There's a voice to text option as well if your friend can't listen to the message out loud. You can share your location for 60 minute increments, play Facebook games, and set reminders.īesides text chatting, you're able to record voice messages and send the recorded message to chats that you're having with other friends.

Now, when tapping on the text box, you can add pictures from the camera roll, take pictures directly from the app using your device's camera, add gifs, send money, and have access to a number of different apps that you can use with the person that you're chatting with.

In the beginning, when Messenger was just Facebook chat, text chat was the only available way of chatting, and you could send pictures as well. You can chat with other Facebook users that aren't on your friends list as well after accepting access to the message. Video calls, text chats, and multimedia sharing all on one platformįor the casual user, Messenger is a fun way to communicate with your Facebook friends.

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