Facebook will force you to use Facebook Messenger to chat with friends on the social network

The social network Facebook is determined to get the most out of mobile platforms, even if it means forcing its users to use the different applications you have. This is what the medium The Verge has been able to confirm after the sudden announcement of Facebook to someone of its users in Europe when chatting or sending instant messages through the application of this social network And it is that the messaging service will be removed from the different tools of Facebook to remain active and available exclusively in the applicationFacebook Messenger

The commitment to messaging that Facebook is most notable. Not only since last year when he dedicated important work to the remodeling of Facebook Messenger to make it a simpler and more enjoyable tool, but also since the renowned purchase of the hegemonic tool in this genre, the well-known and extended WhatsApp Now, however, Far from sitting idly by, it seems to be betting on its own messaging tool to a superlative degree, with a rather surprising move.

According to a spokesperson for Facebook in statements to The Verge , the company is not undergoing any new measures.This is a decision already taken and that will be gradually but irremediably effective. Thus, users of the Facebook application will be urged to download the tool Facebook Messenger when they try to immediately contact one of their friends or contacts through the Messages section. Although it will not be definitive for users with low-range terminals with little RAM memory, who will be able to check their messages from this application.

However, instant messaging would remain in one of the other applications of Facebook such as the recently launched Paper, the newsreader currently only available in the United States. Similarly, terminals with Windows Phone and Windows tablets would still be able to check their messages in this section ( although they already have a version of Facebook Messenger).Although it seems that it would be a temporary measure, always focused so that at some point the user decides to use Facebook Messenger

Without a doubt, messaging is one of the key points in the world of applications for smartphones Something that Facebook knows well and that it seeks to exploit to the fullest through its renewed application Facebook Messenger A tool that continues to grow at least in terms of functionality, expanding its features such as stickers to share or the possibility of making free calls through of Internet An increasingly complete and interesting service but which, as an independent application, could also compete with its now sister WhatsApp

For the moment, it seems that the measure will only affect some countries without having specified which ones, where a message warns its users that, in a couple of weeks, they should download Facebook Messenger if you want to continue sending instant messages to your friends on this social network.