Glitchy
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_Sammo86_ –
2023-08-27
Version 423.0
Really glitchy since the latest update, freezes, doesn’t load messages, really slow loading time too. Needs a bug fix for sure.
Updating
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Description
Be together whenever, with our free* all-in-one communication app, complete with unlimited text, voice, video calling and group video chat features.
CROSS-APP MESSAGING AND CALLING
Connect with your Instagram friends straight from Messenger. Simply search for them by name or username to message or call.
PRIVACY SETTINGS
New privacy settings let you choose who can reach you, and where your messages are delivered.
CUSTOM REACTIONS
Lost for words? You can customise your reactions, with lots more emojis to choose from.
CHAT THEMES
Choose from fun themes and colours, such as Tie-dye or Love, to make your chats more personal.
WATCH TOGETHER
Watch videos, TV programmes and films with your friends over Messenger video chat and Rooms when you can't be together. Capture every moment and reaction in real time.
GET THE GROUP TOGETHER WITH ROOMS
Send a link to group video chat with anyone, even if they don't have Messenger. Host up to 50 people with no time limits.
FREE* VIDEO CALLS TO STAY CONNECTED
Keep your friends and family close with unlimited live video chatting. Host group video calls with up to eight people, with high-quality audio, high-definition video and interactive video features such as face filters.
UNLIMITED FREE* TEXT AND PHONE CALLS
Skip exchanging phone numbers and simply send a message to your Facebook friends, even if they're across the world. Enjoy high-quality voice and text messaging on mobile, tablet and desktop.
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS IN DARK MODE
Give your eyes some rest with a sleek new look that darkens the colours of the chat interface.
RECORD AND SEND VOICE AND VIDEO MESSAGES
When text just won't cut it, just hit record and send. Say, sing, show or shout it out loud.
EXPRESS YOURSELF WITH STICKERS, GIFS AND EMOJIS
Use custom stickers to show your creative side. You can even add effects and filters to video calls.
SEND FILES, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
There's no limit to the number of files you want to share with your friends.
PLAN AND MAKE IT HAPPEN
Make plans to get together with polls and more. Suggest a meeting spot or tell friends where you are by sharing your location with just a few taps.
SEND MONEY SECURELY AND EASILY (within US only)
Send and receive money securely and easily with friends and family directly in the app by adding your debit card, PayPal account or reloadable prepaid card (single-source cards eligible for sending money only).
CHAT WITH BUSINESSES
Easily connect with your favourite businesses to make reservations, get customer support, find deals and more.
COMPATIBLE ACROSS PLATFORMS
Chat with friends across an array of devices, such as desktop, Portal and others.
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
LEARN MORE about Messenger texting and group video chat at: http://messenger.com
* Data rates apply
What's New in Version 423.0
We update our app regularly to make it even better for you to easily connect to the people that matter. Update to the latest version to get all the new features and improvements. This release includes:
- fixes for crashes within messaging experiences
- performance improvements to remove latency in some of our core experiences
Have a question? Tap Help in the Messenger app or visit facebook.com/help/messenger-app
Seller
Name
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
423.0
Size
111.5 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated 12+ for the following:
Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Infrequent/Mild Simulated Gambling
Compatibility
iOS 12.4 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
App Store: Customer Ratings
All Versions
4.2 (221,034 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
Why this is a great app!
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Klodi2020 –
2023-08-26
Version 423.0
I had messenger times ago and it’s such a great app! You can face call,text, even do groups!
On face calls,you could choose any filters or back grounds! So this app is great for you
Fix your bug!
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Rya24 –
2023-08-26
Version 423.0
What is going on??? Since your last update, if I am logged in from two device, it keeps freezing and doesn’t load anything in! I cannot send or read messages as it’s constantly lagging…
Emoji’s
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Lickle_mickle –
2023-08-24
Version 423.0
When trying to slide through emoji’s it just takes you back to the message so can’t slide through and pick one!
Please give better control!
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Sjw05675 –
2023-08-23
Version 423.0
Why can you not restrict group chats?
Why has the ignore feature disappeared?
Bring them back asap!!!
Now that whatsapp is getting more privacy and control can messenger get some too please?! There is a feeling with this app that they want you to be “on call” and available to everyone at every minute of the day and night. No option to authorise yourself being added to random group chats (like whatsapp does) The feature to ignore chats has been removed, whilst you can still mute them they then still appear in the app. Ignore was fantastic for example if you are in a work chat group and are on annual leave and want to fully “ignore” the chat for that period of time. It would be great to be able to snooze chats and people be notified - is this person is on snooze so will not be replying?!
Issue with scrolling/reviewing a message
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DeedeeJJ –
2023-08-23
Version 422.0
Current version seems to have a glitch whereby you can’t scroll through a message you’ve compiled to review if you try to scroll the message closes down. Really annoying & a new bug
Audio messages not playing
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ThriveToday777 –
2023-08-22
Version 422.0
I have restarted the phone and app several times but still the same. It has been like this for months! Please fix!
Camera randomly zooming out to wide lens
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Sikeoskelahahyansnjxjwjwowl –
2023-08-22
Version 422.0
It's randomly started defaulting to the ultrawide camera lens when you film videos or video call with the rear view camera. Its super disorienting and annoying. Why make things look like theyre miles away? Whats the point in that! Please fix it
Too much ad
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onecubeuk –
2023-08-21
Version 422.0
Block and report few mins keep come back. Idiots!
So good
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lola corney –
2023-08-21
Version 422.0
It’s amazing
Emoji
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Gigi frankly –
2023-08-19
Version 422.0
I can’t choose emojis
Messanger
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ahkamzarin –
2023-08-19
Version 338.0
Pl make it ease for backward countries
The app isn’t working properly
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BeckyDom13 –
2023-08-18
Version 422.0
In the latest update, i’ve been experiencing issues on messenger. Every time when I want to text something during a paragraph and place a emoji. The keyboard disappears or goes off, so I have to go off the app and restart the message again. Please fix this!
