Messenger

Developer
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Genre
Social Networking
Version
446.0.0
Release date
October 19th 2011
Size
133.6 Mb
Price
Free
  • Your next Spotify suggestion could come from Facebook Messenger

    August 15th at 4:05am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Spotify's on Messenger.

  • Facebook Messenger beams live video into your chat conversations with Instant Video

    September 1st at 10:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinions

    The concept is similar to a feature found in Snapchat, which allows you to augment your chat with some face-to-face conversation.

  • Facebook Messenger now supports 3D Touch on the iPhone 6S

    July 13th at 6:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook said it would take awhile to integrate Apple's 3D Touch features on the iPhone 6S into its apps, and it certainly has. You've been able to peek and pop within the main Facebook app for some time, but only today — two months before the next iPhone — is the same functionality coming to Facebook Messenger....

  • Facebook revamps Messenger for iOS with new tiered homescreen

    June 16th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook began rolling out a new homescreen interface for its Messenger iOS app on Thursday, hot on the heels of Apple announcing iOS 10 Messages upgrades intended to compete.

  • This is how you play Facebook Messenger's secret basketball minigame

    March 18th at 11:09am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Good news for people with boring friends — Facebook has once again hidden a minigame inside its Messenger app, this time to celebrate college basketball's March Madness tournament. To play, make sure you have the latest version of Facebook Messenger, then simply send a friend the basketball emoji. Once sent, press the ball, and be transported away from your conversation to a wonderful world where there's no baby photos, relationship drama, or Candy Crush invites â€” just a white screen, a basketball,...

  • Bjork launches virtual reality app for iPhone and iPad

    December 22nd at 7:45am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    The real world finally caught up with Bjork's virtual reality style music, and now you can get it via an iOS app.

  • LG to launch webOS 3.0 with mobile connection for smart TVs

    December 22nd at 6:25am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    LG is hoping its webOS 3.0 platform can compete with the new world of set-top boxes.

  • Facebook Messenger For Apple Watch Officially Launches

    October 9th at 1:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    During Apple’s keynote in September, they announced that Facebook Messenger would be coming to the Apple Watch, as long as you’ve updated to watchOS 2. Well, it’s here. You can now share things like voice clips, likes and stickers from your Apple Watch. From my experience, little interactions like this are what works best on the Watch. I’ve found that as soon as I have…

  • Facebook Messenger now works on Apple Watch, supports iPad multitasking

    October 9th at 12:29am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Just as promised at Apple's September event, Facebook Messenger has today been updated to work with Apple Watch. On your wrist, Facebook Messenger will let you send voice clips, likes, stickers, "and more" according to the app listing. That's about all you'd want to do with Facebook Messenger in this context, so it's good to see Facebook focusing on quick interactions. I'll be honest; despite this being a native watchOS 2 app, Facebook Messenger for Apple Watch felt a bit slow throughout on first load,...

  • Facebook, casual games dominate list of most popular iOS apps of all time

    September 3rd at 3:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    According to fresh statistics from analytics firm App Annie published on Wednesday, social media giant Facebook is responsible for four of the top ten most downloaded iOS apps of all time, with Google and Apple titles in tow.

  • Facebook Messenger Ditches Constant Mapping To Lay Groundwork For More Location Features

    June 4th at 11:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Facebook is removing the confusing, slightly creepy always-on location sharing feature in Messenger for a more explicit, one-time way to share where you are or will be. Location will no longer be a “second class citizen”, Messenger Head Of Product Stan Chudnovsky tells me. Instead, Messenger has big plans for GPS features, saying “What we’re launching is the foundation…

  • Spotify gains video, moods, and podcasts, Facebook Messenger rolls out video calls globally

    May 20th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Music service Spotify on Wednesday announced a slate of major changes -- including the addition of videos, podcasts, and mood-based playlists -- while Facebook officially expanded Messenger video calls worldwide.

  • Facebook Messenger adds free video calling to take on Skype

    April 27th at 9:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook is rolling out video calling to Messenger today, letting users chat face to face with their friends by tapping a single button inside the app. The free feature, which works over both LTE and Wi-Fi, competes with similar products including Microsoft's Skype, Google Hangouts, and Apple's FaceTime. It's meant for the average user, but should also prove useful to Facebook as it continues developing its Facebook for Work service....

