Send instant messages with Facebook Messenger

Some have called it the WhatsApp of Facebook and not it is for less The great social network launches its own instant messaging application It has nothing to do with Facebook chat applications out there. It is an application similar to the BlackBerry messaging service or to other messaging services of the type Fring or Nimbuzz Not forgetting WhatsApp

This means that it is an application apart from Facebook's own It can only be downloaded for devices Apple and Android and not in all countriesThis is the case of Spain, where is still not available Your download isFree The application allows to send instant messages to contacts who have the application It is not necessary to have added as friends to the network of Facebook They should only have the application and have an account on FacebookYou also have the option of showing the location where the user is located. This option can be disabled whenever you want. You can also include photos in messages and have group conversations

Of course, the application requires an internet connection to work. That's what makes the messaging service free. If you have the Facebook Messenger application and at any given time you have no connection, the messages received by will be saved in user's inbox

A while ago Facebook bought the mobile messaging service Beluga , with the purpose of adapting it to an own messaging service. Interestingly the application Beluga is still available as a stand-alone application.

We will have to see how events unfold, but the new application has caused quite a stir. Although we must not forget the competitors that are already strongly established in this service.