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        Messenger

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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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        4.0
        46,076,834 total
        5 26,229,642
        4 6,952,794
        3 4,494,290
        2 2,033,806
        1 6,366,302
        Cedric Van Goethem
        Keeps saying I have unread messages while they are read on Facebook Web already.
        Mylene Sunar
        its very useful
        Okay
        Haha.awkward_ Stuff
        I love this app! I am extremely satisfied with this installation. Now I can connect with my Facebook Friends, compete with them too, and take silly photos! Sometimes, I ask the bots in Messenger's Team questions to help me on research, and I recently got an A+ on my assignment because of it! If I were to rank messaging apps, this would be #1 on my list. Very good app.
        Ched Ferranco
        I love messenger. But please do consider this suggestion. Please remove the "Active" section between messages and groups, because there is already a section below wherein you can check if who is active. So it is already radandant. Better replace it with the MyDay section. Because the MyDay above the conversations is so annoying! It is occupying a lot of space in the inbox. Thank you! Looking forward for more improvements. Kudos to the developers.
        Kevin Tamarit
        My god! STOP shoving "My Day" down our throats! Now it's full on wasting space in the conversation thread at all times?? We get it! Could you *please* STOP TRYING TO BE SNAPCHAT - IT'S GARBAGE. At least give us the option to turn off My Day or stick it in it's own section. Bleeding Christ.