  • Facebook Messenger’s app store is here, and it sucks

    March 30th at 11:44pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinions

    Facebook is building its own kind of app store around Messenger, or so was the pitch at the social network’s F8 conference last week. But now that the new platform, which manifests itself as a list of approved iOS apps…

  • Freemium games dominate App Store list of most downloaded, highest grossing apps for 2014

    December 24th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Apple on Tuesday released its annual "Best of 2014" list for the App Store's most-downloaded and highest-grossing titles, revealing so-called "freemium" games as the year's biggest money-makers.

  • Lyft, Seamless & Amazon Instant Video add iPhone 6 & 6 Plus screen support; JetBlue gains Touch ID

    December 19th at 12:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    A trio of popular apps -- Amazon Instant Video, Lyft and Seamless -- all gained native-resolution support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on Thursday, joining a number of others also updated this week. In addition, JetBlue airlines added Touch ID logins for TrueBlue members, while SwiftKey is providing users with a free, festive holiday keyboard theme.

  • Facebook to soon require standalone Messenger app for mobile chats

    July 29th at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook on Monday announced it will be drawing down support for messages sent through its flagship mobile app, meaning users around the world will be forced to download the standalone Messenger app if they want to take their chats on the road.

  • Facebook Messenger goes universal with new iPad-optimized version

    July 3rd at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Social networking behemoth Facebook on Thursday released a new version of its Facebook Messenger application for iOS that brings with it a new user interface optimized specifically for the larger screens found on Apple's iPads.

  • At Long Last, Facebook Messenger Arrives on iPads

    July 3rd at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    We've been waiting long enough.

  • Facebook Messenger Finally Gets An iPad Version

    July 3rd at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Three years after Facebook acquired Beluga and turned it into Messenger for smartphones, its dedicated chat app today got a version specially designed for iPad rather than just running as an enlarged iPhone app. Messenger for iPad features a multi-window interface showing a list of threads and your current conversation at the same time. Messenger had over 200 million users as of April…

  • Facebook Messenger comes to iPad

    July 3rd at 7:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook Messenger is now fit for your iPad. An update rolling out to the App Store today adds a much-requested iPad interface to the popular messaging app, which was redesigned last fall but didn't get a big-screen treatment. The new Messenger app is exactly what you'd expect, but super-sized. You can call, text, send stickers, videos, and start group chats. Facebook wouldn't say if or when a version of the app built for Android tablets would become available.

  • Facebook Messenger adds instant video sharing

    June 13th at 12:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook might be preparing its own Snapchat competitor dubbed Slingshot, but that’s not stopping the social networking giant from adding some similar features to its popular Messenger app. A new update this week brings instant video sending to Facebook Messenger, an option to shoot and send 15-second video messages. Facebook Messenger has long supported photo sharing and a Skype-powered video calling service on the web, but this is the first time its more than one billion users can start sending...

  • Facebook updates Messenger with instant video sending and 'Big Likes'

    June 13th at 7:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Amid the constantly evolving landscape that is mobile messaging, Facebook on Thursday added two new features -- video messaging and bigger "thumbs ups" -- to its Messenger iOS app to help it stand apart from the crowd.

  • Facebook Messenger Adds Tap-And-Hold Video Sharing, Another Snapchat Feature

    June 13th at 3:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Why tell with text when you can show with video? Facebook Messenger is diving deeper into visual communication with a new option to instantly record and send short videos, similar to Snapchat. The feature comes to iOS today and is rolling out to Android. Messenger added pre-recorded video sharing and a split-screen selfie camera in April, but now you can tap and hold the camera button to fire…

  • Facebook Messenger Adds Video And Quicker Selfies For Snapchat-Style Visual Conversations

    April 28th at 11:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    People love the intimacy of communicating through photos and videos. Snapchat proved that. Now Facebook wants more of these visual conversations happening in Messenger so it’s added video sharing plus faster photo uploads and camera access in an update for iOS today that’s rolling out to Android this week. The new message composer puts the camera, photo reel, stickers, and audio…

  • Facebook to remove Messenger from main app to reduce 'friction'

    April 10th at 5:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook on Wednesday started sending out notifications to users in Europe regarding the imminent removal of Messenger from the service's flagship iOS and Android apps, a move that will ultimately force users who chat to download the standalone version.