Used to be good
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Cinspain –
2023-08-17
Version 422.0
This used to be a good app , better when it was all in one but that’s fine. Since it’s been like this I have gotten used to it. However the worst things about this app are it’s sluggish at times and the notification is always showing I have an unread message when I don’t , I have checked all mail including spam and requests. It’s very annoying.
Adverts are always the worst you should never have them in your inbox but they want you to accidentally press them to end up paying for something
Kicking me
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riekxbkdif –
2023-08-17
Version 422.0
It keeps kicking me out
Chronic
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Junior575 –
2023-08-17
Version 422.0
What on earth did you do with the last update. Can’t scroll through the message I’m typing to alter it. Can’t scroll through emojis, it just jumps straight back to the minimum sized box.
1 update and you’ve rendered it useless. IOS.
emoticon
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Nbnovy –
2023-08-17
Version 422.0
i have problem selecting different emoticons or reaction. It malfunctions everytime I scroll.
Good but not without its faults
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Crackaig –
2023-08-16
Version 422.0
For keeping in touch with family and friends it’s fine. I wish though that I could mute the notifications from the stories. Or at least get a different alert. It is frustrating to clear all the messages and then see another alert showing only to go in and find it is a story alert.
This is a general problem with apps. Please don’t try to make them do lots of things. Make them do one thing very well and integrate well with your other apps so we can build the workspace we need without lots of bits we don’t want but can’t get rid of.
If I want stories I’ll go to Facebook. Messenger is, or should be, for messages.
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Way-2-kleen Laundry –
2023-08-15
Version 422.0
Fine app user friendly and have been using it for years now highly recommend this app
Not good
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Ryan.S.5080 –
2023-08-15
Version 421.0
Uses a ridiculous amount of battery and video calls are regularly bad quality and take a long time to connect
Messenger
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Donpouton –
2023-08-15
Version 421.0
Use need to bring back the unsend option
Brovkrn
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juliasunia –
2023-08-14
Version 421.0
I cant search convos because when i find the message it goes blank
Messenger community standards
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AR Akib –
2023-08-12
Version 421.0
Dear Facebook Team, I am facing See Community standards problem in Ray Facebook Messenger for last 7 days. I am not able to message any of my friends or any of my clients in Messenger. This is causing me a lot of loss. Please help me out of this problem.
Crap
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sparra oi –
2023-08-11
Version 421.0
Messenger is crap, messages don’t get through, sent or receive , now it’s crashed with my important business information
Broken
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SammyJo64 –
2023-08-11
Version 421.0
Can’t swipe through emojis any more, as of today. IOS 16.6
Hacked account
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geadyb –
2023-08-11
Version 421.0
Facebook instagram and messenger all been hacked . Impossible to contact all 3 . Now hacker is messaging my friends pretending to be me and trying to scam them . Reported and no action taken . No help at all
Works fine
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Miss Cara Van –
2023-08-09
Version 421.0
I did the update, then logged off messenger and back on again.
The App worked fine after the update.
message message
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message message –
2023-08-08
Version 420.0
message message
App wont open!!
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vuggfu –
2023-08-07
Version 420.0
I have downloaded this app twice and both times when I try to use it - it asks for my login details - i enter them - and then it gets stuck on a white screen with a spinning circle on it!!!! Have tried over and over again…. Extra frustrating since fb wont seem to allow us to see messages unless we use this app!!! Rubbish fb -yet again
delete option
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neelasa123 –
2023-08-06
Version 420.0
we gotta have a option how to delete old messages without deleting all chat.ist very significant because sometimes some old messages make let us in problems.such as photos and videos.
Amazing
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Belly aches –
2023-08-05
Version 420.0
Iv had a stomach scan a colonoscopy been so bad took aguulp transformed me it’s amazing
Good! But my friend has a problem
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nicole with a friend –
2023-08-05
Version 420.0
Really good, but how do you fix a problem where you can’t message someone. Like my friend can’t message me bc it keeps saying “Couldn’t send” or “You can’t message this person”. Is there a way to fix it so i can tell my friend? Cause I’m in a groupxhat with him and another friend and we keep disturbing her whenever we call so I tried calling him on a chat with just is 2. Please respond to me quick if you can, i really want to chat w him
Messenger
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progga19 –
2023-08-04
Version 420.0
Hi, I can’t see the active status of friends in messenger. I deleted and downloaded the app still facing the same problem
It’s 2023
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Disappointing ngl –
2023-08-04
Version 420.0
It’s 2023 and still you can’t deactivate or delete your messenger separately from Facebook. Also my messenger got data breached not fun.
Recent update has broken it
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Munkyfaz –
2023-08-04
Version 420.0
Keeps kicking me out of messenger and despite resetting password and using code etc it wont let me in . Presume this is due to recent update but unusable
Chat heads problem
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Abir126252 –
2023-07-31
Version 419.1
In My iphone 11 pro max messenger app not show chat heads option . And i am vesy sad for this
App doesn’t work
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Mushhhhuk –
2023-07-31
Version 419.1
Not working since update uninstall and reinstalled say technical fault
Pin Chats
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LvHt2ds –
2023-07-30
Version 419.1
Add option to ‚PIN’ Chats to the top.
Remove option
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mhmahi30 –
2023-07-29
Version 419.1
Please remove message option from Messenger for my Queen ❤️
Not working
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Samsaifuk –
2023-07-29
Version 419.1
Messenger does not work ,keep saying technical issue,I deleted it many time but no sense🥲🥲
Glitch
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hu in cdg –
2023-07-28
Version 419.1
Keep having an inbox notification but no new or unread messages are in the box. So annoying to see every time I log on
Basic issues.
