Facebook Launches Stand-Alone Messaging App
Plus: Network and Calif. prisons delete inmate accounts
Facebook messaging just got a whole lot easier. Yesterday, the social networking site launched Facebook Messenger, a new app for iPhone and Android that allows the network’s users to send messages and texts without having to go through the full Facebook app.
The app is a revamp of Beluga, a group messaging app that Facebook acquired in April. “It’s a mobile app about real-time communication,” Beluga co-founder and Facebook engineer Ben Davenport told Mashable.
Once users log into Messenger with their Facebook user name, they can manage their current Facebook messages or write new ones, all of which can be sent either through Facebook Messenger or SMS.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
Subscribe today!
To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber
Already a member? Sign in