Use Facebook's mobile Web app for chatting? You'll need Messenger app soon

04 June, 2016
Nearly a couple of years after removing the messaging feature from its main app, Facebook has revealed that soon users of its mobile Web app too will also need the standalone Messenger app for conversations.

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okay, so i own huawei mate 8, i noticed huuuuuge battery drainer apps on my device, and kept testing and i found them YES, facebook and messenger, keep starting themselves up, despite the efforts of my device on trying to keep them closed to save battery, so what did i do? i uninstalled both of them and moved to facebook web on my phone, now you're telling me i can't chat using that? well bye bye facebook, and thanks for getting shittier and shittier everyday, i am always outside and no chargers around so yes i appreciate my battery life

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    • AnonD-543427
    • uvu
    • 04 Jun 2016

    Wow, at first it was free service and then they introduced app.. Accessed contacts and text messages and now they want you to use only the app.

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      • Anonymous
      • IWN
      • 04 Jun 2016

      I uninstalled it, took a week to get use to it. And no i don't miss it at all lol

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        • AnonD-209261
        • L5B
        • 04 Jun 2016

        Plain stupid decision. Just one more reason to stop relying in Facebook as a primary communication service.

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          • John Kim
          • 7Xr
          • 04 Jun 2016

          We already have this on windows 10, same thing like in the web version. Only difference is no chat heads like in the mobile version.

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            • Roy
            • 43K
            • 04 Jun 2016

            I have never seen any other app updates that frequently other than Facebook and/ or messenger. And the description is always generic like stability improvement and bug fixes. I wonder how shameless are they to push updates almost everyday without mentioning specifically what is it for.

              Facebook is losing users as most have moved to Snapchat or Instagram. There are trying everything possible to get some of them back. Plus it will help with spying too.

              Believe it or not this is the beginning of the end of Facebook as we know it.

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                • AnonD-416078
                • AdE
                • 04 Jun 2016

                There's Messenger.com also there is a Messenger app for Windows 10, but forcing Desktop users to use those 2, would be the stupidest thing ever.

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                  • Time travel? o_O
                  • d%{
                  • 04 Jun 2016

                  Wasn't this transition done a while ago? I couldn't use the app for chatting for a period of over a year now, maybe even two! Maybe the authors of this article meant to say the mobile browser, not the app.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • JE9
                    • 04 Jun 2016

                    LG superfan, 04 Jun 2016Soon they will release desktop version of messenger and for... moreYes to have better access to your pc aswell as full spying facebook nature

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                      • AnonD-19153
                      • akk
                      • 04 Jun 2016

                      I think i better get my EBuddy turned on again xD

                        AnonD-97167, 04 Jun 2016I will not use any facebook power and cpu hunger apps Inst... moreSoon they will release desktop version of messenger and force you to download that for chatting

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                          • AnonD-429110
                          • X0P
                          • 04 Jun 2016

                          Guys just use Swipe pro

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                            • numesata
                            • uWV
                            • 04 Jun 2016

                            why they want us to install the messenger app? isn't Facebook itself enough for spying on us?

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                              • Mike
                              • mMx
                              • 04 Jun 2016

                              I won't use this resource-hungry crap. I prefer WhatsApp.

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                                • flower
                                • 0nD
                                • 04 Jun 2016

                                I use Metal

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                                  • AnonD-402029
                                  • XNI
                                  • 04 Jun 2016

                                  facebook and messenger app? i installed them all, but together with Greenify. so fb only eat my ram the moment i open the app

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • KAn
                                    • 04 Jun 2016

                                    AnonD-97167, 04 Jun 2016I will not use any facebook power and cpu hunger apps Inst... moreI feel the same way, not to mention the fb app even wants access to you photos. Its just super spyware and time for another app or method.

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                                      • AnonD-97167
                                      • pSR
                                      • 04 Jun 2016

                                      I will not use any facebook power and cpu hunger apps
                                      Instead, I will use the desktop site of facebook

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vMf
                                        • 04 Jun 2016

                                        Ayush01, 04 Jun 2016Am I the only one still uses the basic version of facebook ... morehttps://www.messenger.com/