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About Messenger Lite: Free Calls & Messages
A faster version of Messenger that works in all network conditions
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About Messenger Lite: Free Calls & Messages
Google Play
A fast and data-efficient messaging app to reach the people in your life.
Messenger Lite:
- Installs quickly. It's less than 10MB to download!
- Saves data. It loads fast, runs efficiently and uses less mobile data.
- Works everywhere. Reach people when you're in an area with a slow or unstable internet connection.
With Messenger Lite, you can:
- Contact anyone on Messenger, Facebook or Facebook Lite.
- See when people are active and available to chat.
- Message people one-on-one or in groups to catch up or make plans.
- Send photos, links, or express yourself with stickers.
- Make one-on-one voice and video calls for free over Wi-Fi (otherwise standard data charges apply). Talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries!
Messenger Lite:
- Installs quickly. It's less than 10MB to download!
- Saves data. It loads fast, runs efficiently and uses less mobile data.
- Works everywhere. Reach people when you're in an area with a slow or unstable internet connection.
With Messenger Lite, you can:
- Contact anyone on Messenger, Facebook or Facebook Lite.
- See when people are active and available to chat.
- Message people one-on-one or in groups to catch up or make plans.
- Send photos, links, or express yourself with stickers.
- Make one-on-one voice and video calls for free over Wi-Fi (otherwise standard data charges apply). Talk as long as you want, even with people in other countries!
App Store
Be together whenever, with our free* all-in-one communication app, complete with unlimited text, voice, video calling and group video chat features.
CROSS-APP MESSAGING AND CALLING
Connect with your Instagram friends right from Messenger. Simply search for them by name or username to message or call.
VANISH MODE
Send messages that only last for a moment. Opt in to use vanish mode where seen messages disappear after you exit the chat.
PRIVACY SETTINGS
New privacy settings let you choose who can reach you, and where your messages are delivered.
CUSTOM REACTIONS
Lost for words? You can customize your reactions, with lots more emojis to choose from.
CHAT THEMES
Choose from fun themes and colors, like Tie-Dye or Love, to make your chats more personal.
WATCH TOGETHER
Watch videos, tv shows, and movies with your friends over Messenger Video Chat and Rooms when you can't be together. Capture every moment and reaction in real-time.
GET THE GROUP TOGETHER WITH ROOMS
Send a link to group video chat with anyone, even if they don't have Messenger. Host up to 50 people with no time limits.
FREE* VIDEO CALLS TO STAY CONNECTED
Keep your friends and family close with unlimited live video chatting.Host group video calls with up to 8 people, with high-quality audio, high definition video, and interactive video features like face filters.
UNLIMITED FREE* TEXT & PHONE CALLS
Skip exchanging phone numbers and simply send a message to your Facebook friends, even if they’re across the world. Enjoy high-quality voice and text messaging on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN DARK MODE
Give your eyes some rest with a sleek new look that darkens the colors of the chat interface.
RECORD AND SEND VOICE AND VIDEO MESSAGES
When text just won't cut it, just hit record and send. Say, sing, show, or shout it out loud.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH STICKERS, GIFS, AND EMOJIS
Use custom stickers to show your creative side. You can even add effects and filters to video calls.
SEND FILES, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOS
There’s no limit to the number of files you want to share with your friends.
PLAN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN
Make plans to get together with polls and more. Suggest a meeting spot or tell friends where you are by sharing your location with just a few taps.
SEND MONEY SECURELY AND EASILY (within US only)
Send and receive money securely and easily with friends and family right in the app by adding your debit card, PayPal account or reloadable prepaid card (single-source cards eligible for sending money only).
CHAT WITH BUSINESSES
Easily connect with your favorite businesses to make reservations, get customer support, find deals and more.
COMPATIBLE ACROSS PLATFORMS
Chat with friends across an array of devices, like desktop, Portal, and others.
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
LEARN MORE about Messenger texting and group video chat at: http://messenger.com
* Data rates apply
Some Messenger features may not be available in your country or region.
CROSS-APP MESSAGING AND CALLING
Connect with your Instagram friends right from Messenger. Simply search for them by name or username to message or call.
VANISH MODE
Send messages that only last for a moment. Opt in to use vanish mode where seen messages disappear after you exit the chat.
PRIVACY SETTINGS
New privacy settings let you choose who can reach you, and where your messages are delivered.
CUSTOM REACTIONS
Lost for words? You can customize your reactions, with lots more emojis to choose from.
CHAT THEMES
Choose from fun themes and colors, like Tie-Dye or Love, to make your chats more personal.
WATCH TOGETHER
Watch videos, tv shows, and movies with your friends over Messenger Video Chat and Rooms when you can't be together. Capture every moment and reaction in real-time.
GET THE GROUP TOGETHER WITH ROOMS
Send a link to group video chat with anyone, even if they don't have Messenger. Host up to 50 people with no time limits.
FREE* VIDEO CALLS TO STAY CONNECTED
Keep your friends and family close with unlimited live video chatting.Host group video calls with up to 8 people, with high-quality audio, high definition video, and interactive video features like face filters.
UNLIMITED FREE* TEXT & PHONE CALLS
Skip exchanging phone numbers and simply send a message to your Facebook friends, even if they’re across the world. Enjoy high-quality voice and text messaging on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN DARK MODE
Give your eyes some rest with a sleek new look that darkens the colors of the chat interface.
RECORD AND SEND VOICE AND VIDEO MESSAGES
When text just won't cut it, just hit record and send. Say, sing, show, or shout it out loud.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH STICKERS, GIFS, AND EMOJIS
Use custom stickers to show your creative side. You can even add effects and filters to video calls.
SEND FILES, PHOTOS, AND VIDEOS
There’s no limit to the number of files you want to share with your friends.
PLAN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN
Make plans to get together with polls and more. Suggest a meeting spot or tell friends where you are by sharing your location with just a few taps.
SEND MONEY SECURELY AND EASILY (within US only)
Send and receive money securely and easily with friends and family right in the app by adding your debit card, PayPal account or reloadable prepaid card (single-source cards eligible for sending money only).
CHAT WITH BUSINESSES
Easily connect with your favorite businesses to make reservations, get customer support, find deals and more.
COMPATIBLE ACROSS PLATFORMS
Chat with friends across an array of devices, like desktop, Portal, and others.
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
LEARN MORE about Messenger texting and group video chat at: http://messenger.com
* Data rates apply
Some Messenger features may not be available in your country or region.
Ratings & Reviews
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Apr 4, 2021 The app was great until my phone was stolen and instead of helping me, they, along with facebook, locked me out of my account because I can't verify by the number that was stolen! The device is locked and wiped by Google already! If they had common sense to go with the schooling sense, they would be better.. give everyone the same chance and courtesy that you yourself would expect..more -
THIS IS MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MESSENGER DEVELOPERS
Mar 22, 2021 This is more of a question/suggestion rather than a review As a regular user of facebook/messenger on a mobile device, I find the “Double Tap to React” annoying. That includes the message that constantly tells you to use it or “try it out” even when already understand how it works. It’s annoying and distracting. The function of the “Double Tap to React” itself is annoying itself. If you accidentally double tap the action will carry out automatically. I’ve used it by accident so many times yet I’ve barely even used it once on purpose. It’s caused awkward misunderstandings and I’ve had to explain that it was a mistake. Can you not just make it so you can react when you hold down on the message? It would be so much more useful and secure. If you don’t want to change it because you might be worried that other people might enjoy this function, can you not just add it to the settings so the person can customize it to what they want?more -
Mar 28, 2021 Hey, after newest update my friends and I can no longer receive calls through lite. We can make calls but are unable to receive the. We are only able to receive them through regular messenger. Please fix. I'll give you 5 stars if you fix this.more -
Some of the latest features missing
Jan 1, 2021 Did the developers just give up on this app for iPad or something? I see that the latest update was two weeks ago, and usually Facebook likes to update all of their apps every two days 🤨 While the app *is* functional, it lacks some of the updated features that are all available on the iPhone app and mostly available via the direct website — such as FB avatars stickers and the like (i do appreciate the extra choices for emoji reacts, tho’; i just wish there were more heart options with that). My iPad is on the latest OS (iPadOS 14) and is an iPad Air 2...this latest update of Facebook Messenger is an incomplete version of the latest update for its version on iPhone 😐 would be nice to access ALL of the latest features on this app for iPad, since there’s more space on my iPad than on on my iPhone to support it. Hopefully, y’all will come back with a new update of ALL the latest features soon...more -
Apr 5, 2021 I was met little bit of a challenge, the challenge is when you get in conversation there is place were to keep photos and videos also links.
