Messenger for Facebook

Messenger: Messaging App & Platform

Messenger is a messaging app and platform from Facebook. It allows users to send messages, photos, videos, make voice and video calls to friends and connections on Facebook.

What is Messenger for Facebook?

Messenger is a messaging application and platform created by Facebook. It originally launched in 2011 as a standalone app that utilized a user's Facebook account and friends list to enable messaging.

Some key features of Messenger include:

• Send private messages to friends and connections on Facebook
• Group chats with up to 50 people
• Share photos, videos, GIFs, audio messages, location and more
• Make free voice and video calls to individuals or groups
• Integrations and bots that allow interactions with businesses and enhanced features
• Reactions, stickers and customized text formatting to personalize chats
• Message encryption for more private conversations
• Works across mobile devices, desktop web and virtual reality with Oculus

Over time, Facebook has updated Messenger with additional capabilities for payments, business interactions, group features, chat extensions and more. It has over 1 billion monthly active users worldwide, cementing its status as one of the most popular messaging platforms globally, especially useful for connecting with friends, family and contacts on Facebook.

Messenger for Facebook Features

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