Facebook took a lot of flak for making its standalone Messenger app mandatory.
Many feel (myself among them) that a standalone app for messages is unnecessary.
Even so, that doesn’t make it a bad app, or notuseful in its own way.
Here are some of the best features of Facebook Messenger that make it worth using.
It’s not impossible, but it can mean jumping between two or three different apps.
In Facebook Messenger, it’s possible for you to access Image Search from the drop down menu.
Enter a search term and you’ll see a list of image results.
Just tap one to send it to your message recipient.
However, when you’re trying to meet up with friends, temporarily sharing your location can help.
Simply enable location for a particular message and it will be tagged with where you are.
The other person you’re talking to can then press “View Map” on the menu.
Send Quick Audio Notes and Eliminate Voicemail
Sometimes you just need to say something out loud.
Tap the microphone and you’ll be presented with a little red button.
it’s possible for you to hold down the button to record an audio clip.
It will send immediately as soon as you’re done.
you’re able to also use Messenger fortwo-way voice calls.
Facebook even has one of the better methods for doing so.
Group chats are typically lumped together with regular chats, so finding them later is a pain.
Not so on mobile.
But let’s be honest: we’re still using it.
To the tune of1.32 billion peopleevery month.
While the separate app might be unnecessary, it’s still a pretty damn good app.