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Apr 7, 2021 The new update is ****. New bubles are terible, they are so small, and most of all, they are not always visible.. when ppl send me messages, i don't even see them.. I have to force bubles to show, but then, the orange "dot" showing there is new message is so small, I can't even notice it.. How to get back to the previous version. I want the old version!!more -
Glitchy to the point of unusable.
Jul 21, 2020 For the longest time, Facebook messenger with my go to for communication. I didn’t have everyone’s phone number and not many of my contacts used something like WhatsApp, but everyone has a Facebook account. This app is so glitchy that it’s finally broken me of Facebook period. I never really used the service as a social media platform to begin with, but it was a decent communication service. Or would have been. For the majority of this year, the software has been unreliable, glitchy, and riddled with bugs. It consistently fails to give notifications, occasionally forgets that I had sent a message, and by far the worst glitch: it will randomly kick me out of conversations while I’m reading them or typing in them and put me back at the contacts screen. And of course, it doesn’t save what I had been typing. This means that something as simple as sending a message can require you to start typing it two or five times before you can actually send one. There is no excuse for a company that big to deliver software this crappy, especially given how much shady crap they are otherwise up to involving user data. Check please, I am done.more -
Mar 28, 2021 Why the hell this app don't provide the delete option? It's freaking embarrassing when you come to know that all the messages that you have deleted were actually not deleted from the other person's phone. It only clears out from your on screen but not deletes, that is meant to be, from the other person's phone.more -
Overwhelming and extremely difficult to navigate
Feb 4, 2021 With school being online, I have been using messenger as my main medium of communication among the peers. The more I use it, the more I get annoyed at how poorly the app is made. When I have a few messages unread, it would make sense to guide me to the place where I left off when I open the chat. However, I have to scroll ALL the way up to figure out where in the conversation I had left from, so it is especially difficult when I am in a group chat and missed more than a dozen messages. It is also impossible to find the date and the time of each messages, which makes it take an even more time and effort from my end to go through every message to get to where I left off. This should be a basic function in all messenger programs by now, so I don’t understand why messenger wouldn’t carry such an essential function. It is not user-friendly, as the updates have been only adding stuff that no one would ever make use of while ignoring the basic necessities. I also can’t save or mark any messages if I need to go back to them. I truly hope you guys make the important updates soon.more -
Completely Unnecessary and terrible
Mar 25, 2021 So to begin. The existence of Facebook messenger is absolutely unnecessary. There is already the Facebook app and I don’t see what the point is in having to switch to a different app just to see your messages. But also if you’re going to force me to use this app to see my messages from another app might as well make it work. For about a month now I’ve been stuck signed in to one of my pages. I can’t read any messages on my personal or any of my other business pages. So I deleted it and re-downloaded it. And now, it won’t let me sign in. I have tried signing in all day today and yesterday and it constantly gives me “ error your request cannot be completed at this time please try again later.” This is absolutely terrible. Get this thing fixed. I wish I could have the option to just use Messenger in the Facebook app. But since Zuck doesn’t want that I guess I don’t get it. If my businesses didn’t rely on it I would leave Facebook all together because of this. In summation, the app is terrible doesn’t work and I shouldn’t even need it in the first place.more
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Apr 5, 2021 I was met little bit of a challenge, the challenge is when you get in conversation there is place were to keep photos and videos also links. -
Mar 28, 2021 Fast and doesn't take up much space on my phone. Perfect if you want the convenience of messenger but don't care about the bells and whistles like stories. -
Facebook messenger need to pickup the pace
Aug 20, 2018 Facebook messenger is seriously lacking behind with simple and small functions that can make it great. Facebook has friends that we do not want to share our phone numbers with to be able to communicate on other great and easy to converse instant messaging apps. One of those function is to be able to reply directly to a particular message. So difficult to handle conversation on Facebook as it doesn’t allow for different topics to be discussed concurrently just with a reply functionality. Most times when you go back to an old discussion during a new one the whole thing becomes confusing and then takes longer to type and clarify things with who you are chatting with. I can have a discussion in 3 mins on other apps and that same conversation would take me 10 mins on Facebook messenger. This is because you talk about one topic finish it up properly and start the next one again. When you can talk about both same time just directly replying to the exact thing you getting back at. Please fix this because it’s getting boring chatting on Facebook messenger. If you can smile to a message thumb up and other things why can’t we reply? Thank you.more -
What if...
Jun 16, 2020 What if the facebook account gets hack and then you can’t also return or log in to the messenger which the account from facebook? Still not secured here. I hope that problem fix, waiting for the day it changes. My relatives just get hack a week ago, they thought it’s fine because they don’t addicted to facebook much. Then they realized that there are dozen of images they took before for memories, thousands of messages who encourage them come through the dark storm had been deleted because of the hackers with no conscience. Anyways, I’m concerned for these related app. I’m giving 4 stars because I loved this app before, now it updated and somehow it disappointed me. And with the hope of bringing a better security for both apps, I remove 1 star. Please fixmore -
Explain please
Feb 21, 2020 I used to be able to get to the “other” folder but now that is gone. Please redo this and fix because many messages get filtered and now I can’t get those. Long time user. **EDIT** I found this setting finally. One last thing that would be a great addition is to give us the option to remain hidden. I don’t want everyone knowing I’m online. I have active turned off and I can’t see who is active but the ones who have active on can still see me. Also it would be nice to have an option that doesn’t show its read. Sometimes I can’t reply in a timely fashion and it leaves the person thinking I don’t care enough to respond. Yes I can mark it as unread but they can see it’s been read. My main suggestions. Thank you so muchmore
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Mar 14, 2021 Great for my potato phone. I like how it's fast and thrifty in using data, not to mention the overall minimalist design (although that might be a personal preference). However, without the reply and react features, it really feels like it's missing a lot. Would definitely rate 5 stars if at least the reply feature is added.more -
Mar 25, 2021 I love it. alot easier on my battery. but I would give it 5 stars if there were a way I could turn on a dark mode with messenger lite!!! please let me know if there is already a way to use dark mode on messenger lite. thank you -
Notification alarm
Mar 30, 2020 Good app, let’s me keep in contact with others. Initially I deactivated Facebook when I was in school, but was allowed to use messenger still. After a while for some reason that stopped being the case and it deactivated messenger too. Well, that wasn’t an option because I have a family chat on there and otherwise I would have been out of the loop. Minor issue, done with school now so not as big of a problem, until I return for degree number two. Video quality could be a bit better too. Also, my dog absolutely HATES the message notification. He will run away when he hears it. I would prefer a list of audible options for the sake of my dogs ears, and me being upset when he leaves due to a message coming through. Minor detail, but it makes me want to get rid of the app all together.more -
Very good but....
