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Facebook Forces Android Users to Get Messenger App

 

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Facebook disables chat service on mobile web

 

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A while ago, Facebook removed instant messages from the main application and forced its users to download Messenger app if they wanted to chat with friends. Now, it seems that the company is doing a similar thing, giving users no choice but to download Messenger from the Play Store if they want to continue sending messages.

 

Users who accessed their Facebook accounts from mobile browsers have received a message stating that “Your conversations are moving to Messenger." After the message is displayed, they are instantly redirected to the Google Play download page for Facebook’s Messenger application.

 

Even though they could tap back and access conversations on Facebook, the message persisted in appearing, thus forcing users to download the messaging application. The message doesn’t seem to show up for absolutely all users, but many have encountered this new change.

 

Facebook will also bring end-to-end encryption to Messenger

 

The motivation behind this new move at Facebook seems to be quite clear. The social networking giant is in charge of two of the most popular messaging services in the world, one of which is obviously WhatsApp. Therefore, the company intends to separate its services, leaving the main Facebook app for browsing and posting content while Messenger should be solely for chatting in groups and with friends.

 

Messenger does provide some additional functionality, as compared to Facebook’s main app, but there’s a chance that some people might not want to have two separate applications for the same service on their devices. Of course, there’s the matter of battery drainage on mobile devices and the drag of switching from one application to another.

 

However, this is not the only change that Facebook intends to bring to its platform. A few days ago, we reported that Facebook planned to bring end-to-end encryption so that messages between users would be more secure. The feature would be optional and could be disabled at any time. End-to-end encryption is expected to reach Facebook Messenger in the coming months.

 

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Now as whatsapp is owned by facebook and it's a way better IM app than facebook's messenger, then why the hell facebook accounts are not linked with WhatsApp for the chat? Why one needs to keep the forever hungry facebook apps on their phones.

 

Facebook apps are the outcome of rookie apps developers who are just learning how to make an android app.

 

 

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38 minutes ago, rudrax said:

why the hell facebook accounts are not linked with WhatsApp for the chat?

Fb promised WhatsApp & its developer team that WhatsApp will be unique/separate and not be linked to any of its services. However, there was a controversy when there was a beta version of WhatsApp v2.12.413 having options to link Fb but ended as dead feature due to WhatsApp limitations & developers protest.

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On ‎6‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 8:02 AM, vissha said:

Fb promised WhatsApp & its developer team that WhatsApp will be unique/separate and not be linked to any of its services. However, there was a controversy when there was a beta version of WhatsApp v2.12.413 having options to link Fb but ended as dead feature due to WhatsApp limitations & developers protest.

Well we will see how long I can go before I install that FB Messenger.

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