UPDATED: Facebook to shutter messaging in flagship app, push for Messenger

Facebook has been prompting mobile users to invite their friends to download Messenger, but now it appears that soon there won’t be a choice.

Facebook has confirmed to Inside Facebook that Facebook has plans to remove the messaging feature from its flagship mobile app and force the use of Messenger if users want to send messages from their phone or tablet:

Today we are starting to notify people that messages are moving out of the Facebook app and over to the Messenger app.

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