Feb 24, 2020 Messenger is a good app and I like to talk and connect with people on the app. And the sticker feature I really like since you can pick from a wide variety of different things. But the thing I recently hated about messenger is that I can no longer save gifs that I send to my friends or anyone, and I used to be able to do that and I would give a five star rating then, but now only four because I really need moving memes in my life and in my photo album, please consider letting us save gifs again. I know I may sound silly but I’m really upset that I can’t save them anymore and I found my favorite meme on gif recently and I can’t save it no more so I beg you, please let us save gifs again, but if theirs a new feature we’re you can save it but just have to click something different then please tell me :(more -
Messaging is Good, Calling Isn’t
Mar 21, 2018 The messaging with FB friends is pretty good. I like that you can customize individual chats and I enjoy the sound effects in the app. It’s a really good way to stay in touch with far away friends & family. I don’t always get notifications when I receive a new message though. I’m not a fan of the call/video chat feature. Calls are often dropped, the sound/call quality is awful. Video chat is really choppy. A lot of the video calls are spent “connecting” so all you see is a black screen , but at least you can still talk to the other person while this is going on. This app isn’t too bad , it works better than the Facebook app itself in my opinion. It’s a good way to stay connected and talking to old friends. I recommend using it if you got Facebook.more
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Apr 4, 2021 The app was great until my phone was stolen and instead of helping me, they, along with facebook, locked me out of my account because I can't verify by the number that was stolen! The device is locked and wiped by Google already! If they had common sense to go with the schooling sense, they would be better.. give everyone the same chance and courtesy that you yourself would expect..more -
THIS IS MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MESSENGER DEVELOPERS
Mar 22, 2021 This is more of a question/suggestion rather than a review As a regular user of facebook/messenger on a mobile device, I find the “Double Tap to React” annoying. That includes the message that constantly tells you to use it or “try it out” even when already understand how it works. It’s annoying and distracting. The function of the “Double Tap to React” itself is annoying itself. If you accidentally double tap the action will carry out automatically. I’ve used it by accident so many times yet I’ve barely even used it once on purpose. It’s caused awkward misunderstandings and I’ve had to explain that it was a mistake. Can you not just make it so you can react when you hold down on the message? It would be so much more useful and secure. If you don’t want to change it because you might be worried that other people might enjoy this function, can you not just add it to the settings so the person can customize it to what they want?more -
Mar 28, 2021 Hey, after newest update my friends and I can no longer receive calls through lite. We can make calls but are unable to receive the. We are only able to receive them through regular messenger. Please fix. I'll give you 5 stars if you fix this.more -
Some of the latest features missing
Jan 1, 2021 Did the developers just give up on this app for iPad or something? I see that the latest update was two weeks ago, and usually Facebook likes to update all of their apps every two days 🤨 While the app *is* functional, it lacks some of the updated features that are all available on the iPhone app and mostly available via the direct website — such as FB avatars stickers and the like (i do appreciate the extra choices for emoji reacts, tho’; i just wish there were more heart options with that). My iPad is on the latest OS (iPadOS 14) and is an iPad Air 2...this latest update of Facebook Messenger is an incomplete version of the latest update for its version on iPhone 😐 would be nice to access ALL of the latest features on this app for iPad, since there’s more space on my iPad than on on my iPhone to support it. Hopefully, y’all will come back with a new update of ALL the latest features soon...more -
Not Horrible but Has Issues
Feb 12, 2019 Although I have connected with some amazing people through this app and love the fact that I can connect with people all over the world this app is not a dating app and people need to be respectful of that. I’m not on messenger to hook up with people and receive numerous messages and random calls from people during all times of the day and night. I do understand I can shut my phone off or use my sleep setting on my phone but have had a parent experiencing some health issues and don’t want to shut my phone down as I may need to take a call or message at anytime. The other thing I don’t like is that people know the second I connect to Facebook or messenger and become active on the sight. Sometimes I just jump on to check something out for business purposes and get bombarded with messages. It would be nice to have the ability to get online without the world knowing I’m there.more
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Apr 7, 2021 Id give it more stars but with It not showing or making noise when someone messages is confusing and frustrating very much bc when or if I'm waiting for a reply I have to constantly check which I shouldn't have to do -
Pointless
Jan 16, 2018 Facebooks messenger app is a pointless application—everyone already has free text messaging and pays for cell phone service, so why create a new application (for things like virtual yard sale) and ask for permissions to text and call? I find it absolutely absurd that I have to download an app to view messages from a web based platform. (No I DO NOT have the FB app, thank you.). Not only that but the two rarely communicate efficiently. After you check messages in the app, FB profile will still show a messages notification. On top of that every time you use it asks for notifications to be turned on (why? When FB should be notifying you?) and asking for permission for microphone and camera. The app drains battery power when you do have notifications turned on especially in group chats—pinging every time there is a new comment. I’m not sure what a good use for this app is—it should be reintegrated back into Facebook and allow users to check messages from the web based platform.more -
Apr 7, 2021 Fake messenger lite! Does not auto popup messages notifications like whatsapp and my settings & smartphone are ok. What is wrong? It is frustrating to have non notified messages inbox until you open an app to get em😔 -
Facebook needs to redesign all of its messaging apps
Feb 6, 2021 I honestly can’t understand how they allow so many bugs and glitches in this app to go on and on forever. For starters, if you accidentally add a theme and emoji to a group chat, everyone gets notified. But then you can’t remove themes. You can only CHANGE to another theme. Who programmed this app? Seriously? Why can’t you remove themes completely? Please explain the reasoning. And hyperlink previews often don’t work. Sometimes they do. But not always, and it seems to be tied to themes. Group chats with themes tend to have this bug. And when you UNSEND a message, they feel the need to alert everyone about it. Why?? So annoying. Sometimes you message the wrong person/group. It happens. It should allow a clean unsend like Instagram messanger. With no trace or alerts. Facebook needs to sit down with Instagram and WhatsApp and go over the BEST and WORST features of each app and make ONE that works across ALL platforms. For example, allow LIKES in WhatsApp. Allow unsend without alerting everyone. Allow hyperlink previews. Alow GIFS to play (Gifs do not play in Instagram, but they do in WhatsApp & FB). This is a typical problem in the modern era. No broad level quality control. It’s whack-a-mole programming and new platform aquisition by everyone. And the unbelievable ad targeting you get due to bots constantly reading your messages. Wow. No privacy whatsoever. We need a change. Otherwise, the app works nicely.more -
Mar 23, 2021 It doesn't have the same feature like replying to that very message you want to ask...like swiping to right to reply to that message...I hope this feature would be available in life mode...also the dark mode
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Apr 7, 2021 The new update is ****. New bubles are terible, they are so small, and most of all, they are not always visible.. when ppl send me messages, i don't even see them.. I have to force bubles to show, but then, the orange "dot" showing there is new message is so small, I can't even notice it.. How to get back to the previous version. I want the old version!!more -
Glitchy to the point of unusable.
Jul 21, 2020 For the longest time, Facebook messenger with my go to for communication. I didn’t have everyone’s phone number and not many of my contacts used something like WhatsApp, but everyone has a Facebook account. This app is so glitchy that it’s finally broken me of Facebook period. I never really used the service as a social media platform to begin with, but it was a decent communication service. Or would have been. For the majority of this year, the software has been unreliable, glitchy, and riddled with bugs. It consistently fails to give notifications, occasionally forgets that I had sent a message, and by far the worst glitch: it will randomly kick me out of conversations while I’m reading them or typing in them and put me back at the contacts screen. And of course, it doesn’t save what I had been typing. This means that something as simple as sending a message can require you to start typing it two or five times before you can actually send one. There is no excuse for a company that big to deliver software this crappy, especially given how much shady crap they are otherwise up to involving user data. Check please, I am done.more -
Mar 28, 2021 Why the hell this app don't provide the delete option? It's freaking embarrassing when you come to know that all the messages that you have deleted were actually not deleted from the other person's phone. It only clears out from your on screen but not deletes, that is meant to be, from the other person's phone.more -
Overwhelming and extremely difficult to navigate
Feb 4, 2021 With school being online, I have been using messenger as my main medium of communication among the peers. The more I use it, the more I get annoyed at how poorly the app is made. When I have a few messages unread, it would make sense to guide me to the place where I left off when I open the chat. However, I have to scroll ALL the way up to figure out where in the conversation I had left from, so it is especially difficult when I am in a group chat and missed more than a dozen messages. It is also impossible to find the date and the time of each messages, which makes it take an even more time and effort from my end to go through every message to get to where I left off. This should be a basic function in all messenger programs by now, so I don’t understand why messenger wouldn’t carry such an essential function. It is not user-friendly, as the updates have been only adding stuff that no one would ever make use of while ignoring the basic necessities. I also can’t save or mark any messages if I need to go back to them. I truly hope you guys make the important updates soon.more -
Completely Unnecessary and terrible
Mar 25, 2021 So to begin. The existence of Facebook messenger is absolutely unnecessary. There is already the Facebook app and I don’t see what the point is in having to switch to a different app just to see your messages. But also if you’re going to force me to use this app to see my messages from another app might as well make it work. For about a month now I’ve been stuck signed in to one of my pages. I can’t read any messages on my personal or any of my other business pages. So I deleted it and re-downloaded it. And now, it won’t let me sign in. I have tried signing in all day today and yesterday and it constantly gives me “ error your request cannot be completed at this time please try again later.” This is absolutely terrible. Get this thing fixed. I wish I could have the option to just use Messenger in the Facebook app. But since Zuck doesn’t want that I guess I don’t get it. If my businesses didn’t rely on it I would leave Facebook all together because of this. In summation, the app is terrible doesn’t work and I shouldn’t even need it in the first place.more
What’s Groovy
I’m not trying to write a bad review or anything but... Can y’all update this app by telling us our emails in the settings. Because had an Messenger account and then I had forgot the password word. Then, I had to make a new one but I couldn’t use my regular phone email so I had to come up with another one because it was an account (my old account) that was already use. But now I had my Phone number changed and now I can’t log into my account. Because my account is not set up on this phone number but on my old one. SO CAN Y’ALL ALSO let us have an option to change our phone number on there ??? And I don’t have Facebook account I only have an Messenger so I can’t log in with the Facebook login. Thank you for reading. 🙏🏾 || MINUTES LATER: just found out u can’t have Messenger with an Facebook account so bye Messenger had a good time with u but bye.