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V(unhsiv) –
2023-07-26
Version 419.0
There's an ongoing glitch where it lets through calls despite my phone being in do not disturb mode.
Every single other app is blocked from getting through, but lo and behold I had a messenger call get through in the middle of the night. Had to turn my phone to airplane mode in the end.
End to end encryption - why is this suddenly A Thing?
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tmtl1 –
2023-07-26
Version 418.0
Why do I keep getting a pop up on Messenger in FB saying “Unable to load End to End encrypted chats”? I don’t HAVE any End to End Encrypted chats at the moment! So why am I having to refresh the “page” to see chats that I am in the middle of? There is no indication that these chats are encrypted eg a padlock, a key etc. But I am being told to update my browser etc when it is up to date. Messenger should speak to people in Human Speak, not Geek Speak - then we can all understand what the heck it is on about! And it should be easier to navigate your way around Messenger settings on all types of device. You shouldn’t have to Google “how to do a thing” in Messenger. It should be intuitive and user friendly..
New messages not loading
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sophieb959 –
2023-07-24
Version 418.0
New messages aren’t coming through for hours. No updates needed. Really frustrating
Please bring back the spam chat folder
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Michelle-Louise Hammond –
2023-07-23
Version 418.0
Bring back the spam chat folder please it helps with overwhelming amounts of messages from people so you are able to spam unwanted messages and the mute button isn’t any help as it still shows on your messenger text log
Messages not sending
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Frustrated135798631 –
2023-07-23
Version 418.0
Yes I’m connected to wifi, yes the other person is too yet my messages just hang for days! Really, REALLY frustrating. Have switched back to communicating via WhatsApp which is a pain when selling items on Facebook marketplace.
Gone downhill
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bigbobsbabe –
2023-07-23
Version 418.0
The feature where you can ‘search in conversation’ is no longer working. Please fix.
Getting bad
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LaraC2000 –
2023-07-22
Version 418.0
Been great for years but the last week or so it’s been awful. Won’t load my conversations and anyone who messages me their messages don’t come through for a good 15/20 minutes. Getting unbelievable
Broken since the latest update
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RobinWragg –
2023-07-21
Version 418.0
The app won’t get past the logo screen anymore. I still receive notifications but I can’t view or send messages in the app. Rebooted and reinstalled but it made no difference.
Unable to open
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jzzen –
2023-07-21
Version 418.0
For a number of years now, I have been unable to login to Messenger on my iPhone, although works fine on my iPad and MacBook.
I just get an error message stating “Thos page isn’t available at the moment” It has been virtually impossible to report this issue and get a response.
I would have given this review 0/5 if that option was possible.
Bring back sent, delivered, seen icons
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Carlscon –
2023-05-20
Version 409.0
Please bring back the sent, delivered & seen icons. Also do away with this issue of a person being able to leave your message on sent.. how rude ,ignorant. Have seen online that this and the features of restrict, ignore many are asking to be removed from the app as causes mental health problems, issues in relationships . I agree with this & thinks is so wrong to encourage people to not communicate, ignore them. What’s the point in messaging someone to be left on sent or delivered. If that person didn’t want to receive messages then option should be just unfriendly or block or drop them a quick reply to say busy etc. only takes a second to reply. I think messenger is just making people become non communicative & ignorant avoiding conversations & communication. It should be that if I send a message, it says sent, then when delivered to the other person say delivered, then if the person reads say seen or if they choose to not read say unread but they have to select that option. Or if they delete the message let the other person know they have deleted & saves them sending messages and wasting there time. I love messenger but these are not good flaws an a good way to communicate with people it’s doing the opposite. Fix these issues and bring in better options as mentioned above. Makes it more clearer for people sending messages to others
Text communication good / VN communication bad
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Danielastangelo –
2023-05-17
Version 408.1
Meta need to up their voice note technology in Messenger, the amount of times I have recorded a voice note only to find it doesn’t send, is interrupted and then deletes itself etc, is so frustrating and useless. Oh and you can’t close the app and continue listening to a VN sent to you, either. Want to listen to a voice note and one of your phone alarms goes off? A call happens? You receive a text? Tough luck, you need to exit the conversation and start the ENTIRE voice note again.
You have the tech to have a much better voice recording interface with WhatsApp but unfortunately not everyone I know uses it, and I’m not only person who encounters this problem. I never leave bad reviews, but I just attempted to send a heartfelt voice note and Messenger decided to state ‘attachment unavailable’. No rhyme or reason.
So, here I am, writing a review for what I would deem a pretty poor functioning app, in the hopes that someone with Meta authority sees it and springs into action. So done with this.
Good but bad
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gchifgicgcgicgufgicigy –
2023-01-28
This app is good but can also have its faults I like the app festival because it’s good to communicate with friends and family that haven’t seen each other for awhile but the bad thing about it is it controls it and you have to have a Facebook page for it and sometimes if you’re a little girl or a child or something like that then you have to have a Facebook page when you just trying to have some fun and trying to talk to your friends but anyway I would like you to change that as it is a really good app otherwise and I do like it hope this helps
Its getting worse
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Therionus –
2023-01-22
Not entirely sure why Meta decided that Instagram and Facebook showing stories is not enough and added them to the messenger. A messaging app is not really a social platform. Its a messaging service, no? And now I keep getting red notification dot on the app, which normally indicates a message, just to open and find that its a story update.
And given that messenger is a messaging service and I understand that the purpose of Meta is to sell ads, why do they have to push ads in between the messages. This alone made me leave the whole facebook platform and use messenger for 2 people. Its just stupid. I get the ad business, but there should be a balance and separation of concerns. Alas, its Meta where every “feature” is just another way to profit lol
Stories notifications in the app
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bobbybowo –
2023-01-17
This used to be a nice app to use to get messages from friends via Facebook. You get notifications and alerts and a little red symbol appears on the app when you have a message – usually.
