Messenger delivers real-time updates on the status of your friends. In case you want to activate or deactivate your ‘ Active Status’, you can click on your profile picture in the top left corner to tap on ‘Active Status’. A timestamp will appear on the profile pictures of people who have their ‘Active Status’ turned on to show the number of minutes in which they were last seen on Messenger. The profile pictures and names of the people that you are messaging will appear, along with previews and dates of the last sent messages. Active and past chats are listed in the ‘Chats’ tab from the most to least recent. Two main tabs are available at the bottom of the screen, ‘ Chats’ and ‘ People’. The login credentials will be the same as your Facebook account that you want to message from. How do I log in to Messenger?Ī log-in screen will appear after you install and open Messenger. The Facebook official website lets you message people privately on Messenger when you are on a computer or laptop, however, the FB website on your phone requires you to get the Messenger app.

Messenger has an official website that you can use to log into your account. Since Messenger will bring up profiles inside of your default web browser like Safari, you can still visit profiles without FB installed on your phone. In case you have the Facebook software installed, the FB app will launch certain actions like when you click the ‘Profile’ button of someone. Since Messenger is an extension of Facebook, a FB account is needed to use FB Messenger. Messenger does not need the Facebook application to be installed on your smartphone to run, however, you will need to log in to your Facebook account to use the messaging app. You will find that the built-in messenger in FB doesn't work when you use FB on your mobile device, whether in the app or website. In case you want to send a DM on Facebook on your iPhone device, then you will need to download this messenger app. The cross-platform program is available on Android, Apple Mac, iOS, and Microsoft Windows PC operating systems. Messenger is a standalone application that is available for both desktops and mobile phones.

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