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Dozens of times I thought my friends had finished speaking, or fallen asleep, or had to get back to work or whatnot, only to find out later that no, the app simply failed to indicate I had received messages - or worse, because I manually checked sometimes, the messages didn't come through until hours later.
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The app was great until my phone was stolen and instead of helping me, they, along with facebook, locked me out of my account because I can't verify by the number that was stolen! The device is locked and wiped by Google already! If they had common sense to go with the schooling sense, they would be better.. give everyone the same chance and courtesy that you yourself would expect..
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THIS IS MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MESSENGER DEVELOPERS
This is more of a question/suggestion rather than a review As a regular user of facebook/messenger on a mobile device, I find the “Double Tap to React” annoying. That includes the message that constantly tells you to use it or “try it out” even when already understand how it works. It’s annoying and distracting. The function of the “Double Tap to React” itself is annoying itself. If you accidentally double tap the action will carry out automatically. I’ve used it by accident so many times yet I’ve barely even used it once on purpose. It’s caused awkward misunderstandings and I’ve had to explain that it was a mistake. Can you not just make it so you can react when you hold down on the message? It would be so much more useful and secure. If you don’t want to change it because you might be worried that other people might enjoy this function, can you not just add it to the settings so the person can customize it to what they want? -
Hey, after newest update my friends and I can no longer receive calls through lite. We can make calls but are unable to receive the. We are only able to receive them through regular messenger. Please fix. I'll give you 5 stars if you fix this.
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Some of the latest features missing
Did the developers just give up on this app for iPad or something? I see that the latest update was two weeks ago, and usually Facebook likes to update all of their apps every two days 🤨 While the app *is* functional, it lacks some of the updated features that are all available on the iPhone app and mostly available via the direct website — such as FB avatars stickers and the like (i do appreciate the extra choices for emoji reacts, tho’; i just wish there were more heart options with that). My iPad is on the latest OS (iPadOS 14) and is an iPad Air 2...this latest update of Facebook Messenger is an incomplete version of the latest update for its version on iPhone 😐 would be nice to access ALL of the latest features on this app for iPad, since there’s more space on my iPad than on on my iPhone to support it. Hopefully, y’all will come back with a new update of ALL the latest features soon... -
I was met little bit of a challenge, the challenge is when you get in conversation there is place were to keep photos and videos also links.
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Fast and doesn't take up much space on my phone. Perfect if you want the convenience of messenger but don't care about the bells and whistles like stories.
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Great for my potato phone. I like how it's fast and thrifty in using data, not to mention the overall minimalist design (although that might be a personal preference). However, without the reply and react features, it really feels like it's missing a lot. Would definitely rate 5 stars if at least the reply feature is added.
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Not Horrible but Has Issues
Although I have connected with some amazing people through this app and love the fact that I can connect with people all over the world this app is not a dating app and people need to be respectful of that. I’m not on messenger to hook up with people and receive numerous messages and random calls from people during all times of the day and night. I do understand I can shut my phone off or use my sleep setting on my phone but have had a parent experiencing some health issues and don’t want to shut my phone down as I may need to take a call or message at anytime. The other thing I don’t like is that people know the second I connect to Facebook or messenger and become active on the sight. Sometimes I just jump on to check something out for business purposes and get bombarded with messages. It would be nice to have the ability to get online without the world knowing I’m there. -
Great but definitely could be better!
Compared to previous versions of the app this is by far the best one but personally I think it would definitely be much better if a few things were changed on it. Even just the smallest changes could make it way better. Simplicity is key always. With this being said I think by making the main messenger screen less complex and having it to where you can go in the app and out quicker could have a great affect on everything including the ratings. Meaning having the Messenger App uncomplicated and more straight forward I know I would personally be happier with it and use it daily and as well as a good amount of individuals I know. For example if someone could get on message a friend & respond right back; almost compared to AIM or slightly like iMessage. It would change the game completely and have a higher rating guaranteed. Only asking to take it into consideration. :) -
I love it. alot easier on my battery. but I would give it 5 stars if there were a way I could turn on a dark mode with messenger lite!!! please let me know if there is already a way to use dark mode on messenger lite. thank you
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LOVE IT
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Take messenger from of my Facebook and take message and Calendar take that porn messing my iPhone
Take my messenger out of my Facebook and have the regular messenger out. Take the little messenger out of my Facebook. Also take me calendar messenger too singing messages of pornography and saying I’ve been hacked etc. -
Thanks for the nicknames coming back
Last I updated (I read and decide before updating ANY app) the nickname feature was back… EXCELLENT! Is it still there? I need to let my messenger group friends know… that feature is ESSENTIAL to them knowing who they are talking to and who is replying. Also, PLEASE add more themes. Even if they only contain a solid background color and message colors that go with it. The ones available are limited and since I run multiple gaming group chats, in which some of the same people are on more than one of them, it can sometimes get confusing for some people as to WHICH team chat they’re reading unless they look significantly different. The option to create our own background from our team logo, or any other pic, would be nice as well. I’ve added 1 star to my review for the nickname feature coming back (at least as of my latest update of the app last month). PREVIOUS COMMENT ——————————————— I run 2 different “team chats” for teammates from a game we play daily. It’s EXTREMELY frustrating and confusing trying to figure out which teammate posted a message (not to mention trying to figure out what name to @[username] them in the chat) when there are 20-30 people and not everyone knows who is who when the only names that show up are things like: Barbara Lastname, David Lastname, Richard Lastname, Amanda Lastname, etc.... & WE know each other by names like BadWolf, Superman, EmoBoi, CatLover, & the like. You GET the point!!!!! 😠😠😠 Even more so when their tiny little pictures change often and many people’s tiny little pics just look like the similar splotches of colors. Those NICKNAMES are ESSENTIAL to the ability to communicate with one’s teammates without enormous confusion. There are people on there who are older as well and I’m sure that at least some of them may be having even more difficulty. The new members are completely confused. How on earth could NICKNAMES be any kind of a problem anyway? It’s not like you can’t click on their profile pic to see their real name if you felt the need to for whatever reason. 🤨 -
Not too bad but one thing
This app is pretty decent for the most part, but for some reason all the sudden it constantly crashes, it’s extremely annoying, please fix this. Thanks! Off topic but please ignore my bad username, I came up with it when I was younger and I don’t know how to change it yet. -
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It actually saved my life
So a few weeks ago I was home alone. My mum went to go get McDonald’s. I heard a noise it was a person trying to get in. So I got on the app and called her. So 5 stars. It actually saved my life!!!!! -
Unable to send videos in Messenger
For over three months now I have not been able to a single video no matter the length. Every time I try to send a video I continuesly get a Error Message!!! VIDEO ERROR failed to fetch video data THIS IS REALLY STARTING TO PISS ME OFF AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED!!! -
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Confused
App keeps crashing I go to click it and it goes to a clear screen won’t open. Works for a while after I delete and reinstall and than just crashes again. -
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I was met little bit of a challenge, the challenge is when you get in conversation there is place were to keep photos and videos also links.
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Fast and doesn't take up much space on my phone. Perfect if you want the convenience of messenger but don't care about the bells and whistles like stories.
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Facebook messenger need to pickup the pace
Facebook messenger is seriously lacking behind with simple and small functions that can make it great. Facebook has friends that we do not want to share our phone numbers with to be able to communicate on other great and easy to converse instant messaging apps. One of those function is to be able to reply directly to a particular message. So difficult to handle conversation on Facebook as it doesn’t allow for different topics to be discussed concurrently just with a reply functionality. Most times when you go back to an old discussion during a new one the whole thing becomes confusing and then takes longer to type and clarify things with who you are chatting with. I can have a discussion in 3 mins on other apps and that same conversation would take me 10 mins on Facebook messenger. This is because you talk about one topic finish it up properly and start the next one again. When you can talk about both same time just directly replying to the exact thing you getting back at. Please fix this because it’s getting boring chatting on Facebook messenger. If you can smile to a message thumb up and other things why can’t we reply? Thank you. -
What if...
