Well, the rumors were true: Facebook Messenger can now send SMS text messages on Android again, just like the good old days. Basically, Messenger wants to be your end-all, be-all app for chatting with ...

Facebook Messenger is increasingly a good citizen of the Play Store by adopting the latest Android features and having a Material design. Now, after a few weeks of testing, Facebook has officially ...

Since 2016, you have been able to use Facebook/Meta’s Messenger as an SMS app on Android. That integration is now set to go away next month. Users that use Facebook Messenger, instead of Google or ...

Google’s attempts to integrate SMS with Hangouts might not have been universally popular, but that hasn’t stopped another company from trying to bring together instant messaging and SMS. The latest ...

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Facebook likes to get its way — even if that means forcing users to download spin-off apps or use new features. Just about a week after the social network reintroduced the option to make Messenger the ...

Love Facebook Messenger, but still have a soft spot for good ol’fashioned SMS? Well, good news: As of Tuesday, Facebook Messenger can send SMS text messages. You ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. After digging around in Google’s Project Fi support site last night, I think we now know why Google created ...

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A new Facebook Messenger feature has rendered the stock text messaging app on my Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone useless. Facebook is testing a way to move your SMS messages into its own Messenger app, ...

Facebook is going after the SMS text messaging business, opening up its Facebook Messenger app to a broader set of users. Facebook Messenger (for Android) in certain regions now allows people with no ...

Surround and conquer is Facebook’s new strategy for getting people to switch from SMS to Messenger. You can now read and send old-school text messages from inside Facebook Messenger for Android. By ...