Messenger

In-app purchases
4.7
95.4M reviews
5B+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Messenger is a free messaging app that helps you connect with anyone, anywhere. Stay in touch with your friends and family, explore your interests with people like you, build your community, and share your vibe beyond words, all in one app.

CHAT AND CALL ANYONE, ANYWHERE

Find and connect with your friends and family on Facebook and Messenger, no phone number needed.

GET INSTANT ANSWERS FROM YOUR AI ASSISTANT*
Meta AI is your assistant that can answer any questions, give you advice, help with homework, and more.

SEND YOUR PHOTOS IN HIGH DEFINITION
Send and receive clearer, crisper picture of your favorite moments with Messenger.

CREATE SHARED ALBUMS
From a recent summer vacation to your grandma’s 80th birthday, create albums of photos and videos to share, organize and reminisce over important moments in your group chats.

EASILY ADD NEW CONNECTIONS WITH QR CODES
Connect with people you meet in real life by scanning their Messenger QR code or sharing yours via a link.

SHARE LARGE FILES DIRECTLY IN CHAT
Whether it’s a Word, PDF, or Excel doc, you can send large files up to 100MB right inside of Messenger.

EDIT AND UNSEND MESSAGES
Hit send too soon? You can edit the message up to 15 minutes after sending

DISAPPEARING MESSAGES
Some things aren’t meant to last forever. Choose how long your end-to-end encrypted chats stick around after they’ve been read.

COME TOGETHER WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES
Meaningfully connect with people like you from your school, neighborhood, and interest groups.

GET IN YOUR FAVORITE CREATORS’ INNER CIRCLE
Stay in the know with creators by joining their broadcast channels for authentic and casual content.

UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION W/ META AI*
Tap into your go-to creative partner to create, edit, animate images and more.

CAPTURE EVERYDAY MOMENTS ON STORIES
Highlight moments of your day using photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours in Stories.

DROP A NOTE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS
Stay connected with your friends by sharing quick updates that disappear after 24 hours.

BRING YOUR VIBE TO YOUR CHATS
Sometimes words just don’t cut it. Tap into more ways to express yourself with animated stickers, GIFs, reactions and more.

SET THE MOOD OF YOUR CHAT WITH THEMES
Customize your chat with a large and constantly evolving list of themes featuring popular artists, holidays, and more.

*Meta AI is available in select languages and countries only, with more coming soon.
Updated on
Dec 12, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 12 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
91.3M reviews
Charissa Mehojah
November 30, 2024
I use it to keep in touch with everyone. Messenger is user-friendly. You can respond to individual messages so nobody gets confused about what you're talking about. You can send pictures/videos/gifs, send voice clips, or video/voice call. Sometimes, I have issues with certain features not working how they should, but that usually means there's an update. Currently, there's not. So now I gotta check if the video that I sent to a friend not showing in Messenger is a known issue or not. No prob.
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Timothy Hite
December 4, 2024
It doesn't lag like Zoom does with video calls. Reception is never perfect, no matter how good the device or program is. I haven't had difficulties to the point of it hindering or being a major issue. Messenging is accurate, effective, and userfriendly for all devices. I don't have any complaints besides the developers designing it to be as addicting as possible. I know plenty of people who use messenger over regular texting. There is no question why Messenger is so popular. Moderation is key.
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Gaby TheyellowPeep
December 4, 2024
The last update has caused the app to have issues with links and gifs, plus other bugs like the "like" button not to grow when held down. Links are coming in labeled as pictures in the banner and bubble previews. Gifs aren't sending as gifs but as photos and then automatically saving to my phone, which is a function I have off. Then, there's no real support function for the app. You never talk to a person and if you do, it's days for them to respond. These issues make the app frustrating to use.
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