What if the facebook account gets hack and then you can’t also return or log in to the messenger which the account from facebook? Still not secured here. I hope that problem fix, waiting for the day it changes. My relatives just get hack a week ago, they thought it’s fine because they don’t addicted to facebook much. Then they realized that there are dozen of images they took before for memories, thousands of messages who encourage them come through the dark storm had been deleted because of the hackers with no conscience. Anyways, I’m concerned for these related app. I’m giving 4 stars because I loved this app before, now it updated and somehow it disappointed me. And with the hope of bringing a better security for both apps, I remove 1 star. Please fix -
Explain please
I used to be able to get to the “other” folder but now that is gone. Please redo this and fix because many messages get filtered and now I can’t get those. Long time user. **EDIT** I found this setting finally. One last thing that would be a great addition is to give us the option to remain hidden. I don’t want everyone knowing I’m online. I have active turned off and I can’t see who is active but the ones who have active on can still see me. Also it would be nice to have an option that doesn’t show its read. Sometimes I can’t reply in a timely fashion and it leaves the person thinking I don’t care enough to respond. Yes I can mark it as unread but they can see it’s been read. My main suggestions. Thank you so much -
Fixed: A annoying glitch
Edit: hey you fixed it, nice. Typing on iPad is pain still layout wise but it works. Messenger usually works well on my iPhone no issues what so ever, in this case for an odd reason it doesn’t want to type I’ll begin typing “Hey I’m” and it doesn’t let me type afterwards. I have no idea why this occurring but I hope I’m not alone, I use this app to talk to friends and talk about homework and junk— this is a real pain and honestly a bad move on the team’s part for not checking before sending this update out. This could’ve honestly been fixed or avoided if they checked this before releasing it, I trust on the team a lot and will always update on day one. You’re making me regret this honestly, y’all just giving me trust issues -
MAJOR ISSUES😡 HUGE SECURITY FLAWS
MAJOR ISSUE #1 - Messenger DOES NOT Prevent Repeated Audio/Video Calls When Messenger is set for DND, it only allows for a 24hr period. RANDOM callers who are using the app as a dating app will call back multiple times within a three minute window and interrupt my day or sleep. I cannot shut my phone down completely as I have to remain accessible to family. I would like the option of DND until I DECIDE turn it back on with the option of keeping out repeat callers who call right back within a 3 minute window. Right now I have to reset Messenger DND every 8 hours. MAJOR ISSUE #2: Why do I get Messenger notifications EVERY SINGLE TIME I accept a new FBF request that says “wave to your new friend?” I do not need this added message that draws ppl to contact me as if this is a dating app. I use Messenger only to contact ppl for important non-public information. Not to hook up. Just like I have to choice to add someone as a FBF, I should have to choice if I want to add them as a messenger contact. This should NOT be automatic! How dare you take away my choice and subject me to unnecessary harassment! MAJOR ISSUE #3: There’s no option to report inappropriate messages such as porn. -
About Landon
This is Katherine Lyons. I just want you to know Landon called for insurance. I told him I have had mine for years and wasn’t interested. I’m writing to let you know he was the most polite and gracious person I have ever talked to that excepted my answer that is a true caring gentleman and my son is my power of attorney and he wants me to keep my long term insurance company but if anything would happen I would immediately call Landon please thank him for me. I don’t know him other then calling me for insurance but I use to be a supervisor and I know everyone calls when they do something wrong but hardly ever thinks of calling when someone cares. Thank you again for taking my email. Have a happy Holliday to you and your staff. Katherine Lyons -
Laura Lareau
I really loved my messenger. I closed it not realizing how hard it is to get back. I miss my friends. It’s just that .Facebook has taken control of my camera any picture I take people can view it if I don’t delete it fast and my personal photos where rearranged in a way that makes me so sad every time I look at it , maybe to someone it seemed in organized, but I knew where everything was now I don’t recognize it and the dates are not correct. I wish to God they can put my messenger back with all my friends and my Facebook on my phone that was taken down for the same reason. I wrote them before trying this but know one helped me. Please help me now. Thank you have a good night. Laura Lareau -
Great quality video calls and something to improve
I’ve have noticed something good and I came here to leave this review, this app has one of the best video calls quality, among other great things, but video quality is great. I’ve used this to call my friend and families in Cuba and that is the ultimate test because in cuba the internet is really bad and slow and with other apps is annoying to talk to people because it’s always freezing and you can barely see/heat the person but with this app the quality is great. Something to improve: please add the unsend feature that instagram has for the DMs. Sometimes I send messages I regret and I would like to delete them before the other person sees it 🙏🏻
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Great for my potato phone. I like how it's fast and thrifty in using data, not to mention the overall minimalist design (although that might be a personal preference). However, without the reply and react features, it really feels like it's missing a lot. Would definitely rate 5 stars if at least the reply feature is added.
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I love it. alot easier on my battery. but I would give it 5 stars if there were a way I could turn on a dark mode with messenger lite!!! please let me know if there is already a way to use dark mode on messenger lite. thank you
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Notification alarm
Good app, let’s me keep in contact with others. Initially I deactivated Facebook when I was in school, but was allowed to use messenger still. After a while for some reason that stopped being the case and it deactivated messenger too. Well, that wasn’t an option because I have a family chat on there and otherwise I would have been out of the loop. Minor issue, done with school now so not as big of a problem, until I return for degree number two. Video quality could be a bit better too. Also, my dog absolutely HATES the message notification. He will run away when he hears it. I would prefer a list of audible options for the sake of my dogs ears, and me being upset when he leaves due to a message coming through. Minor detail, but it makes me want to get rid of the app all together. -
Very good but....
Messenger is a good app and I like to talk and connect with people on the app. And the sticker feature I really like since you can pick from a wide variety of different things. But the thing I recently hated about messenger is that I can no longer save gifs that I send to my friends or anyone, and I used to be able to do that and I would give a five star rating then, but now only four because I really need moving memes in my life and in my photo album, please consider letting us save gifs again. I know I may sound silly but I’m really upset that I can’t save them anymore and I found my favorite meme on gif recently and I can’t save it no more so I beg you, please let us save gifs again, but if theirs a new feature we’re you can save it but just have to click something different then please tell me :( -
Messaging is Good, Calling Isn’t
The messaging with FB friends is pretty good. I like that you can customize individual chats and I enjoy the sound effects in the app. It’s a really good way to stay in touch with far away friends & family. I don’t always get notifications when I receive a new message though. I’m not a fan of the call/video chat feature. Calls are often dropped, the sound/call quality is awful. Video chat is really choppy. A lot of the video calls are spent “connecting” so all you see is a black screen , but at least you can still talk to the other person while this is going on. This app isn’t too bad , it works better than the Facebook app itself in my opinion. It’s a good way to stay connected and talking to old friends. I recommend using it if you got Facebook. -
Slow sending & deletion option
I mean it works fine most of the time but obviously as some people has already said it struggles to send messages to others. Honestly still waiting it to send a message to my cousin it’s been two days? Even if my internet is slow it still sends to everyone else so that makes no sense. Only other issue you guys need to add a delete button; again my internet is slow so I have to wait forever just to log into Facebook on my computer to go into messenger to delete things but I shouldn’t need to go on there to do this id appreciate it if someone could consider this idea to add this ability on the app especially when you log onto Facebook through the phone it doesn’t give you the same option and just sends you back to the app? -
Some bugs with the latest redesign and suggestions
There is a bug after the latest recent redesign of the app. Sometimes when I open the app it uses the old design but when I close and reopen the app from multitasking the app then correctly displays the new designed app. This happens on my iPhone XS Max with iOS 12.1.2 Suggestions: -Apple Watch app needs improvement although it has gotten a lot better recently in that it actually works correctly now. It is annoying how every time you open the app you have to let it sync the messages again. I feel like it should stay in sync in the background if that is possible with the latest watchOS. -We need an Apple Carplay app to read messages while in the car. This would be amazing to have in the car. -
My messages don’t show as delivered
My problem is that for the past month, I will send a message to someone and whether we are Facebook friends or not, my messages do not show as delivered. My Facebook Messenger app has the latest update, I just recently updated my iOS software and I’m still having this problem. I’ve tried googling it and haven’t found any solutions. Can you help me please? Also, I was wondering if you could make an option for us to be able to only accept messages from friends or friends of friends only in addition to the current one accepting messages from everyone? The messages I get from people I’m not connected with don’t always appear in the message requests folder first and instead show up on my home page in bold letters. -
iPhone8+ Messenger app glitches
I have an iPhone 8+. Love messenger app BUT a lot of times if I click on the app on my home screen to open and use, the screen will not open the app. I’ll delete the app then reload it. Sometimes this works. When it doesn’t, I will turn phone off, then reload Messenger. One of these solutions will get messenger back on and working. I really don’t know if this is a glitch in the app or an update? problem? with the iPhone 8+ model. I just know it’s aggravating. Other than that, I love this app! It allows me to FaceTime call my daughter in Israel which is our only way of “personally” speaking and seeing each other. I don’t know how I would be able to communicate with her otherwise. So thank you Messenger! There’s no way I’d want to permanently delete your app. -
Overrun By Unsolicited Contacts
The explosion of strangers in my contacts freaked me out until someone explained to me that those folks have no access to my stuff. That doesn't explain why some of my chosen contacts only show up if I choose the <SECRET> option, along with many, many more people that I've never heard of. What is super-annoying is that while that endless list of strangers stretches and stretches my list of contacts, the list isn't alphabetized, making it harder and harder to pick out my real contacts. What idiot developer overlooked that detail? I am only thinking of bothering with Facebook Messenger on my smartphone because 1) Facetime on my iPhone keeps freezing and disconnecting, no matter how good the wi-fi connection appears to be, and; 2) I have it on my Windows 10 PC.
