You do not like Facebook Messenger? You'll have to do it because it could be that you have more choice soon.
In fact, according to TechCrunch, "Facebook starts to notify users that they no longer have the ability to send and receive messages in Facebook Mobile for iOS and Android, and will instead have to download Facebook Messenger to chat on mobile. "
Until now, Facebook users have the possibility to exchange private messages by using only Facebook for iOS or Android. If they download Facebook Messenger, e-mail functionality is redirected to the dedicated application and optimized for messaging.
Personally, it's been a long time that a number of social networks raises me with his insistence Messenger application. The day I gave this little hype, I finally realized that Facebook Messenger was nice and quite handy (but also more intrusive on my screen).
However it is not sure that being a little forced to change their habits to the taste of everyone. Some users may well prefer to use a single application, so as not having to deal with too many things.
These famous notifications are already being deployed in Europe and users will have two weeks to download the Facebook Messenger.
Early analysis
In fact, the CEO of Facebook has already mentioned this migration strategy messaging function to a separate application, there are a few months ago. In essence, they would have discovered that as a feature of the Facebook app, Messenger happening in the background. They may have also observed that the stand alone app, users exchanged more.
On the other hand, many users now prefer to communicate on this type of application. And Facebook has certainly bought WhatsApp, but there are other strong competitors like WeChat, Line, Viber, or newcomers such as Telegram or Snapchat.
As indicated above, Facebook Messenger has been well designed. It has most of the features offered by its rivals ( even free calls on Android and iOS). This little maneuver will put it forward. But it is clear that the new policy will make many unhappy.
In case you did not know, Facebook already has as of type application called Flipboard Paper. This is still reserved for iPhone users in the United States.
In fact, according to TechCrunch, "Facebook starts to notify users that they no longer have the ability to send and receive messages in Facebook Mobile for iOS and Android, and will instead have to download Facebook Messenger to chat on mobile. "
Until now, Facebook users have the possibility to exchange private messages by using only Facebook for iOS or Android. If they download Facebook Messenger, e-mail functionality is redirected to the dedicated application and optimized for messaging.
Personally, it's been a long time that a number of social networks raises me with his insistence Messenger application. The day I gave this little hype, I finally realized that Facebook Messenger was nice and quite handy (but also more intrusive on my screen).
However it is not sure that being a little forced to change their habits to the taste of everyone. Some users may well prefer to use a single application, so as not having to deal with too many things.
These famous notifications are already being deployed in Europe and users will have two weeks to download the Facebook Messenger.
Early analysis
In fact, the CEO of Facebook has already mentioned this migration strategy messaging function to a separate application, there are a few months ago. In essence, they would have discovered that as a feature of the Facebook app, Messenger happening in the background. They may have also observed that the stand alone app, users exchanged more.
On the other hand, many users now prefer to communicate on this type of application. And Facebook has certainly bought WhatsApp, but there are other strong competitors like WeChat, Line, Viber, or newcomers such as Telegram or Snapchat.
As indicated above, Facebook Messenger has been well designed. It has most of the features offered by its rivals ( even free calls on Android and iOS). This little maneuver will put it forward. But it is clear that the new policy will make many unhappy.
In case you did not know, Facebook already has as of type application called Flipboard Paper. This is still reserved for iPhone users in the United States.
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