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, ...

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 heard me: No more switching back and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Remember when you used to be able to send SMS text messages with the Facebook messenger app, but then it mysteriously vanished never to be heard from again? Well, it looks like Facebook is hellbent on ...

There is still a significant number of users who have not yet installed Messenger on their mobile devices, despite Facebook spinning out the communications app from its social network app. These users ...

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 ...

Facebook says it’s testing a way for users to receive, read and respond to their SMS-based conversations in its Messenger application for mobile devices. The feature, which would be optional if ...

One of the last big advantages that Hangouts had over other messaging platforms was the ability to integrate SMS messages into a user’s queue along with messages on the platform. While this didn’t ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Text messaging applications are a dime a dozen. Luke Klinker, the ...