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The app was great until my phone was stolen and instead of helping me, they, along with facebook, locked me out of my account because I can't verify by the number that was stolen! The device is locked and wiped by Google already! If they had common sense to go with the schooling sense, they would be better.. give everyone the same chance and courtesy that you yourself would expect..
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THIS IS MORE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE MESSENGER DEVELOPERS
This is more of a question/suggestion rather than a review As a regular user of facebook/messenger on a mobile device, I find the “Double Tap to React” annoying. That includes the message that constantly tells you to use it or “try it out” even when already understand how it works. It’s annoying and distracting. The function of the “Double Tap to React” itself is annoying itself. If you accidentally double tap the action will carry out automatically. I’ve used it by accident so many times yet I’ve barely even used it once on purpose. It’s caused awkward misunderstandings and I’ve had to explain that it was a mistake. Can you not just make it so you can react when you hold down on the message? It would be so much more useful and secure. If you don’t want to change it because you might be worried that other people might enjoy this function, can you not just add it to the settings so the person can customize it to what they want? -
Hey, after newest update my friends and I can no longer receive calls through lite. We can make calls but are unable to receive the. We are only able to receive them through regular messenger. Please fix. I'll give you 5 stars if you fix this.
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Some of the latest features missing
Did the developers just give up on this app for iPad or something? I see that the latest update was two weeks ago, and usually Facebook likes to update all of their apps every two days 🤨 While the app *is* functional, it lacks some of the updated features that are all available on the iPhone app and mostly available via the direct website — such as FB avatars stickers and the like (i do appreciate the extra choices for emoji reacts, tho’; i just wish there were more heart options with that). My iPad is on the latest OS (iPadOS 14) and is an iPad Air 2...this latest update of Facebook Messenger is an incomplete version of the latest update for its version on iPhone 😐 would be nice to access ALL of the latest features on this app for iPad, since there’s more space on my iPad than on on my iPhone to support it. Hopefully, y’all will come back with a new update of ALL the latest features soon... -
Not Horrible but Has Issues
Although I have connected with some amazing people through this app and love the fact that I can connect with people all over the world this app is not a dating app and people need to be respectful of that. I’m not on messenger to hook up with people and receive numerous messages and random calls from people during all times of the day and night. I do understand I can shut my phone off or use my sleep setting on my phone but have had a parent experiencing some health issues and don’t want to shut my phone down as I may need to take a call or message at anytime. The other thing I don’t like is that people know the second I connect to Facebook or messenger and become active on the sight. Sometimes I just jump on to check something out for business purposes and get bombarded with messages. It would be nice to have the ability to get online without the world knowing I’m there. -
Great but definitely could be better!
Compared to previous versions of the app this is by far the best one but personally I think it would definitely be much better if a few things were changed on it. Even just the smallest changes could make it way better. Simplicity is key always. With this being said I think by making the main messenger screen less complex and having it to where you can go in the app and out quicker could have a great affect on everything including the ratings. Meaning having the Messenger App uncomplicated and more straight forward I know I would personally be happier with it and use it daily and as well as a good amount of individuals I know. For example if someone could get on message a friend & respond right back; almost compared to AIM or slightly like iMessage. It would change the game completely and have a higher rating guaranteed. Only asking to take it into consideration. :) -
Somewhat an annoyance
I don't normally leave reviews, but i feel that i have to in this case. I don't really have any problems with Messenger itself, being what it is; however, there are a few things that I need to gripe about: 1) foremost is the fact that it is a whole separate app from Facebook. You have to have both in almost every single case. I remember that you used to be able to utilize the Messenger function in the Facebook app without the need for the second application. 2) the most annoying thing about the Messenger app is the "friendversary." It's just an attempt to make the app seem relevant. I have pretty much every function of the Messenger app turned off aside from Notifications because I have a couple of people that only send things through Messenger. I seriously wish that the stupid "friendversary" crap could be turned off as it goes off randomly and the sound is quite loud and distracting. -
Post iOS 11.0.3 issues
Always been a big loyal fan of Facebook’s Messenger app and to this day it is still my go-to method of communication versus texting with my personal cell number. However, after the iOS 11.0.3 update messenger has a huge lag when it comes to sending pictures, and even messages at all for that matter. I thought it was the pictures themselves or the WiFi connection but it happens with any picture or video I try to send, no matter what size, and no matter the WiFi signal strength or network I’m connected to. At times the app will even crash right when opening it for the first time on any given day, no matter how often I clear background apps and history and data on my iTouch. Don’t know if it’s Apple’s or Facebook’s issue but the compatibility and functionality should be pristine and on point, considering how much we pay for our devices and how often software is updated. -
New updates seem like downgrades
I’m not sure if these are happening while Messenger is between updates, but I prefer the “heart eyes” react to the new “heart symbol” react. Also, chat emojis can no longer be held down to get their two larger sizes? I hope this is something that returns soon, because all my friends and I have been really disappointed to lose this. I also noticed that now when I click on someone in a group chat, I don’t have the option to send them a direct message. I can go to their profile and message them or I can just go search their name and message them, but I liked the see less transition from before. I still prefer FB messenger to some other meds engine apps, though. Please always keep the fun char colors, chat emojis, and multiple react options. It’s fun and adds visual variety to chats with different people/different groups, and it’s a cool way to personalize different relationships. -
Update please fix!
I love messenger and how you can connect with your friends and family etc. However I’m not too fond with this new update because it’s easier to tell if someone has read your message by seeing their bubble next to your message, unfortunately that feature is removed :(. I also miss whenever I would go to look at pictures it was easier just to scroll down and see the pictures exchanged instead of going through the option “View Photos & Videos” it just looks kinda bland. Last but not least please change it back or at least improve it 😁 including the “search messages option” like make it to where we can the dates these messages were sent so there would be no confusion. Thanks! Update: Please bring back the old features such as reminders and pills and the fun blow up emojis, the games and things that would make it look fun not bland!
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The new update is ****. New bubles are terible, they are so small, and most of all, they are not always visible.. when ppl send me messages, i don't even see them.. I have to force bubles to show, but then, the orange "dot" showing there is new message is so small, I can't even notice it.. How to get back to the previous version. I want the old version!!
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Glitchy to the point of unusable.
For the longest time, Facebook messenger with my go to for communication. I didn’t have everyone’s phone number and not many of my contacts used something like WhatsApp, but everyone has a Facebook account. This app is so glitchy that it’s finally broken me of Facebook period. I never really used the service as a social media platform to begin with, but it was a decent communication service. Or would have been. For the majority of this year, the software has been unreliable, glitchy, and riddled with bugs. It consistently fails to give notifications, occasionally forgets that I had sent a message, and by far the worst glitch: it will randomly kick me out of conversations while I’m reading them or typing in them and put me back at the contacts screen. And of course, it doesn’t save what I had been typing. This means that something as simple as sending a message can require you to start typing it two or five times before you can actually send one. There is no excuse for a company that big to deliver software this crappy, especially given how much shady crap they are otherwise up to involving user data. Check please, I am done. -
Why the hell this app don't provide the delete option? It's freaking embarrassing when you come to know that all the messages that you have deleted were actually not deleted from the other person's phone. It only clears out from your on screen but not deletes, that is meant to be, from the other person's phone.
