Get closer to Messenger
📱 There’s a cool app available on the Play store. It was born as an off-shoot of another popular app, a data-based chat app that allows the user of the parent app to communicate privately, one-on-one
It has since become its own standalone app, and quickly became one of the most popular apps of all-time. It has also become its own platform, capable of allowing other developers to create functions, capabilities, and bots.That app is
Messenger
.
☎ If you don’t use Facebook or just aren’t a fan, good news: you don’t need to even have a Facebook account to use
Messenger
. Just your mobile phone number will suffice. You download the app from the Play Store. Then either connect with your Facebook account or mobile number, and you’re in.
💌 Integrated SMS.
Messenger
can now be messenger-texting app, used as both your data-based messenging app and cellular SMS texting interface. It doesn’t physically take over cellular-based texting, but it reigns in all your incoming and outgoing texts into it’s interface, giving you a single app to open, no matter the message’s medium.
📸 Integrated Photo & Video Capture. This one’s not a real novel feature, but it’s functionality it top-notch. While in the app, you can launch either your device’s front or rear camera to easily capture media for sharing purposes.
🎥Video Chat. it works really, really smoothly. Just by pressing the blue icon. I say ‘blue’, because it may be grey. this tells you that person isn’t available to take a video call at that time. Neat!
📬 Show Location. If you’re wandering around town and are trying to meet up with some friends,
Messenger
’s location-sharing feature may come in handy.
📗 Well-Composed Group Chats. Unlike traditional SMS,
Messenger
handles group chats with relative aplomb. The main way they accomplish this is giving group chats their own tab, sorting them together instead of mixed amongst all your other conversations particularly with individuals who also show up in the group chats.