Messenger

In-app purchases
4.6
97.3M reviews
5B+
Downloads
Content rating
Parental guidance
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About this app

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.
Updated on
23 Jan 2025

Data safety

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

Ratings and reviews

4.6
93.2M reviews
Bree Plater
17 January 2025
I only occasionally get notified of messages. Sometimes i get notifications for messages I've already read. Messages just will just sit on sending then disappear. Sometimes I'll come back to the app and a message I have already sent is still in the text box. I am constantly force-stopping the app and reopening it in an attempt to get it to work. There just seems to be a lot of glitches but no updates to fix them. Update: I now can't scroll through photos that friends share in the chats.
45 people found this review helpful
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Carrie Smith
14 January 2025
Hubby and I use this for calls & messages. It's easier than dealing with contact lists and having to go through a hundred steps just to get ahold of each other. It's also a great way to keep in contact with family & friends. The only issue I've ever had is that the volume always sounds like the person you're talking to is in a bathroom, and you can barely hear them at that. Even when my husband raises his voice so I can hear him, he's still difficult to understand. Everything else, great!
21 people found this review helpful
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Maureen Kyle
15 January 2025
Messenger has been the most glitchy, out of date messaging app, I've ever used. I hardly get notifications from messages and I have the setting approved in my phone settings. (My phone and app are all updated) Sometimes it takes hours before I see a notification from someone, sending photos and videos still takes ages, I thought we were past that. Anything Meta is just as slow and outdated as anything Apple makes (sorry Apple users 🤷🏻‍♀️😬)
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