  • Facebook Tests Mobile “Highlights”, A Cheat Sheet To Your Friends’ Lives

    February 22nd at 5:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Facebook said there were just big fixes in its 7.0 iOS update it released yesterday, but actually there's a big new feature it's testing called Highlights. Inside the People tab you'll see Highlights including friends' Life Events and people you've interacted with recently. If you're bored of News Feed and want to know what do next, Highlights could lead the way. Or you might just never use it.

  • In Messenger, Facebook finally has a chat app to compete with WhatsApp and others

    December 16th at 7:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    Image-based messaging is in vogue right now. Snapchat just raised a further $50 million to scale its rapidly-growing business, Twitter added support for photos to Direct Messages — the first update to its private messaging service for god-knows-how-long — and Facebook-owned Instagram unveiled Direct, a photo-centric private messaging feature, last week....

  • Facebook Messenger App Upgrade Available to All iOS, Android Users

    November 14th at 5:25am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    The Facebook Messenger app update the company announced in late October is now available to all iOS and Android mobile users. The update was originally rolled out to a small group of Android users only. See also: Inside Facebook's Mobile Strategy The most notable update to the app allows users to message anyone in their contacts who has the Messenger app, not just those they are Facebook friends with.

  • Redesigned Facebook Messenger with phone number integration opens to Android and iOS users

    November 14th at 4:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    Last month Facebook began testing a new version of its standalone Messenger app for Android that integrated phone number-based messaging and notifications for active Messenger users, and today the update rolled out “more broadly” to Android and iOS users....

  • Facebook Messenger Fights Chat Competitors By Bringing ‘Contact Via Phone Number’ To All

    November 14th at 4:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Facebook is continuing its assault on SMS and quest to become the only messaging app you use today by expanding its "contact via phone number" feature to Messenger for iOS. The option launched on Android to a select set of testers at the end of October, and is being pushed to all Androiders as well as all iOS users. The update is rolling out now and also brings a cleaner layout, and faster…

  • Facebook Messenger adds phone number integration, gets visual overhaul

    November 13th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook on Wednesday rolled out an update to its iOS messaging platform and app with a new design in line with Apple's iOS 7, as well as a new feature that offers users the ability to locate people by their phone number.

  • 22 of the best mobile messaging apps to replace SMS on your smartphone

    October 18th at 5:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    We’ve known for sometime that SMS is becoming passe for many smartphone owners worldwide....

  • Apple Unveils Top Apps of All Time

    October 8th at 5:14pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

  • 6 messaging services with apps for desktop and mobile

    September 14th at 7:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    Mobile messengers are all the rage now. That and stickers. But most of us still spend plenty of time at our computers, so being able to message across PC and mobile platforms is a feature that has been overlooked all too often by service providers....

  • Facebook Battles Snapchat For Visual Communication By Letting iOS Messenger Send Instagrams

    August 8th at 6:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Snapchat sends 200 million private photo messages a day. WhatsApp sends 325 million. These are scary numbers for Facebook which prove the visual communication is on the rise, so it’s just began allowing Messenger for iOS users send Instagrams and photos from other non-camera roll albums. It shows that while Poke failed, Facebook is serious about getting in on the visual communication trend.

  • App Store at 5: A Good Ride That Could Go on Forever

    July 10th at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Apple's App Store remade the world of software and mobile and, as I see it, all for the better.

  • Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time

    May 20th at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Apple’s App Store recently hit its 50 billionth download. Since its launch in July 2008, the store has been the go-to place for mobile apps. To this day, mobile developers often choose to release their apps here first. Popular from the start, just seven months after the App Store’s launch, the store surpassed one million third party apps, many of those free.

  • MessageMe Raises A $10M Series A Led By Greylock As It Gears Up For Money And Premium Services In Its Rich Messaging App

    May 17th at 5:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    MessageMe — a messaging app that launched in March with a little Facebook controversy thrown in — has raised another $10 million, according to an SEC filing earlier today. The Series A round was led by Greylock Partners; and as part of it, John Lilly, the ex-ceo of Mozilla who is now a partner at Greylock, will be joining the board of LittleInc Labs, makers of MessageMe.

