Facebook changes the design of its Messenger messaging application

When you open the Facebook Messenger application you find a multitude of tabs and icons. We have applications within Facebook Messenger for all tastes, such as stickers, game bots, contacts to add... Endless possibilities that can even bother those who only open the application for what is its main objective, to keep a fluent conversation with a friend or acquaintance. Well, apparently Facebook seems to have realized this and wants to return Facebook Messenger to its roots.Of course, without ignoring all the alternatives that we have told you about, but without making them so intrusive. It is clear that Facebook is not going to get rid of the content that generates profit.

This is the new Facebook Messenger

If you open the Messenger application you can count to 9! different tabs. Now, they will become only 3 at the bottom. From left to right we have the chat tab, the contacts tab (those who are currently active will appear first) and an additional tab called 'Discover' where we can have all the bots and applications to play with. and hold conversations. It is appreciated that this 'mixed bag' is limited to occupying an entire tab and not being scattered throughout the application.

Facebook Messenger had become a clear example of what a functional application should not be.We had tabs for everything, for the contacts that were active, for the calls we had made and for the groups formed... Sending a message, the main thing in this application to send text messages, was very unintuitive. We needed to press a button located within the message screen itself, instead of being located in a central and clear place where we could all see it at a glance.

The ambition of Facebook Messenger

The main problem Facebook Messenger ran into was wanting to imitate the business model of WeChat, the messaging service for China that mutated from a simple application to send text messages to an electronic wallet, of course a messaging service, a wall to share photos and messages in real time similar to Facebook itself, the possibility of meeting people to establish relationships... In the end, WeChat It is a complete Swiss Army knife that brings together a large multitude of them in just one application, something very sweet to achieve for any company.And Messenger had a clear goal, to look like WeChat and make Internet users only have to open an application for any operation they do from their mobile phone.

In the beginning, Facebook Messenger had a clear intention, which was basically to connect all Facebook users in an instant messaging application. It was in 2014 that he made the leap to mobile phones, with controversial decisions such as making it mandatory to have the application installed on those to be able to send messages to others contacts. It was already clear that Facebook wanted to separate Messenger from its mother application and turn it into another application with another business model. A new source of income that would have a great alternative to advertising bots.

The application, today, is used by more than 1,300 million people. A figure that, in the hands of a company, is too much juice to ignore and not get a cut. In a survey launched by Facebook itself, more than 70% of those who responded said that simplicity was the most important value in an application. And Facebook has begun to take action on the matter. In the next few days you will have the new redesign of Messenger on your Android mobile.