        User reviews

        Cedric Van Goethem July 12, 2017
        Keeps saying I have unread messages while they are read on Facebook Web already.
        Full Review
        Mylene Sunar July 13, 2017
        its very useful
        Full Review
        July 12, 2017
        Okay
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        Haha.awkward_ Stuff July 11, 2017
        I love this app! I am extremely satisfied with this installation. Now I can connect with my Facebook Friends, compete with them too, and take silly photos! Sometimes, I ask the bots in Messenger's Team questions to help me on research, and I recently got an A+ on my assignment because of it! If I were to rank messaging apps, this would be #1 on my list. Very good app.
        Full Review
        Ched Ferranco July 11, 2017
        I love messenger. But please do consider this suggestion. Please remove the "Active" section between messages and groups, because there is already a section below wherein you can check if who is active. So it is already radandant. Better replace it with the MyDay section. Because the MyDay above the conversations is so annoying! It is occupying a lot of space in the inbox. Thank you! Looking forward for more improvements. Kudos to the developers.
        Full Review
        Kevin Tamarit July 11, 2017
        My god! STOP shoving "My Day" down our throats! Now it's full on wasting space in the conversation thread at all times?? We get it! Could you *please* STOP TRYING TO BE SNAPCHAT - IT'S GARBAGE. At least give us the option to turn off My Day or stick it in it's own section. Bleeding Christ.
        Full Review
        gloria mason July 12, 2017
        I like this app. I use it frequently. My main critique is that sometimes it is difficult to find an unread message. They seem to get lost in the list once new messages come in. I'd love to see a tab or special icon that lets you know that message has not been read. The little numerical alert on the app itself doesn't help when I cannot find the message within the app.
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        Daniel Good July 12, 2017
        Personally I hate Facebook, now the company is forcing people to use there messenger. I wish that they would restore functionality on the webpage so people are not forced in any way to accept the rediculus permissions that you must go through to use it. Most people don't read the permissions but I don't like that they can spy on everything at there will because they can.
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        Eralp Efe July 12, 2017
        Why do I have to install this not correctly working app to read my messages? It is not working correctly Mr.&Mrs. Programmers of Facebook! Correct the bug first then oblige people to download it. It is keep showing me numbers over the icon even though i have not have any unread messages...
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        Olga July 12, 2017
        In my husband facebook massanger were other 2 people private conversation, after that he deleted it and never used it before. I install it only in case some people send sms for me, why they do not see that I do not have this stupid app or why it allows to send sms if i DO NOT HAVE IT!! :S
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        Vicki Karagiannis July 13, 2017
        Wont put 5 star for the only reason being that l Hate that is shows when we are Active and we cannot hide it even if we are only on facebook!!! We dont want to be annoyed all the time! Please consider privacy for this please as l have tried everything even being inactive to everyone but on the top, it still shows me "Active Now" . Its nobody's business if l am online or not if l dont want to show it!!! My privacy!
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        Eden Luttrell July 11, 2017
        Not working at all. One problem after another. Reported several problems. Never heard back and they were never fixed. This app gets another new problem and becomes worse with every new update instead of getting better. The latest issue is that every single freaking message I sent is stuck on sent and they are never delievered. And when I have my active status turned off it still tells people I'm active and/or the last time I was active and that's not accurate.
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        Abhishek Barla July 12, 2017
        Its Laggin as hell when scrolling thru messages also it doesn't show some stickers when we send or receive it appears as a blank box ,it starts to lag when reacting a message with an emoji...its not my phones fault im. using Redmi Note 3 and always have 1gb of ram freed.. so thats not any problem.
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        Kelli Martin July 12, 2017
        Hasn't worked directly correctly since the second to last update. Can't check my messages, keeps telling me I have a request when I do not, and no longer notifies me when I have a new message. Stop forcing updates of you aren't going fix the damn problems
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        Maria Goula July 13, 2017
        it's ok to use as Facebook messaging but the sms part needs Work. it doesn't support network carrier so I was charged for mobile data while sending an sms just because the app decided to use data which I didn't have. so I got charged twice until I found out what is happening. so each message cost me 1,01€...
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        Michael Holden July 12, 2017
        The use of this app and the reliability is always uncertain. There is an obvious reason one should not choose Messenger as their default app for sms. I also question Zuckerburg on his opinion of free calls. There is no such thing as free, as you have to pay an internet provider to have access to this free calling he says you can make.
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        מורי ג. ק. July 13, 2017
        Every time I try to get to messages on the facebook website from mobile I get redirected to download this lousy excuse of a piece of garbage. I don't like features being taken away from me. Go to hell, Smark Suckerberg :) also no changelog
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        Kimberly Peñero July 12, 2017
        I uploaded my 'my day' but it always says 'failed to add. Tap to retry' I have my internet/wifi, I re-uploaded it and log out then log in my messenger yet still the problems is there. The my day doesn't work it's always 'sending....' when I view it my own. Please fix asap. Thanks
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        leah lebeau July 11, 2017
        I used to like messenger. Used it everyday. Last week it started not working. Trying to read my messages but it continues to say "looking for network". I'm at home connected to my wifi so it's not that. I updated it, nothing. I uninstalled & Installed again, still nothing!!! The notifications are driving me crazy.
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        Michelle Starkey July 12, 2017