  • Facebook Messenger gets stickers, swipe-to-delete functionality in update

    May 7th at 3:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    In an update to its standalone messaging app on Monday, Facebook added so-called "stickers" from the company's flagship iOS app and reinstated swipe gestures to delete conversations from the inbox.

  • Facebook Messenger gets VOIP; Evernote adds document search

    March 25th at 4:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook Messenger users on iOS in the U.K. and other parts of Europe will get a software update on Monday enabling Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) calling within the app. Meanwhile, note syncing service Evernote has added a new search feature for subscribers to its premium service.

  • Facebook launches free calling for iOS users in UK

    March 25th at 10:39am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    After launching free calling in North America earlier this year, Facebook is expanding its VOIP service to the UK. To make or receive calls, you need to have the Facebook Messenger application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch installed. You can call any of your contacts by selecting the "i" button in conversation view and pressing "Free Call." Messenger supports backgrounding and push notifications, and you'll also be able to leave voice messages when your friends are offline....

  • Facebook to offer free or discounted data for Messenger iOS app in international push

    February 25th at 3:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Social networking monolith Facebook on Monday announced that it has partnered with multiple cellular providers worldwide to let Messenger app users send messages at discounted or free data rates.

  • Facebook brings free VoIP calling to flagship app in update

    February 23rd at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    In an update to Facebook's flagship iOS app rolled out on Friday, the social networking monolith ported over free VoIP calling first seen in the Facebook Messenger app, though initial availability limited to the U.S. and Canada.

  • Facebook for iOS updated to include free calling in the US and Canada

    February 22nd at 9:30pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook today updated its iOS app to include free user-to-user calling. The feature launched one month ago inside Facebook's standalone Messenger app, but has now been graduated to the company's primary app, which has a much larger install base. This means that the tens of millions of people who have Facebook installed on their iPhones can now make and receive calls over Wi-Fi or a cellular data connection. To make a call to another Facebook user, all you need to do is open a chat with that person,...

  • Best New Apps: Facebook Messenger for iOS

    February 4th at 8:05pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook Messenger began as a simple way to send messages to Facebook friends, but quickly evolved into a fully fledged texting replacement. Today, you can send pictures, your location, voice messages, and even make calls through the app — all without using any of your monthly minutes or texts. Facebook Messages sync instantly to the social network’s website, which means it’s easy to carry on conversations on your computer, then walk away and take your conversation to go. You might not trust Facebook,...

  • Facebook launches free calling for all iPhone users in the US

    January 19th at 12:49am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    In early January, Facebook began testing free calling over Wi-Fi and cellular data for all Messenger for iPhone users in Canada, and said that a US launch could be coming soon. Apparently, the test went well — a new free calling button has appeared in the app. Facebook has confirmed to The Verge that the feature began rolling out to US users today, and requires no update through the App Store. To make a call to another Messenger for iPhone user, all you need to do is open a conversation with that person,...

  • Free Voice Calling Rolls Out on Facebook Messenger for iOS

    January 17th at 1:50am / Gizmodo / 1 opinions

    One of features promised with the Facebook Messenger for iPhone update a few weeks ago was Voice-Over IP calling (Download it here). Facebook promised that in the coming weeks you'd be able to call your friends over a cellular or Wi-Fi data connection instead of using up your plan minutes. The feature is finally rolling out now....

  • Facebook activates VoIP calling in U.S. through Messenger iOS app

    January 16th at 4:01pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Facebook on Wednesday began allowing U.S. users of its Messenger app to place and receive voice over IP calls, expanding the feature to a much wider audience following a two-week trial in Canada.

  • Facebook tests Wi-Fi calling, and voice app in Canada

    January 4th at 1:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinions

    Facebook is testing out Wi-Fi based calling in Canada with its latest update to its Messenger app. The calling is only avoidable for the iOS app, but both IOS and Android users still get the benefit of being able to record voice messages.

  • Facebook Messenger Now Allows You to Send Voice Messages

    January 4th at 12:30am / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    The Facebook Messenger application is getting an update for Android and iOS so that users can now send voice messages up to one-minute long to their friends. Just a few weeks after Facebook went after Snapchat with a clone app, it's modified Messenger to be a clone for Apple's iMessage....

