In April Facebook announced that it will eliminate chat features from the Facebook app on iOS and Android. Users will be forced to send messages via a newly created Facebook Messenger app.
This news comes in succession after Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 Billion in February 2014.
Now the Facebook messenger app has officially arrived on all the major app stores (iOS, Android, Windows) and is forcing the users of the Facebook app to download it. But the users are not happy about having to download another Facebook app, especially for their messaging service.
Because of this, the app is the in the unique position of being the #1 free app on almost all app stores, but at the same time having a dismal rating.
Here are the app ratings on iTunes:
The Messenger app has better ratings on the Google Play Store because the ratings here are cumulative for all versions of the app.
The reviews on both sites are mixed, with several users complaining about being forced to install another app for messaging on Facebook.
This news comes in succession after Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 Billion in February 2014.
Now the Facebook messenger app has officially arrived on all the major app stores (iOS, Android, Windows) and is forcing the users of the Facebook app to download it. But the users are not happy about having to download another Facebook app, especially for their messaging service.
Because of this, the app is the in the unique position of being the #1 free app on almost all app stores, but at the same time having a dismal rating.
Here are the app ratings on the Google Play:
The reviews on both sites are mixed, with several users complaining about being forced to install another app for messaging on Facebook.
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