Recently, I've been checking when I see the little red symbol and I don't have any messages. It's a notification from Facebook at the bottom saying somebody's uploaded a story. It's now happens multiple times a day and I don't want to be notified or even see the stories.
I have a Facebook app. If I wanted to see stories I would use the Facebook app, why shove it into messenger and change the app from what was a good messaging app to now something that is crowded with other notifications you don't really want or need. You don't even know if you really have a message any more.
There's no way to control notifications for this separately.
Sorrento upminster
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ridiculous annoying –
2022-06-20
Was taken to Sorrento upminster tonight for my birthday treat. We haven’t been here since before lockdown. Was very surprised to see that people were actually asking for a drink On the house! You shouldn’t have to ask for a drink on the house this is up to the owner or waiter to offer a drink on the house! The food you couldn’t fault but the service was terrible it seemed they couldn’t be bothered completely spoilt my birthday treat wasn’t even offered an after dinner drink! I would not lower myself to actually ask yet other visitors to the restaurant did. sorrento needs to get their act together totally spoilt what should have been a lovely experience sorry but will not be going back it has changed a few years ago the owner would come over and ask if you was happy with your meal! Very disappointed with their service tonight sad really as sorrento used to make you very welcome definitely will not be returning spoilt what was a lovely birthday treat from my husband sorry but have to comment tonight on the way they treated us😡
Good but can be better
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pskatrina –
2022-05-23
Nice app for messages. BUT, calls is different..
— When someone is on a call and somebody else tries to call automatically shuts down the latter, instead on giving a heads up that someone else is calling and be able to answer it if you want.
— The calls, any calls (audio, video) won’t come up on Apple Watch. Not only you cannot answer the call using the watch but you cannot even see the incoming call. That’s one of the main reasons people got smartwatches, to see the incoming calls and messages when they actually happen.
— About messaging now, every image quality drops down when sending it to someone, compare to other Apps that at least sent pictures in decent quality, like Viber or WhatsApp.
NOT FAIR
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N123786 –
2022-02-27
I love messenger and all of it’s features! [1] But how come everyone has got this word effects feature but not me (ipad user) and now that effect when you type a word like hi and it will 👋 do lots of these! I had this word effects feature once upon a time- where you could select love hearts effects, celebration effects to your text. But then i used it for a week or so and it just disappeared and never came back?! I tried uninstalling and reinstalling numerous times…but it’s just not come back! [2] Also it would be sooo cool…if you could make ur own theme by adding a pic from camera roll as the background theme! I’m sure all messenger users would LOVE it 😍
Awful! No control over own account
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Foxie85 –
2022-02-08
I only use messenger for personal chats but a short time ago Fb decided to sync my personal messages with a business page I manage. It’s an info only page and I don’t want to receive messages so switched these off. However! Fb made it so I didn’t have a choice- so now I get a notification there is a post like but instead of being taken to the post, it loads up my messenger app and it’s blank (which it should be) but I don’t want it to open it at all! My personal phone is not for work… surely the whole point of stating if you want business messages in the settings should determine if you receive them in the App? Also the new update means you cannot switch back to your own account easily. Not impressed! Making me reconsider using Fb for business use (which is a shame as can be useful) but I have a life outside of work and not up to Fb or Meta to decide that. It should be an option in the settings for people to choose how they wish to utilise their page.
Very good overall but …
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Leonardpana –
2021-11-26
2 things are annoying me while using it , maybe one is meant to be like this , which is the voice message cap to 1 minute , would have been cool to be longer , just saying . But that’s fine , what’s not fine and I think is a bug, the fact that if I reply to a specific message and I tap afterwards on that reply , should take me to the actual original message that I replied to , but instead happens that when I tap , takes me to a different place . For example if someone replies to a voice message and I want to see which one is that one , when I tap , takes me to a complete different one , maybe needs a fix . Thanks
Please return photo navigation capabilities.
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novanux –
2021-11-24
There used to be a feature that allowed the user to navigate to a specific part of the conversation history based on selected photos from the photos folder. Now the app only shows the photos themselves but not where they are in the conversation... which means that it can now take hours and hours to manually scroll to where the given photo happened in a conversation segment that is only a few months old. The app would be much improved if users could navigate the conversation history based on photos the same way that they can navigate it for text.
Editing is poor.
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Mr Mole –
2021-06-28
Dear Facebook,
You know you update this Messenger app regularly?
Please can you make posts edit-able? It’s annoying because if I made an error and posted a) I have to copy and paste again/delete old and b) I lose the sequence and c) the wrong word, day gives a totally different meaning.
Suggest you look at Skype on the PC for text inspiration.
While I think Skype is great for feedback between work colleagues during a pandemic, they are not my social friends. Social friends are on Messenger. So, Messenger is used a lot and Skype a close second.
Skype though, works much better.
The way you write on Skype is much better. As sometimes I have written instructions and wanted to make idiot-proof, I use the edit a lot. For example, “Turn it off!” to “Turn the PC off!”. “Monday” to “Tuesday” etc.
Also, I cannot play Basketball any more, so may as well moan about that too. But that’s 0.1% of this post.
I’m on an iPhone 5s, with iOS 12 - and that currently is great for all I want. So, fix this edit issue, before you stop supporting this model please!
The only reason 3 stars is because I use Messenger regularly. I have a need to. Otherwise be scored 2!
Deleted it you should
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SOUL BOY 1984 –
2021-02-06
Update (lol) to my previous review.
The camera or trying to take pictures in messenger is very very amateur, I can’t use (same on wharscrap, terrible), and now I see they removed the editing facility when you send a pic to a friend, what’s that about, removing a message JESUS, how many times do you have to say yes before you can remove the message. The updates I never update because it’s always worse than before. I’ve given messenger 1 star.
