Messenger is a free messaging app that helps you connect with anyone, anywhere. Stay in touch with your friends and family, explore your interests with people like you, build your community, and share your vibe beyond words, all in one app.
CHAT AND CALL ANYONE, ANYWHERE Find and connect with your friends and family on Facebook and Messenger, no phone number needed.
GET INSTANT ANSWERS FROM YOUR AI ASSISTANT* Meta AI is your assistant that can answer any questions, give you advice, help with homework, and more.
SEND YOUR PHOTOS IN HIGH DEFINITION Send and receive clearer, crisper picture of your favorite moments with Messenger.
CREATE SHARED ALBUMS From a recent summer vacation to your grandma’s 80th birthday, create albums of photos and videos to share, organize and reminisce over important moments in your group chats.
EASILY ADD NEW CONNECTIONS WITH QR CODES Connect with people you meet in real life by scanning their Messenger QR code or sharing yours via a link.
SHARE LARGE FILES DIRECTLY IN CHAT Whether it’s a Word, PDF, or Excel doc, you can send large files up to 100MB right inside of Messenger.
EDIT AND UNSEND MESSAGES Hit send too soon? You can edit the message up to 15 minutes after sending
DISAPPEARING MESSAGES Some things aren’t meant to last forever. Choose how long your end-to-end encrypted chats stick around after they’ve been read.
COME TOGETHER WITH YOUR COMMUNITIES Meaningfully connect with people like you from your school, neighborhood, and interest groups.
GET IN YOUR FAVORITE CREATORS’ INNER CIRCLE Stay in the know with creators by joining their broadcast channels for authentic and casual content.
UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION W/ META AI* Tap into your go-to creative partner to create, edit, animate images and more.
CAPTURE EVERYDAY MOMENTS ON STORIES Highlight moments of your day using photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours in Stories.
DROP A NOTE WITH YOUR THOUGHTS Stay connected with your friends by sharing quick updates that disappear after 24 hours.
BRING YOUR VIBE TO YOUR CHATS Sometimes words just don’t cut it. Tap into more ways to express yourself with animated stickers, GIFs, reactions and more.
SET THE MOOD OF YOUR CHAT WITH THEMES Customize your chat with a large and constantly evolving list of themes featuring popular artists, holidays, and more.
*Meta AI is available in select languages and countries only, with more coming soon.
Useful. Social. Expressive.
Updated on
Sep 9, 2026
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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 12 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
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Kayiee Pianax
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June 29, 2026
whenever I hide a contact (I don't want to see their notes or if they're online) it still pops up. I've tried deleting and re-installing the app, and it still keeps coming back. I'm getting annoyed because I don't want to see their notes. I would be waiting for someone's text, only for the notification to come by 5 minutes after. like "*name* notification 5 minutes ago" it doesn't notify me when someone recently texted, only notifies when it's been a few minutes already.
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Joshua Richard
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April 9, 2026
Facebook Messenger will force you to synchronize your conversations between multiple devices if you want to access your chat history. If you don't want to give them permission to save every word you've sent to someone and vice versa in their servers, you will not be able to see messages that are unsaved by their so-called "updated security". They've blanketed it with a PIN number so that you feel like you actually have control of your info, but they're using it to give you less power over it.
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Alex McGinn
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May 7, 2026
Notifications just don't work. I have to restart my phone for a chance to see them, and even then it's only a 10% chance of working. Then half the time I open a message bubble or the app and it doesn't load, so I have to clear the cache at least 4 times every day just to see what people are saying to me. Genuinely getting worse and worse.