Facebook Messenger is a stand-alone app that allows you to chat with your Facebook friends and send SMS and text messages to any contact on your phone. The application also allows you to make free calls to other Facebook Messenger users.
Communicate with everyone
Facebook Messenger combines friends and mobile contacts to allow for group messages, along with location-based functionality.
Since Facebook Messenger is focused on messaging, the app may seem a bit simplistic. It functions very similarly to other communication apps though, with the addition of location services. The group chat combines multiple users together and allows for messages to be collated in one window.
If you have SMS enabled, you can also use Facebook Messenger to talk with phone contacts. The application now allows you to send messages to any contact in your phone, not just your Facebook friends. Facebook contacts show up with a blue bubble and SMS messages show in green. When you are finished communicating, you just swipe the icon down and remove the notification from your screen.
Facebook Messenger supports stickers, including a decent range of default stickers, plus the opportunity to purchase new stickers through the store in order to brighten up your conversations.
Facebook Messenger allows you to make free calls through the app. Calls are free over WiFi, but if you're using a mobile data connection you'll need to pay the standard charges. The app only supports voice calling at the moment, so if you want to make video calls you're better off with Tango, Skype, or ooVoo.
Simple to use thanks to Chat Heads
The interface is simple to use is and themed in the same way as the Facebook app for Android. Facebook Messenger includes Chat Heads, which means that if someone messages you while you're doing something else on your phone, a small little circle will appear showing the face of the contact on your screen. You just tap on the contact, and it will open the conversation.
The design of the Facebook Messenger user interface is clean and tidy. The blue of the menu icons and green of the alert messages stand out clearly against the app's white background and this understated look gives greater presence to the conversations themselves.
What's New in version 5.0?
Facebook Messenger 5.0 adds improvements to the user interface to make it even easier to use. You can quickly share photos, video, stickers, and voice from the new compose screen. These features were hidden behind the paperclip button in previous versions.
Perhaps the most intriguing new feature though, is the ability to quickly take a selfie. Tapping on the camera button will turn half of your screen into a camera viewfinder to quickly snap a picture of you. You can switch to the rear camera with the tap of a button.
The verdict
Facebook Messenger allows you to chat with your friends easily - regardless of whether they use Facebook or not.
Download Facebook Messenger 6.0.0.27.0
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