One other thing, who’s STUPID STUPID idea was it to change it to the same colour as Instagram, (their own colours make them unique), now if you can a notification on screen at a quick glance you can’t see which app it’s from, I just had one, I’m sure it was Instagram but I check and nothing, CHANGE IT BACK!!
Facebook is too big now and wants to control your life! I just deleted the messenger app off my phone (also takes lots of memory), what I find strange is the messenger on your phone always needs updating? Why? And if you don’t you can’t use it! They force you to update it, but on your pc it doesn’t need updating. Trust me delete off your phone you don’t need it, don’t forget all the personal data they steal from you and now spy on you through the updates! Facebook USE to be good! The devil of social media!
Great customer care and honest
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smiggy / mick –
2021-02-05
I went to the shop today at 1.15ish . I got some money from post office and did some shopping! Service is always great very pleasant to customers. Anyways today a card has fell out my wallet and the owner came chasing after me to give me the card as next customer found I believe good old lynn 😀 told them it was mine . So I want to say a big THANKS to all of you for the brilliant care and kindness and also for being a Good Samaritan 😀👍🤛🏻 much appreciated my friend .. it times like this that shows how good this world could be if we just treat each other the same with kindness and care for each other !!! ... Thanks again for your good deed mate 😀👍🤛🏻
Why remove useful features?
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NaftyTeddy –
2020-12-31
Use messenger a lot for keeping in contact with people, people at university, and people interested in commissioned work etc.
As a result send a lot of photos/files back and forth, so have many issues with the new update.
-The photos/videos tab has been removed? A useful tool for being able to search for specific images or images stored in chats with people. For example, a relative who has passed.
- Can’t edit images that are to be sent. No option to crop an image, or mute a video to send?
- Can’t edit images that have been sent - a great feature for collaborative work.
- Image quality is diabolical?! Can send a high quality over messenger and it looks horrific. I get sending lower quality - space, speed - but not pixelated messes. No need! Preview vs. File?
I’m sending a high quality image for a reason.
- Shared files tab has been removed? Again, a useful feature stupidly removed.
- Group chat nicknames feature removed? Again, do not understand why this has been removed. It was a useful feature, and also a fun and funny feature people used.
And that’s just the issues I’ve found. And I’m incredibly frustrated by them.
Why do this? Really think all these features should be brought back and the image quality fixed. I don’t think I’ll be the only one feeling this way.
Find myself no longer wanting to use messenger and instead going back to good old email (or iMessage) with a longer response time.
Always using this app
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Weelynse –
2020-12-10
Brilliant app facility. I use this all the time for lots of different reasons & activities.
One thing I’d like to be able to do though is group, flag & organise chats so it’s quick & easy to find certain conversations. I have friends chats all mixed in with work mate chats & I understand they automatically list in chronological order by the most recent message sent or received. I’d also like to be able to somehow create a way to keep certain chats separate but still see all new messages, even if it just means I can assign a certain colour to some chats & search for just that colour?!? Maybe have half a dozen different colours available. That way I could say, have red against work colleague chats, & blue against gym friends chats & yellow against my besties, & purple against customer chats etc etc!
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jessicaalston –
2020-12-01
I like using facebook, but when i got hacked its now all changed, i lost all of my pictures from my old facebook and videos which were very personal to me. i have had to make a new one, i can't exactly add friends as it says message and i cant get hold of them or what have you which is annoying, i would like a fix for it please as i don't currently have all the pictures or videos from my old account i would like to have them back so i can put them up on my new facebook i have made.
It is hard because when you need to contact facebook there is no way of getting in contact with them when you have a problem or something like that.
I don't know how i can get my pictures and videos back from my old facebook as it was hacked 🙁
Makes basic things harder or impossible
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Cross person –
2020-11-01
Wish I had never installed the update and that’s a decision made within the first 10 minutes - goodness bows what other issues I’ll find.
They’ve got rid of the radio buttons that made selecting multiple recipients very quick and easy. Why?
Also, now when you have to add multiple recipients the names all stay in a large box at the top of the screen and you can’t minimise it. This means that if you have a few names in that box there is only room to see the message line you are typing and no more because the keyboard takes up the rest of the screen. If you have more than about 4 recipients then the message box disappears down behind the keyboard making it impossible to type your message at all as you can’t see what you’re typing.
As I only use my mobile for messenger this update has therefore made a substantial amount of my usage impossible.
Shockingly bad design changes that seem to have been made for no good reason; cannot see what value they have added. If not fixed soon will be deleting.
Just one issue and be 5star app.
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Mrs Rottweiler😂🤣 –
2020-10-04
Messenger is a great app with lots of pros like privacy. Choose who can see you or not and being active or not . But one negative and I’m sure it is for lots of others. It is a big negative and can be very time consuming. Is why can’t there be an option to delete more messages at one time and be bit more faster at deleting single messages. Its like 3/4 times you have to press just to delete a single message in one chat. Takes forever to delete things in conversation with one person. I do know you can delete whole conversation at once but sometimes there are things we need to or want to keep for while. So option to delete faster and more than one message in single conversation would be great thanks.....👌🏻👌🏻
PLEASE PLEASE HELP
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Sammaa08 –
2020-08-19
Hi,
Please read this as I have no other way of informing FaceBook.
On Monday 17th of August My Facebook and Ad manager account which I use for my business was hacked and was then used to create ads which had no relation my business. This then resulted in me being charged around £762 for an advert which I had no knowledge about. As I tried to report the issue to Facebook the hacker then changed my profile and cover to images which go against your community guidelines which then resulted in my account being instantly disabled. The whole situation has been very distressing as I have now lost both my personal Facebook and Instagram Business account for my brand which I have been building for over 5 years.
I have evidence of the ad that was ran on my ad manager account and can provide any information you require about my business. I have also reported this as a fraud case to my local police (Thames Valley Police) who have given me a crime reference number. Please please could you help me with regaining access to my business account and understanding how this could have happened.
