One of the best thing you can do for your smartphone is to remove the Facebook app, and instead, use it in a browser. The advantages are multiple: it saves you storage space, it can save battery life, ...

Facebook Messenger gives you access to all the features of a good instant messaging app. Here we'll explain how to install the Facebook Messenger app and present useful tips and tricks to get the most ...

Tired of switching back and forth between Facebook Messenger and SMS on your Android? On Tuesday, Facebook announced that the Messenger app now supports SMS messaging. That means Android users can set ...

Facebook Messenger has now been downloaded over 1 billion times on Google Play, joining an exclusive club made up of only the top apps in the Play Store. Facebook Inc.’s standalone messaging app has ...

Once again we get another reason to hate Facebook more than we do already, in the next few days Facebook will be forcing users to download the messenger application to their mobile device to continue ...

Icon of Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger (Facebook's proprietary messaging app) alongside other social media apps on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone's touchscreen. Credit: Getty Images When Facebook first ...

Forget buying WhatsApp — Facebook wants to completely replace it. Facebook is making its strongest effort yet to create its own texting empire with the latest update to Facebook Messenger for Android: ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

Facebook’s controversial app Messenger Kids, which lets parents control who kids can talk to, is today rolling out to Android devices in the U.S. with its launch on Google Play. The app will also now ...