  • Facebook tests Wi-Fi calling, and voice app in Canada

    January 3rd at 12:58pm / GigaOM / 0 opinions

    Facebook is testing out Wi-Fi based calling in Canada with its latest update to its Messenger app. The calling is only avoidable for the iOS app, but both IOS and Android users still get the benefit of being able to record voice messages.

  • Facebook Embraces Bubbles in Messenger iPhone Upgrade

    September 29th at 4:20pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Bubbles. That's the biggest change you'll probably notice in Facebook's upgraded Messenger. Gone is the flush-left alignment of the previous version of the app and the...

  • Facebook revamps Messenger iOS app with Favorites, new chat UI, better performance

    September 29th at 4:11pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook's been on a bit of a roll with iOS development lately. Just over a month ago, the company released a major update to its flagship app that offered tangible boosts in performance and responsiveness. Yet Facebook has also steadily worked to improve its standalone projects like Messenger. The latest version of the messaging app, introduced yesterday, brings full support for iOS 6 and Apple's iPhone 5. It also features the same interface changes that recently arrived on the Android release....

  • Facebook Updates Messenger For iOS With New Chat UI, iOS 6 And iPhone 5 Support

    September 29th at 12:15pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Facebook just launched a new version of its Messenger app for iOS. Messenger, the company’s stand-alone chat app, got a bit of a user interface refresh with this update, as well as a speed boost and official support for iOS 6 and the iPhone 5′s larger display. Today’s update comes just a bit more than a week after Facebook also launched an update to its Messenger app for Android and, for the most part, this update brings the iOS app’s design on par with the Android app.

  • Facebook Android Update: You Can Now Text Using Facebook Messenger; Messages Section Redesigned

    September 20th at 11:57am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    A lot of news coming out of Facebook today, it seems. This afternoon, the social network is also announcing a series of updates for Android users, which include improvements to both the Facebook for Android and Facebook Messenger apps. The news comes about a month after major improvements to the iOS version, which doubled the app’s overall speed in a number of key areas....

  • Updated Facebook Messenger Likes Smileys, Hearts And Other Emoji

    August 25th at 1:58pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Just over a day after updating its official iOS client with better speed and performance, Facebook has also updated Facebook Messenger with a number of improvements....

  • Facebook Messenger 1.9 adds emoji and lets you see when friends were last available

    August 24th at 7:51pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook is in the process of rolling out Messenger 1.9 for iPhone and Android, which adds full emoji support, one-tap access to a friend's Timeline, an updated "new message" sound, and most importantly, a new indicator under a friend's name which shows when they were last available inside Messenger. The "last active" indicator reminds us of the Facebook and Myspace of yore which let you see when a friend last logged in, but this is more specific since it only applies to Facebook's mobile apps. This...

  • Facebook Messenger Gets Minor, Important Updates

    June 25th at 10:24pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    If you’re a fan of chatting with your Facebook friends via the iOS or Android versions of its Messenger app, today you’ll get some good news. There’s now an easier…

  • Facebook Messenger 1.8 for iPhone and Android adds quick conversation switching, larger photos

    June 25th at 8:33pm / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android just hit version 1.8, bringing a few slick new features like fast conversation switching, swipe-to-delete for specific messages, and a built-in buddy list for who's "online" when you start a new conversation. The updates should roll out over the next hour or so, Facebook told us. The company also added larger photos to the app, as it has across all of its web and mobile products recently. Perhaps the most important new feature here is local notifications for chat...

  • Facebook Messenger App Updated With Typing Indicator, Read Receipts, Location Data

    May 5th at 8:24am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinions

    Facebook has updated its Facebook Messenger app in the App Store with several new features. You can now see when someone is replying to a message with a live typing indicator, much like iMessage in iOS. Read receipts will also reveal when a message has been read and by whom in a group message. Location information has also been added for showing where someone was when they sent a message from their Apple or Android smartphone.

  • Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android updated with read receipts, usability tweaks

    May 5th at 5:29am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Facebook has released an updated version of its Facebook Messenger app for both iOS and Android, and while it may not add video chat, it does include several features that make Messenger a more serious competitor against the likes of BlackBerry Messenger and iMessage. Read receipts are the most noticeable addition to version 1.7, with the word "seen" appearing beneath a message when its recipient has taken a look. The functionality even works when sending group messages, ticking off the name of each...

