The new Facebook change that’s frustrating people
Just when we seem to have gotten the hang of the puzzle that is Facebook, they like to change it all up again.
Once upon a time, you could easily message your friends from the Facebook mobile application and go about your day searching your news feed for videos of unlikely animal friends.
Unfortunately, Facebook is phasing out chat from its mobile site and there’s not much we can do about it. The Facebook app for Android and iOS began encouraging people to install Facebook Messenger in August 2014. Some users switched to using the Facebook mobile site on their phone browser instead of using the app, so they continue to use as normal.
However, now all mobile accessible versions of have been hit with the change. Facebook is prompting users to install its Messenger app, warning it will now be your only option.
The dedicated app has features and functions that are not available in the mobile web version, including the ability to send and receive regular SMS messages on some platforms, video and voice calls, as well as Facebook’s floating notification and chat boxes, called Chat Heads.
So why change it? Obviously, Facebook wants as many users as possible. With the new model, users uninterested in having a profile, accessing pictures and seeing what their friends are up to can simply use the messenger app instead.
What do you think of the latest Facebook change? Let us know in the comments below.
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