Facebook Messenger is a terrific app that’s available for both iPhone and Android devices, and it makes it possible for users to chat with their Facebook friends while on the go. Of course, if you’re ...

Facebook made an interesting announcement earlier this week, as it opened its Messenger app to those who would rather not log in with their Facebook credentials. The move came more than a year after ...

A lot of people feel the standalone Facebook Messenger app was unnecessary, but there’s actually a lot of useful features and functionality built into it. Today, Facebook made Messenger even more ...

The last year has been a strange journey for Facebook Messenger, and it has just gotten stranger. Today, Facebook announced that Messenger will no longer require a Facebook account to use. “With ...

Open the Facebook app on your iPhone and tap on the Messages tab. The app will prompt you to install the dedicated Facebook Messenger app; click Install. On the App Store pages that subsequently opens ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

The Menlo Park-based social media company will remove the messaging capability from its mobile site later this year If you use Facebook to chat, you’re going to have to download Messenger. The Menlo ...

At today's F8 Facebook Developer Conference, Facebook debuted its new Messenger Platform, a major update to the Messenger service that allows users to send content like GIFs, photos, videos, and more ...

Facebook Messenger, the social networking giant’s standalone messaging app, has reached 500 million monthly users, up from 200 million in April. The company said in a post on its site on Monday that ...

For mobile users who text with friends via Facebook, it’s almost time to download the social-media giant’s dedicated app for doing so, or lose the ability. Facebook says that, for the next few days, ...

Facebook is about to eliminate the message feature of its mobile app, pushing its users to install the company’s standalone app Messenger instead, TechCrunch reports. The company has begun sending out ...

Do you remember when Facebook essentially forced its user-base to download and install Facebook Messenger? I do, because I was ticked off. Not that I was a big Facebook Messenger user to begin with ...