        For the last week all I have had is the loading icon. I can not see or send any messages. When I click to open messenger all it does is show loading sent report problem 10 times now and just been ignored latest updates made No Difference. Fix
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        William Bud Latanville July 10, 2017
        Pull-to-update/refresh is a fairly standard mobile app behaviour by now. But your app ignores that and instead goes into photo/video mode. This is frustrating to many users. I don't want to learn a new behaviour just for this one application you've forced on me (by removing msg capability from the main fb app)
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        July 12, 2017
        Yay, to my day only taking up one conversation slot. Not one of my friends uses it and it takes up space in my messages plonked in the middle of the screen. Give us the option to turn it off if we don't use it.
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        Bernard Aybout July 13, 2017
        very nosy intrusive battery draining app. don't trust Facebook apps like messenger and Instagram and Facebook. despite settings they will drain your battery more by 30%. uninstall them and disable them as well and see for yourself. use facebook website via browser.
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        A Google User July 10, 2017
        New features are wicked ;-) looks much better than its previous versions! I had to delete tho, cuz the inbox of fb works much faster than this app where msgs get delivered much later! So, waste of space in fons with limited internal memory as mine!
        Full Review
        austin c July 11, 2017
        My phone is telling me that I always have 1 new message when really it's just wanting me to make a messenger Snapchat story. 1 star for ripping off ideas and also for giving me 1 new notification that I can't get rid of.
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        Derek Selby July 11, 2017
        It's a great app. Use it daily but for some reason it doesn't like to work while I have Pandora installed on my phone. It's really laggy and keeps crashing. As long as I don't have Pandora installed though its a great fast working app
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        Vincent Baiza July 12, 2017
        Absolutely terrible. Doesn't let you skip the contacts scan. Doesn't have a simple way to add multiple devices. Crashes. Likes to get stuck on "Waiting for connection." Basically just typical Facebook programming. Don't waste your time, both WhatsApp and Telegram are better than this pos, which is funny considering Facebook owns WhatsApp. Good thing they haven't let their programmers ruin that one yet.
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        Allen Bratton July 13, 2017
        Good to chat with friends. New "features" are annoying bloatware. Cannot disable messenger day prompts. I'm not "making plans" every time I reference a day or hour, and I'm definitely not trusting social media with my actual money.
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        Tammi Tuthill July 12, 2017
        This is a good app but recently and randomly the stickers haven't been showing up in my conversations. It's getting very annoying. It's getting progressively worse... I'm not happy about it at all. Please fix!
        Full Review
        Mick P July 11, 2017
        False notifications for old message and useless notifications when a new person has pm'd you. Support from Facebook is non existent ! Awful. Still not fixed even after your updates , useless !!! Still same after all your updates .....
        Full Review
        Kevnemm July 13, 2017
        I like it, but please optimize the app. It get's laggy at times even with a high end phone. Notifications needs to stop too for games like everwing. Gets very annoying.
        Full Review
        Patrick Jan Maranan July 12, 2017
        Good app but a minor problem. When I try to play Everwing, it doesn't load most of the time and Staying in 0%. If it does load, it is low quality and when I change it's quality to high it restarts and it won't load again until I restart my phone or reinstall the app. Please fix this and I will give a 5-star. I'm using OPPO F1S.
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        Sachin Patidar July 11, 2017
        Please tell me first what updates you are doing over last 3 months and it is of 35 mb each time. Wastage of data às well as time .
        Full Review
        Patrick Murphy July 12, 2017
        Constantly crashes on LG G4. Can't open app so can't access messeges at all. I guess I can see that I have notifications to check but yeahhh..
        Full Review
        SHEILA SECRIST July 12, 2017
        Lat week's update makes videos crash and they crash Messenger and it won't work or close, I have to reboot tablet. This week's update did NOT fix that! Fix it please! Before this, it was a pretty good app.
        Full Review
        July 13, 2017
        When I'm trying to message someone a paragraph or 2 it only let's me type like 2 or 3 sentences. Please fix. I'll rate 5 star because its annoying. I have to send my messages in bite sized chunks. Please
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        Karl Adrian July 13, 2017
        Excuse me, I'm having a hard time with my messenger app. I'm new into the "My Day" feature. I thought that it is really beautiful and very innovative so I wanted to try it. But when I add a picture in to "My Day", it just a group called "Just You" where I'm the only member of it. That group is where my pic is sent and only I can see it. Apparently, my friends can't see the pic and they can't see my day. Am I missing something? Am I doing things wrong? Pls help me solve this problem
        Full Review
        Maureen Hickey July 12, 2017
        It shows a bunch of people who never messaged me that are new contacts. So I have scroll through messenger to get to people who have actually contacted me.
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        Alpha Zer0 July 12, 2017
        I don't know what's going on, but all of a sudden every time I'm in a call, I get disconnected. My 4G is good, and even on Wi-Fi I can't stay in the call. I'm upset with this app.
        Full Review
        Tarun mathur July 13, 2017
        Yeah I'm giving 5 stars coz it's the best ever messenger I've ever used. But I've got one problem with this and that's it takes too much memory after getting installed. Try to make it a little bit of less Mbs.
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        What's New

        Now you can see your call history and missed calls—all in one place.

        Additional information

        Updated
        July 12, 2017
        Size
        Varies with device
        Installs
        1,000,000,000 - 5,000,000,000
        Current Version
        Varies with device
        Requires Android
        Varies with device
        Content Rating
        Everyone
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        Interactive Elements
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