lesser radiation, also 'easy mode' it is a mode that makes this app more simplier since a lot of people really dont use all of the features for this and just wanted to communicate w/ people in a much easier way. Dont make things too complicated for this app.
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.
Slow performance and useless updates Using a new S7 Edge. I would never expect such a popular app to struggle to run so much. Constantly lagging on keyboard inputs and even simply opening messages. Absolutely pathetic. Make it simple again if you need to, no one likes you trying to copy snapchat.
Useless silencer setting What is the point of having a silence option for the free call ringtone if the annoying messenger sound is still going to go off when someone calls. I'd be happy with the app if that was fixed. It gets annoying waking up at 2am cause your group wants to have a random voice call...
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!
Wowed the day of Christmas a new one It's been so easy and fast way to get expensive car hire rates are available in the next few days ago by a team. You can be found on the way to get a free email account from Google, and I am ok bhañja I was wondering if there is no way of life. I think I have a 8, 9, 9 the UK and the family, friends and family, and I am not afraid to say that it is not responsible for delivering it is. I am a man
This app takes over your device and can see ALL your text messages and phone calls. It is difficult to uninstall and always seems to pop up unexpectedly. No Facebook you can NOT get that far into my private life. Getting ready to uninstall FB if I have to. Sucks on privacy.
Messenger I would appreciate it if y'all can seperately block messenger calls from messages. and if you can seperately turn off the sounds it makes when you send the heart. other than that i like this app. another problem i been having, it womt let me scroll down to see older messages, it just refreshes to the top, which is kind of annoying. thanks
Slows down phone considerably On my Samsung Galaxy S7, messenger is the only app that causes my phone to become an oven and burn my hand. This also has been the cause for my batteries lifespan dying, as well as my mobile phones performance dropping to the point where it can take ages for a message to load halfway through writing it. This never used to happen and I would like to know why it is only happening now
Poorly Designed I've been using Messenger for a long time and never have I think about this app as being so inconvenient. We can't see if a person is typing until we click on the conversation to check it. The archived message wouldn't show up until we log out and log in back into the app. And, still, you forced us to download a separate app to use all the messaging features.
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.
Good app however You need to change the notification icon when the call ends. We know the call ended why leave a notification for it? This is so annoying you have to open the log to clear it and half the time it calls the person back, you stop it, and ohhh wait a notification the call ended. It is like "the song that never ends" the Olson twins sang in the 90s. Both beyond annoying and can be done away with
Several bugs Examples: After clicking on received messages via received notification, user is not redirected to message or is redirected to messages where new message is not visible on the list of messages...the same happens when you click on messages directly via fb messanger. Several times is happening that picture is not sent/received, only message about picture is dispalyed. Updates from the last months makes fb messanger app worse and worse... Make it simple again...
Would really like to turn off the "day" feature New update uses a LOT of battery. I don't want to share my day and i don't want to see other people's day but I DO want to use this app because it's what all my friends use and I think the precursor to this update was really good. Can you introduce a toggle switch or something to specify whether you want to see it or not? It takes up so much attention at the top of the last thought now that it's overwhelming. Please and thank you.
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.😊
Love it This is the best thing I have ever seen my fave 3 things in this app are :1-Vidio call . Now i can see my frends & family that live in far pleases 2-calls. There's that thing if someone didn't answer the phone it says leave a message. 3-facebook. The last thing that love in messenger is that it's connected to facebook ..... thanks for this wonderful app bye
Can't check FB msg's on cell w/o this! I hate this app! Because of its existence I can no longer check my FB msg's on my phone without installing it. I always get redirected to the Messenger page, and there's no navigating around it. It's a bunch of BS! I don't want Messenger, and don't appreciate being forced into getting it just so I can check my FB msg's. It's not more convenient. It takes up valuable space on my phone that I could use for something I actually care about. If I could rate it -5 I would. I hate Messenger!
Annoying When using this app, I can be in the middle of typing a msg and the app will close making me restart from the beginning. That wouldn't be a problem of it wouldn't happen over 10 times within 20 mins.... Also I hate how it lags. Not worth it, makes me hate using Msger altogether and honestly makes me thankful for a laptop.. deleting app after this review.
Shove it Gets a big ONE star. Would have been no stars but can't do that. Forcing me to install and use something I have no interest in using so I can keep in contact with the people in my life is a sure ticket down hill for Facebook. From my perspective anyway.
Videos not playing, Messenger on desktop If we send a video via Facebook, it ain't playing 95% of the time. Real pain in the neck. And we can't move back and forth within a video either. I find this pretty lame. The other thing is, if I forward a video / post from one chat to another, it isn't going through. Messenger on desktop needs to be improved a lottttttt
SUCKS! AFTER DOWNLOADING I MADE A FEW MISTAKES WITH MY CONTACTS SO DELETED IT TO RE DOWNLOAD TO SEE IF I COULD GET IT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS AND GOT BLOCKED FROM RE DOWNLOADING! NO OTHER APP DOES THAT! AHH ITS ALL GOOD! BUT THE VIDEO WAS WAY BETTER THAN THE REST OF DOWNLOADS THAT I WILL GIVE IT AND ALL THE COOL EMOJIS!
Laggy The last 2 recent updates have made messenger quite laggy on my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. I am no longer able to backspace a full sentence and have to backspace character by character which is painful. Also you can't highlight words / sentences to copy or delete. Unable to scroll down my chat list. Why try to fix something that isn't broken!!?
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.
Why it's necessary to install this app if I wanted to chat with my friends on facebook. It just occupy the all storages of my cellphone and I even can't just use the website Facebook to open the chat room. Sorry about my mistakes of the grammar but I can't endure this anymore. Please do something to solve my problem. Thank you
Unwanted contacts Really don't like this app anymore. What's the point of an app that is attached to your facebook where you connect with people you know when now suddenly people I am not friends with can now see when I'm online and can bother me. People I don't know have now starting showing up online that I have never spoken to....and I haven't synced my contacts either. Absolute fail with this update. Sort it out
Forced app, forced features Forced app, that's it's first strike. It works comparable to other instant messaging apps. On my phone it sometimes suffers from connectivity issues (it's not the phone or signal) and it has ANNOYING "sections" that pop up in the chat record. You hide them and it basically says, "all right but we will force these sections back on you next time you use this app". So, while the app is functional, the fact it forces you to do things isn't good.
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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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