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Overwhelming and extremely difficult to navigate
With school being online, I have been using messenger as my main medium of communication among the peers. The more I use it, the more I get annoyed at how poorly the app is made. When I have a few messages unread, it would make sense to guide me to the place where I left off when I open the chat. However, I have to scroll ALL the way up to figure out where in the conversation I had left from, so it is especially difficult when I am in a group chat and missed more than a dozen messages. It is also impossible to find the date and the time of each messages, which makes it take an even more time and effort from my end to go through every message to get to where I left off. This should be a basic function in all messenger programs by now, so I don’t understand why messenger wouldn’t carry such an essential function. It is not user-friendly, as the updates have been only adding stuff that no one would ever make use of while ignoring the basic necessities. I also can’t save or mark any messages if I need to go back to them. I truly hope you guys make the important updates soon. -
Completely Unnecessary and terrible
So to begin. The existence of Facebook messenger is absolutely unnecessary. There is already the Facebook app and I don’t see what the point is in having to switch to a different app just to see your messages. But also if you’re going to force me to use this app to see my messages from another app might as well make it work. For about a month now I’ve been stuck signed in to one of my pages. I can’t read any messages on my personal or any of my other business pages. So I deleted it and re-downloaded it. And now, it won’t let me sign in. I have tried signing in all day today and yesterday and it constantly gives me “ error your request cannot be completed at this time please try again later.” This is absolutely terrible. Get this thing fixed. I wish I could have the option to just use Messenger in the Facebook app. But since Zuck doesn’t want that I guess I don’t get it. If my businesses didn’t rely on it I would leave Facebook all together because of this. In summation, the app is terrible doesn’t work and I shouldn’t even need it in the first place. -
Don't think the app will be in contact settings any longer. There's a lot of misleading info that can never be resolved. That right there is what I'm talking about. Trust will never be again! That's why I feel the way I do about app
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Staple features removed and NOW breaking bugs
Honestly a lot of the features being removed I get. Especially with the app being rebuilt from the ground up. Within the last day or so going into any conversation *instead of just one from a recent bug report* I will be kicked out back to the conversation selection screen with the animation like I swiped to go back there myself but I didn’t. And even if I’m in the middle of typing it can happen to. On top of whatever was being typed being gone when *trying* to go back to the conversation. Also when it force backs you out some reason all the conversations flash out of existence for a few seconds. I was going to say maybe it was just my phone. I restarted my phone and uninstalled and reinstalled and even cleared app data to no avail. But it also happens on my IPhone SE which is on the latest 13.4.1 update like my 11 Pro max right now. So I pretty much can’t reliably use messenger now on any of my phones and have to go to a laptop. I’m also very confused as to the fact this just started happening today. And not the day of the update 🤔 -
Why can't I run the Messenger Lite app properly? I updated the Messenger Lite app yesterday. Since then there have been various problems in the app. If I message someone, it's "sending". But it doesn't get sent. I still see those whom I saw active yesterday. I can't get any news of who's messaging. I've been to the Messenger Lite app yesterday and see the same thing as I saw today. Why is there so much trouble? 🙄🙄🙄😡😡😡
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New update is total garbage
They have changed a few things on this latest update and it feels like a step backwards in my opinion. First off... when my friends and I share location you can no longer see the their location without having to click on the map, then zooming in a lot farther than you ever should have to. And most of the time that location is not even correct. Secondly you can no longer see if the other person has seen your message without opening conversation (which was very useful). Also the new emojis for reacting to pictures are not good and they need to be changed back to the ones prior to the update. In the previous version you could click on stickers that were sent to you and the pack that it came from would show up and you could use them if you wanted to... now you can still click on them but all it does is show you the pack and you cannot use them. You have to go back to stickers and find that pack to use them. This new update is not at all user friendly and Facebook needs to go back to previous version. -
This app is kinda bit good🙂. But not very much as orginal/real one...😞😔😟🙁☹. We can't do much as we do on orginal...😟😟😟😟😟if it would be like orginal one, it would be more fun...😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😃😃🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. It's so different from orginal one...😧😧😧😧😧. If they add these things like in the orginal one, it will be very enjoyable and so good🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. In this app, the features're not there which used to has in the orginal one...😭😭😭😭😭and that's makes/feels missing a lot + bad😭.
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Frustrating
Too many multiple alerts that you can’t clear even if you delete this app. I want to communicate through my pages not through multiple messages on different platforms that I can loose track of customers and marketplace. Put it back on the page or get rid of it. No I do t want WhatsApp too. Three more ways to get unnecessary messages and alerts -
Egypt
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App devs: I guess I’ll just put a bad rating since I can’t find a contact form
I use Messenger as one of my primary forms of communication. Several times in the last few weeks, I’ll open the app to read or respond to a message and it crashes before opening. Every time this has happened, I check the App Store and there is an update to install. I have auto-updates on, but probably only on WiFi. At least 3 times this has happened when I’m not on WiFi. It’s absolutely unacceptable to require me to download an update while in the middle of a field so that I can read messages I was sent. -
It won’t up date
On a slow internet it won’t up date it is driving Me Crazy why won’t it driving crazy I can’t chat with My friends -
Glitching
I used to love messenger but NOW everytime I call out or receive a call it doesn’t go through! Even my messages aren’t going through. It works for a short time span and then it goes back to being glitchy. Deleting messenger until problem is fixed!!! -
Help they changed messenger
Help! They changed messenger and I can’t seem to down load or message anyone. -
2 stars
This app keeps logging me out took me to a new account that isn’t mine the calls don’t work and I have lost all my people on messenger because it logged me out -
Update
Make messenger seperate from Facebook -
ماسنجر مجاي ينزل عدي😔
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Help me
It’s not letting me log in into my messenger and facebook it say error logging in and I am putting my password right it’s no saying I am putting my password wrong. Y is it not letting me log in plz do something about it.
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Id give it more stars but with It not showing or making noise when someone messages is confusing and frustrating very much bc when or if I'm waiting for a reply I have to constantly check which I shouldn't have to do
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Pointless
Facebooks messenger app is a pointless application—everyone already has free text messaging and pays for cell phone service, so why create a new application (for things like virtual yard sale) and ask for permissions to text and call? I find it absolutely absurd that I have to download an app to view messages from a web based platform. (No I DO NOT have the FB app, thank you.). Not only that but the two rarely communicate efficiently. After you check messages in the app, FB profile will still show a messages notification. On top of that every time you use it asks for notifications to be turned on (why? When FB should be notifying you?) and asking for permission for microphone and camera. The app drains battery power when you do have notifications turned on especially in group chats—pinging every time there is a new comment. I’m not sure what a good use for this app is—it should be reintegrated back into Facebook and allow users to check messages from the web based platform. -
Fake messenger lite! Does not auto popup messages notifications like whatsapp and my settings & smartphone are ok. What is wrong? It is frustrating to have non notified messages inbox until you open an app to get em😔
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Facebook needs to redesign all of its messaging apps
I honestly can’t understand how they allow so many bugs and glitches in this app to go on and on forever. For starters, if you accidentally add a theme and emoji to a group chat, everyone gets notified. But then you can’t remove themes. You can only CHANGE to another theme. Who programmed this app? Seriously? Why can’t you remove themes completely? Please explain the reasoning. And hyperlink previews often don’t work. Sometimes they do. But not always, and it seems to be tied to themes. Group chats with themes tend to have this bug. And when you UNSEND a message, they feel the need to alert everyone about it. Why?? So annoying. Sometimes you message the wrong person/group. It happens. It should allow a clean unsend like Instagram messanger. With no trace or alerts. Facebook needs to sit down with Instagram and WhatsApp and go over the BEST and WORST features of each app and make ONE that works across ALL platforms. For example, allow LIKES in WhatsApp. Allow unsend without alerting everyone. Allow hyperlink previews. Alow GIFS to play (Gifs do not play in Instagram, but they do in WhatsApp & FB). This is a typical problem in the modern era. No broad level quality control. It’s whack-a-mole programming and new platform aquisition by everyone. And the unbelievable ad targeting you get due to bots constantly reading your messages. Wow. No privacy whatsoever. We need a change. Otherwise, the app works nicely. -
It doesn't have the same feature like replying to that very message you want to ask...like swiping to right to reply to that message...I hope this feature would be available in life mode...also the dark mode
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Very less number of features in comparison to the Messenger app . I would have preferred it to everyone if there was dark mode . Please bring dark mode in Messenger Lite . Thanks !!
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You missed it up again, way to go
I am becoming more and more disappointed with messenger, not only did you do away with the sticker blow ups, you also did away with the icons on the the picture edit. I used to be able to use the kiss lips to kiss my wife and my daughter goodnight as we a far apart and I like for them to know I am kissing goodnight, yes corny I know but it is something we found that helps us. But now in order for me to even do that once I have to use the text and use only one and it takes time to do that so all I can get is one because she is wanting to sleep. Also the lack in the chat itself has got slower and slower. Not to mention the video chat is really bad. And can not hold a connection. It seems that all you are doing is trying to cater to the adware and businesses and not to the actual people that really use it to stay in touch with there loved ones. Bring back the features please and stop with all the adware and sponsors. I am sure most are like me if they want to find a product then they go to the website itself. I don’t need to use you for that. Very very disappointed Facebook and Messenger August 12, 2020 Once again when you are going good you start to tinker with the app and screw things up, You have got it now to where it slow again and not respond. Just a month ago it was actually work fairly good but not now. Please address the lack time and loading issues. Thank you.. -
what happened???