  • Facebook Messenger Apps Get More Life-Like, Now Show If Someone’s Read Your Message

    May 4th at 1:01pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Facebook thinks mobile messaging should feel like you’re having a face-to-face conversation, so today it updates its Messenger for iOS and Android apps with the ability to see if someone’s read your message, and easier ways to tell if someone’s typing and where they’re messaging from. Facebook Messenger “read receipts” are even easier to understand than those long-found on BlackBerry Messenger, and they work for group messaging too. The apps now display “Seen by Peter, Josh, Justin” right under a sent m...

  • 5 must-have apps that beat Apple's

    November 2nd at 8:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    At The Next Web, we get asked one question a lot. “Which apps are must-have’s for my iPhone?”. It’s a common question, especially with a lot of new Sprint and…

  • Facebook Messenger for iPhone Goes Global — Download It Now!

    September 15th at 3:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinions

    I’m sure you’ve already heard a lot about Facebook’s latest iPhone application, Facebook Messenger. However, unless you live in the U.S. or Canada, you’ve been unable to download it… until now! Facebook Messenger has gone global, and is now available to download from App Stores worldwide.

  • Facebook Messenger for iOS comes to the UK

    September 14th at 2:47pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    Back in August we reported on Facebook’s new standalone messenger app for iOS and Android, though the iOS version was available in the US and Canada only. But from today,…

  • Facebook Messenger Updated in the App Store, Still Unavailable Outside the US

    August 25th at 2:02pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinions

    Facebook’s mobile messaging client, Facebook Messenger, has received its second update since its original release in the App Store at the beginning of the month. Facebook Messenger 1.0.2 fixes numerous bugs and adds links to phone numbers and addresses. Unfortunately, folks outside of the US still don’t have access to the app.

  • The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

    August 12th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    iSupr8 Levi's Film Workshop: Levi's iSupr8 Film app probably does the best at capture the finicky flickery flippity of those Super 8 cams of yore. It was just updated to include some Levi's-specific features like a denim-esque camera case and other more useful options like adjustable frame rates, customizable film stock (tweak scratches and vignettes), and more. It's probably one of the most powerful "Instagram-type" video recorders available for the iPhone. Facebook Messenger: Think of it as a cross...

  • Facebook Messenger Soars to Top Free iPhone App

    August 10th at 8:47am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    So far it seems Facebook's Messenger app is a hit. After launching just Tuesday afternoon, it's already the number-one free app in the iTunes App Store. The iOS app has...

  • Facebook Messenger App Lets You Chat With Your Friends, Video Chat May Be Coming Soon

    August 10th at 6:36am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinions

    Someone must use Facebook’s chat system, because the social networking giant just released Facebook Messenger, a dedicated iOS app that allows you to send and receive messages or chat with friends on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. It even comes with push notifications so you won’t miss any messages. More interestingly, though, Facebook’s Messenger app contains files that hint at future video calling functionality to come.

  • Facebook for iPhone and Android: Will This Really Kill SMS?

    August 9th at 10:41pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    As you may have heard, Facebook just released a standalone Messenger app. It's their effort to invade your phone with a messaging platform that everyone has access to (because 'everyone' has a Facebook). And even if you don't use Facebook, you can use it to SMS! Well, theoretically it can become your main messaging app. Think of it as a cross platform messaging service that enables you to easily talk to people on any platform—Android, iPhone, Facebook, SMS and everything in between. It's not...

  • Facebook’s New Messenger App Aims to Kill SMS, BBM, and Everything Else

    August 9th at 8:04pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    AIM's downfall owes largely to the ubiquity of Facebook chat. And now, the company's going after the mobile crown—texting. Facebook Messenger will do text conversations, privately share your location, and beam around photos. To all of your friends. The dedicated Messenger app will be separate from the main Facebook app for iOS and Android, offering a one-click jump into group or individual messaging. If your pal's on Facebook (which they almost certainly are), they'll get your message in their FB...

  • Facebook Messenger for Mobile

    August 9th at 6:36pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    Having trouble finding Facebook Messenger? See the updates at the foot of this post. If you’ve used Facebook’s apps for iOS or Android then you’ve already experienced the frustration with…

  • The Best iPhone Apps

    October 30th at 3:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...