Introducing Facebook Messenger For IPhone And Android

Facebook Messenger debuts today in Apple's App Store, offering iPhone and Android users a unified way to chat in groups with contacts from both the social network and the address books on their devices.

Facebook Messenger debuts today in Apple’s App Store, offering iPhone and Android users a unified way to chat in groups with contacts from both the social network and the address books on their devices.

The launch marks Facebook’s integration of Beluga, acquired by the social network in March, and specializing in group texting.

And this is the social network’s first standalone application for mobile devices, aside from the main app for Facebook. And it’s also free of charge.

“When you first log on, you see your existing messages, so it’s one-click-from the desktop to get to messagin.

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