I use messenger all the time, daily, multiple times a day, never really had problems with it that I’d noticed. when I went to sleep last night everything was fine... when I woke up this morning and clicked on my messages through the facebook app, it took me to the messenger log in screen. weird. I didnt log out. so it asked me if I wanted to ‘continue as _________(my name)” I clicked on it and it said “we could not log you in at this time” took me to a login screen to put in my email and password, did that, and got the same message.. “we could not log you in, please try again later.” well I need this app to work. the way it is supposed to. this is installed on my iPad no part of the app will work. I have tried uninstalling, turning my device off and on, with it installed and without it. nothing will work. I want to continue to talk to my friends during this quarantine time and you just cut off my way of communicating with people... please fix immediately -
Newest Update
I recently updated my messenger and it’s weird because I have two Facebook accounts and I can only see the update on one account when I switch to the other account I can’t see the update, it’s in the older version. I don’t know if it makes a difference but the one account that does have the update is also open on another device I use (iphone6s) and it shows it’s updated and the one that isn’t updated I only have it in this iPhone XS device. I already reset all settings, deleted Facebook and Messenger Installed then back logged out of accounts and just finished Factory Data Reset. Nothing works I’m not sure what’s going on. It bother me because on the newer update seems to be more simple and basic than the older version. Same goes with instagram both accounts issue. I don’t auto update my apps on my iPhone XS but iPhone 6s I do . I’m not sure if that would be the issue however i still complete the updates ... hopefully I get answers from this. -
Very Irritating – No need for update at all
Update: 7/9 – finally updated because it’s irritating for this app. Or to support last version. But why do I need an internet connection to login when I’m connected to my data? Still frustrated! Ok so usually I don’t do reviews. I might rate an app, sometimes I leave a review if it’s an especially exemplary app. But now, I’m going to leave a not-so-nice review: Please, PLEASE stop with the very frustrating update reminders. I looked at the update, and I have absolutely no need whatsoever for ANY of things that are “new and improved” for this app. People are complaining of it not working, of not needing “new and improved” versions, they are complaining about absolutely useless upgrades. I use this app to text three people. I use it to message them because we live so far apart and are friends through something that means we’ll never meet in real life. All I need out of this is app is 1, the ability to message them, and 2, the ability to receive alerts when they answer back. Nothing more, nothing less. I don’t need a new and improved video chat, or whatever these “room” things are, or new stickers, or anything else. Just plain ‘ole texting. That’s it. So please, because I am no longer able to use “this version” of FB Messenger, please make it to where the app does support older versions because I don’t need to upgrade.
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The new update is ****. New bubles are terible, they are so small, and most of all, they are not always visible.. when ppl send me messages, i don't even see them.. I have to force bubles to show, but then, the orange "dot" showing there is new message is so small, I can't even notice it.. How to get back to the previous version. I want the old version!!
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Glitchy to the point of unusable.
For the longest time, Facebook messenger with my go to for communication. I didn’t have everyone’s phone number and not many of my contacts used something like WhatsApp, but everyone has a Facebook account. This app is so glitchy that it’s finally broken me of Facebook period. I never really used the service as a social media platform to begin with, but it was a decent communication service. Or would have been. For the majority of this year, the software has been unreliable, glitchy, and riddled with bugs. It consistently fails to give notifications, occasionally forgets that I had sent a message, and by far the worst glitch: it will randomly kick me out of conversations while I’m reading them or typing in them and put me back at the contacts screen. And of course, it doesn’t save what I had been typing. This means that something as simple as sending a message can require you to start typing it two or five times before you can actually send one. There is no excuse for a company that big to deliver software this crappy, especially given how much shady crap they are otherwise up to involving user data. Check please, I am done. -
Why the hell this app don't provide the delete option? It's freaking embarrassing when you come to know that all the messages that you have deleted were actually not deleted from the other person's phone. It only clears out from your on screen but not deletes, that is meant to be, from the other person's phone.
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Overwhelming and extremely difficult to navigate
With school being online, I have been using messenger as my main medium of communication among the peers. The more I use it, the more I get annoyed at how poorly the app is made. When I have a few messages unread, it would make sense to guide me to the place where I left off when I open the chat. However, I have to scroll ALL the way up to figure out where in the conversation I had left from, so it is especially difficult when I am in a group chat and missed more than a dozen messages. It is also impossible to find the date and the time of each messages, which makes it take an even more time and effort from my end to go through every message to get to where I left off. This should be a basic function in all messenger programs by now, so I don’t understand why messenger wouldn’t carry such an essential function. It is not user-friendly, as the updates have been only adding stuff that no one would ever make use of while ignoring the basic necessities. I also can’t save or mark any messages if I need to go back to them. I truly hope you guys make the important updates soon. -
Completely Unnecessary and terrible
So to begin. The existence of Facebook messenger is absolutely unnecessary. There is already the Facebook app and I don’t see what the point is in having to switch to a different app just to see your messages. But also if you’re going to force me to use this app to see my messages from another app might as well make it work. For about a month now I’ve been stuck signed in to one of my pages. I can’t read any messages on my personal or any of my other business pages. So I deleted it and re-downloaded it. And now, it won’t let me sign in. I have tried signing in all day today and yesterday and it constantly gives me “ error your request cannot be completed at this time please try again later.” This is absolutely terrible. Get this thing fixed. I wish I could have the option to just use Messenger in the Facebook app. But since Zuck doesn’t want that I guess I don’t get it. If my businesses didn’t rely on it I would leave Facebook all together because of this. In summation, the app is terrible doesn’t work and I shouldn’t even need it in the first place. -
Don't think the app will be in contact settings any longer. There's a lot of misleading info that can never be resolved. That right there is what I'm talking about. Trust will never be again! That's why I feel the way I do about app
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Staple features removed and NOW breaking bugs
Honestly a lot of the features being removed I get. Especially with the app being rebuilt from the ground up. Within the last day or so going into any conversation *instead of just one from a recent bug report* I will be kicked out back to the conversation selection screen with the animation like I swiped to go back there myself but I didn’t. And even if I’m in the middle of typing it can happen to. On top of whatever was being typed being gone when *trying* to go back to the conversation. Also when it force backs you out some reason all the conversations flash out of existence for a few seconds. I was going to say maybe it was just my phone. I restarted my phone and uninstalled and reinstalled and even cleared app data to no avail. But it also happens on my IPhone SE which is on the latest 13.4.1 update like my 11 Pro max right now. So I pretty much can’t reliably use messenger now on any of my phones and have to go to a laptop. I’m also very confused as to the fact this just started happening today. And not the day of the update 🤔 -
Why can't I run the Messenger Lite app properly? I updated the Messenger Lite app yesterday. Since then there have been various problems in the app. If I message someone, it's "sending". But it doesn't get sent. I still see those whom I saw active yesterday. I can't get any news of who's messaging. I've been to the Messenger Lite app yesterday and see the same thing as I saw today. Why is there so much trouble? 🙄🙄🙄😡😡😡
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New update is total garbage
They have changed a few things on this latest update and it feels like a step backwards in my opinion. First off... when my friends and I share location you can no longer see the their location without having to click on the map, then zooming in a lot farther than you ever should have to. And most of the time that location is not even correct. Secondly you can no longer see if the other person has seen your message without opening conversation (which was very useful). Also the new emojis for reacting to pictures are not good and they need to be changed back to the ones prior to the update. In the previous version you could click on stickers that were sent to you and the pack that it came from would show up and you could use them if you wanted to... now you can still click on them but all it does is show you the pack and you cannot use them. You have to go back to stickers and find that pack to use them. This new update is not at all user friendly and Facebook needs to go back to previous version. -
This app is kinda bit good🙂. But not very much as orginal/real one...😞😔😟🙁☹. We can't do much as we do on orginal...😟😟😟😟😟if it would be like orginal one, it would be more fun...😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😃😃🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. It's so different from orginal one...😧😧😧😧😧. If they add these things like in the orginal one, it will be very enjoyable and so good🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. In this app, the features're not there which used to has in the orginal one...😭😭😭😭😭and that's makes/feels missing a lot + bad😭.
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