Regards,
App is good but keeps crashing
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Salt_and_Pepper –
2020-08-12
Messenger has always worked fine for me but just recently, the app has started crashing when I open it, therefore I can not communicate or check messages. There are no updates to install right now for me and my device has enough storage. I would clear my chats if I could get into the app to see if that would help but obviously I can’t. Apart from this problem, Messenger is great. You don’t need to have Facebook as you can use your phone number and to find someone, just type in their name. You can chat, video call, voice call or make a room, which can hold up to 50 people. It does need an internet connection but there is unlimited texts and call time, making this app free! I am on an Iphone 6 and I only have a problem when the app opens and crashes. It works when re-installed for around a day but that’s not the point ☁︎︎Thank you for reading my honest review and have a good day or night and take care of yourself.
More and more issues when you are using an account not linked with Facebook...
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Boo4411 –
2020-08-05
I’ve had a Messenger account for quite a while now, but never had Facebook. I know that the service is meant to be primarily used in conjunction with Facebook but when I first got a Messenger account the only big downside I noticed was that it was a lot harder for people to find you and add you to group chats, etc. However, functionality for accounts without Facebook has got worse and worse. I now can’t view my phone number or edit my name or photo. These features used to exist for accounts that didn’t have Facebook, as a code/username service that was introduced you could use for people to find you easily that only seemed to persist temporarily. At least add an option link other accounts - as I know you now able to sign in with Instagram (a service I have a long-standing account with) if these features are being tweaked so I can have a more up-to-date account...
DISABLED ACCOUNT?
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roblox xoxo ❤️💎👍🏻 –
2020-07-26
Hello And Thank You For Reading My Review, So Here Is The Story: So One Day I Was Thinking I’m Going To Download Messenger. I Did And I Made An Account. A Couple Months Ago, I Made An Account And I Messed Up. So I Signed Up With My Phone Number And Then My Email Cause All Was Going Wrong Again. Then I Was Adding/Messaging My Sister. I Went To Add Her Mum And Then It Said “Your Account Has Been Disabled!” I Was Shocked So Then I Tried Again And It Came Up With The Same Message Again. Then I Came To Look For Messenger On The Search Bar Then I Saw It Then I Clicked “View” I Then Went To App Store To Write A Review. Messenger Please Fix This! This Might Happen To Others? I Dont Know. But On The Bright Side, It’s Good. Call,Text All That! So I Do Half Recommend This App To All Techy Know It All’s. That’s My Story. Thank You And Messenger, Please Email Me With Why You Have Done This. Please It Will a Really Help. Thank You All For Reading, Bye!
No privacy due to infiltration of strangers to my messenger
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nushybug –
2020-05-22
I noticed more and more people being added to my messenger without my consent. I’m not talking about people in my telephone book either, but just random strangers from fb, hundreds and hundreds of them, so bad that when I want to post a message to my actual friends I could hardly find any of them due to the insane levels of strangers that fb have infiltrated my messenger with. This is a huge violation, not only of my privacy but also of my right to choose who I connect with. There have also been friends of friends, some of these people I specifically want to avoid because we deliberately don’t talk. Messenger flies in the face of al the privacy and control you can apply to you fb friend list and your fb posts. I dint recommend this app and would only re install messenger again if they completely changed it so the user can have completely control over who is on their contacts list.
Messenger app of choice (New feature idea)
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DJKiller123100 –
2020-05-12
Out of all the messenger services this app is the best besides WhatsApp. My only issue at the moment is there needs to be a feature to temporarily block specific people and group chats from phoning you on messenger. I have mates who spam call me and having a feature where you can prevent them from doing so would be great because when this happens it basically renders my IPhone useless because you can’t do anything because calls take priority over whatever you’re doing and with messenger there isn’t really a cool down period for phoning so as soon as you hang up they can start a new call.
Playback glitches
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justsendplease –
2020-04-02
I’d estimate this started about 3 updates back, I was hoping it would be resolved, alas so here’s the issue. When someone shares a video from the FB site via messenger, there’s no playback- if you press the link to open in FB, the main app opens, but it won’t take you to the actual content.
The content is still present, so it’s not a case of something since being removed. This doesn’t always happen, but it is increasingly so.
I’d also like to see more reactions- everyone wants a faceplant or eye roll, and sometimes we’re not angry, just perhaps don’t agree and want to express that, sad is a bit extreme to show disapproval too. This extends to the FB app, I’ve often seen people convey the same need for these reaction emojis.
The adds are so annoying too, always in the middle of messages, it’s enough to have them on the main site really.
Why the constant updates?
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mickey-bear –
2020-03-28
Many of my friends use Messenger to communicate with me, and I’m happy in principle to see what they have to say and respond, but I get absolutely fed up with having to go through the almost inevitable update process virtually every time I try to access a message on Messenger.
Unlike other apps, where one just goes straight through, with Messenger one always has to download the app again and then update (sometimes as many as three times) before finally getting the Open tab and being able to go through to Messenger.
As a result, I tend not to react to each and every message, but to wait until I’ve received half a dozen messages or more and then go through the inevitable update and wait process several times before finally getting to view the messages I’ve received.
This is incredibly frustrating and really off-putting, and is becoming a reason not to use Messenger and has already led me to drop out of many group conversations.
I can see no logic in deliberately making it difficult to access a conversation and slowing things down in such a structural manner. I’m sure there’s a ‘reason’, but it may not be a good one! Is it to give them time and opportunity to harvest all the data they want to collect?
Terrible Recent Updates! Zero Stars!
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SL AMG 63 –
2020-03-11
One of the worst set of updates to an IOS app I’ve seen since the App Store began in 2008!!
Extensive problems continue to include:
Loss of my most used & favourite GIFs & emojis
Some of my Group chats have broken
Problems sending images & videos
Problems with opening & saving photos
Message read icon gone on chats page?
