Messenger

In-app purchases
4.7
104M reviews
5B+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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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
Jul 1, 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

4.7
100M reviews
Kayla Lino
July 1, 2025
Wow here we are in 2025 and the new update is so bad that my messages usually won't send. If they do it's hours after I actually did. Notifications aren't working. I'm not receiving messages when they're sent but rather in clusters at random times. My Pictures aren't showing up to be able to send anything to anyone. (July 2025) Wish I could give it a zero star!!! It updated overnight and NOW it has a bug that makes it crash the moment you try to open it so it's impossible to use. (may 2023)
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Abbi Vasconi
June 30, 2025
Still uses bubbles, annoying but I got used to it. This app is so broken though. Constantly told that messages I receive aren't available in my current app version, despite being fully up to date. They show up eventually but they take a while, which is extremely frustrating. AI features are annoying, I wish there was an option to turn it off, or that they'd get rid of it completely. Messenger needs to go back to the basics. It doesn't need all the extra junk...
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Spin Creep
June 29, 2025
I have had to force quit this ridiculous app several times a day, EVERY day, for nearly a week just to send messages, let alone send and listen to voice messages. Sending media? Yeah, it won't even pull up the photos and if it does, the media still may not send. I have written paragraphs, only to have them stuck on sending, having to force quit, and LOSING THAT ENTIRE REPLY. Fix. This. NOW.
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