Discover tab & games gone?
Audio clips broken
Some older messages auto deleted / missing from threads?
Many useful features removed?
App crashing with frozen white screen!!
Poor use of screen space.
Slower overall than older version!
Active Status feature now gone on multiple Messenger only contacts??
Active status now very inaccurate (You own WhatsApp, that has much better Active status info & accuracy. Why not do the same for Messenger?)
Having to uninstall & reinstall every day.....
How was this new version approved for release with so many bugs?
The previous version was just right, why update it with an inferior & dysfunctional version?
Utterly pointless, very unhappy as use this app multiple times a day.......
FACEBOOK,
Please read ALL the most recent reviews, nearly every single one is unhappy & definitely wanting multiple issues addressed!!
Please listen to your users & fix these problems with the new Messenger.
Myself & so many others are dismayed by these disastrous recent updates.......
New update is annoying and useless
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fmcc124 –
2020-02-26
1. When I now raise my phone to my ear to listen to a voice note privately the voice notes plays out loud you can only imagine how annoying that is why can I no longer listen to them through my top speaker! 2. When you send someone a location then can no longer navigate to you it just shows them where you are but don’t give them the option to navigate to you with maps. 3. Boomerang and selfie mode are all gone why ? This is only a few things I have noticed wrong in the last few days but reading other people’s comments I can see the hole update is a disaster, if your going to update your app don’t change what people love, add extra features to the things they love take away the ugly filter and replace them with nice ones or take away games no one plays and keep the ones that are used most frequently, please just bring back the last update.
Videos on FaceTime
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Claire44 –
2020-02-21
Absolutely love Facebook messenger, has been my go to for years, from messaging family that I haven’t heard off for years, to making new friends on the varieties of groups on offer to join. The only reason I have missed off a star is for the fact of there was an update not that long ago where you could watch videos from the Facebook app and videos in the chat with the person you’re on FaceTime to and, for my long distance relationship, meant that I could stay connected and just watch videos together to put off pressure and unwind on an evening. But today’s update has taken that off which was a shock to both of us and I was just wondering why it was turned off? Worked perfectly fine, and as far as I’m aware had no complaints?
Glitches and poor new iPad layout
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Marky81mark –
2020-01-25
They made a recent update that changed the layout, that no longer makes use of being on a larger iPad screen. It’s more like the phone now, where it shows all the chats, and then you click on one to go into it, whereas the old layout you had all your chats and could see the conversation, so no need to go back and fourth. They’ve effectively added an extra touch for navigation that simply isn’t needed on an iPad screen, and it’s annoying. What’s also now missing on the list of chats screen is the little picture showing you if someone has seen your message, and it’s very buggy if you stay in a chat and close the app, when you open it back up messages are displayed in three columns like it’s a phone screen, and the multitasking view when in the pane on the side is glitchy too.
Just take it back to how it was!!! And make it useful for an iPad screen again please.
Account deleted/not accessible
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miss deimante –
2020-01-05
I deleted my FB account around 7 years ago and just to to be able to stay in touch with my friends/family I downloaded FB Messenger only late last year... everything was going fine until my iPhone broke down and I had to get a replacement. Apps were backed up however I had to log in into all of them once again. After entering my mobile number and password I registered with, it would bring up a new account with no contacts, messages or my actual details from when I was registered originally... now that I tried to create a new Messenger only account, it tells me I have to also create FB account if I want to use the messenger. Which obviously I’m not happy about as I’m never going back on FB. A bit gutted I won’t be able to use messenger anymore and will have to find alternative app to communicate with friends and family....
Normally good BUT...
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donnagreen83 –
2020-01-03
I’ve been using messenger since it’s useable was enforced and usually it’s ok. Does what it needs to. However, since a week or so before Christmas, I can’t access it at all. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve deleted and reinstalled- with and without reboots between. I have multiple messages Facebook wants me to read-if only!
I have two accounts, I’ve tried both and nothing the circle just spins and spins until it times out. Tried reporting the fault, the answer... thanks for your feedback we don’t reply to individuals. Well that’s just soooooo helpful!
I’m guessing it’s stuck like this until you roll out a new update. I’ve updated my phone and paid for extra cloud storage so I know those are not the issue, it’s clearly the app. And it’s very bloody annoying!
UI Issue in Recent Update iPad
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| element230 | –
2019-08-11
In a recent update to the iPad version of Messenger a horizontal list of currently online users was added above the vertical list of messages. This feature is fine, but since it doesn't load immediately upon opening the app, I go to tap the top message and it loads right as I do so causing me to tap the icon of a random friend from the horizontal list instead of the message I had intended to tap. It is not user friendly to have the position of an object change as the user is attempting to tap it. Outside of this my experience with the app has been mostly positive, though it would be nice to have pictures previewed fully in notifications when you swipe the top bar down outside the app. As it stands in the version I'm using the image is a small square next to the message.
Make it easier to delete unwanted/spam messages and block FB fake profiles
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DaemonRise –
2019-07-21
I like Messenger but I would give it a 5 star rating if it were easier to be able to delete and then block unwanted spam messages without having to actually go into the message. You can easily delete a message from people you are friends with by hovering over the message and then selecting delete, but you can’t do that with spam messages. It would be great if you could both delete a fake/spam message and then block the profile by hovering over the message without opening it up. I know they don’t see you have opened the message, but it’s not the point. It’s not easy or obvious how you delete the unwanted message and then block the person. In fact it’s easier to block the person/fake profile than it is to delete a message from them!
Great app but I have noticed a glitch no one is talking about.
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Charliixox –
2019-07-18
I’ve used the messenger app for what seems like forever, I’ve had no issues with it other than the sound on calls being quiet which I know is not the fault of my phone, other than that everything is great.
The one glitch I’ve noticed and have asked other iPhone users about and they have confirmed it’s happening to them as well, is that sometimes notifications that come through (not the red circle by the app) and do not go away, for example I received a message about a week ago and it kept the notification in my notification wall even though I had pressed it and viewed the message, I deleted the notification by swiping it across and selecting delete but it came back within 24hours. It’s not really a big problem but it often does this with a few messages and they keep coming back, it’s a little frustrating and I often find myself thinking that I’ve missed messages from friends.
Desperately needs a vacation mode
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Mat1610 –
2019-07-11
I’m not tied to communicating through Messenger, it’s useful sometimes but occasionally I want to switch off from people and especially when on vacation. If you could mute it for longer than 24 hours then it would be a decent app but never being able to switch off and always being contactable even at 3am is a nightmare. Forget to turn on mute and some muppet will want to chat in the early hours. Nothing Facebook can do about those people but they could easily add in a mute until I turn it back on mode. I wouldn’t have to uninstall it and then visit the web version of Facebook to check occasional messages, if I could just mute the thing for longer. As for those ads, they spoil it but are a necessity for a free service, I get that but just give users the ability to switch off completely from time to time.
Incessant Update Prompts
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AFTatchell –
2019-06-30
Even though the older versions are still compatible with the rest of the messenger system, the app will not stop interrupting the user to prompt them to update. These updates mostly do not offer fixes, but simply new features.
Frankly I don't want to update, because to anyone critically examining this tech custom can see that each update (of OS or apps) increases the performance requirements of the device, thereby eroding your user experience with your well-earned device until it will soon be obsolete, forcing you to continue purchasing the latest machines spawned from Apple’s post-Jobs creative desert which with each iteration seem to lose yet another useful feature, forcing you to buy auxiliary accessories that were once unnecessary.
Facebook, like all these consumer software providers, along with the consumer hardware producers, are all complicit in this never-ending, environmentally destructive smartphone merry-go-round that wastes consumers money and costs the planet. So no, this app, like all of them that endlessly peddle forced updates, deserve a 1 star rating for this tech scandal.
far too fiddly
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Powerbunny13 –
2019-04-18
I have read a few reviews of this app and I concur with mmost of the points. First of all the whole process of doing anything is far too fiddly. The delete option is no better than it’s ever been and, although it is now possible not only to decline requests but to delete them which certainly cuts out potential bullying it’s not that easy to do. I have to use this app with voiceover and the buttons are so small it’s annoying trying to find the right one. If anything it is worse now than it’s ever been particularly when making calls or trying to find people tochat to. Sure, it selects them but then doesn’t immediately give you the option to call or text and so on. recording messages can be fiddly as well and, I notice there are no developer responses to complaints. Welll,, that doesn’t surprise me at all.
Apple Watch app works/no it doesn’t/yes it does/no it doesn’t ....
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Chrimmy –
2019-04-02
I find it hard to understand how almost every update just makes this app worse and worse. One step forward - three back. Couldn’t load any conversations for hours last night - update this morning - now seems to have problems connecting and the ‘active’ option allowing a modicum of privacy seems completely random, or (to put it another way) busted. Turn it on - nothing - turn it off - an hour later magically it is on - ‘active now’ does what it wants when it wants. Facebook forced us to get this app if we wanted to message Facebook friends - and seem to have employed a primary school classroom to ‘develop’ it. Shamefully bad - embarrassingly bad - infuriatingly bad....... update - it just got WORSE - keeps changing like a chameleon. Joke - bad joke. Latest ‘update’ and Apple Watch - which finally worked - now can’t keep up with chats. Pathetic ......
Awful interface. Feels like I'm 5!
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xbabybearx –
2018-11-16
I hate the new messenger app. It's enormous icons for each face make me feel like I'm an old person with large thumbs or I'm 5 years old and don't know how to work my phone. I would like to change the text size as it's so large I have to squint to make sense. The interface is so child like it's as is FB decided to employ 10 year olds for their market research. I can only see 3-4 different messages on the screen as it's so large!
The games tab is gone also and I used messenger 50% of the time for this.
I am not going to be spending my time on messenger now I'll us what's app. What I thought was a brilliant communication tool is dumbed down for large screen phones and people that have no idea how to navigate an app. This is disappointing as I really use messenger a lot. I don't care for ombre chats or fancy ads. Poor move messenger people. I'll be deleting this soon. See you on the other side
New Update
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Mivia666 –
2018-11-13
Honestly, the newest update feels like the stupidest idea ever and a big waste of money and time. I don’t know who though making the entire look of an app “bigger” but they must not know generic public. All icons and text, and buttons just increased in size taking up more of the screen than ever before. And as before the update I could see for example last 6/7 conversations, now I’m only able to see 3/4 on the main screen (the bottom one is slightly cut of). The entire look is just overwhelming and annoying since scrolling through your contacts to find the conversation you want, will now take longer than before. Just because somebody decided to increase in size every button and widget in the app because they themselves like it, and not give an alternative option with smaller icons for other people. Honestly, add an option to change to preferred look. Cheers...
Accessibility issues.
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28543 –
2018-07-13
This latest version of the app has introduced some major problems when using the app with the voiceover screen reader in iOS. Voiceover is no longer reading out characters or words as i type, it does not announce characters when i delete them and i am now unable to scroll through text i have typed word by word or line by line. This means i now have no way of accurately editing what i have written; if i want to correct or change something i've written the only accurate way for me to do it is to delete the whole lot and write it out again. I am not experienceing this problem in any other apps i use and have never experienced it in messenger until updating to the most recent version. I must therefore conclude that whatever the issue is, it is exclusive to this version of the app.
Updates do not improve functionality
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Mr.Robot11218 –
2018-05-29
Every update that comes with messenger makes me wonder “does it really improve my experience as a user”. Years ago I blindly updated everything believing that this was truly the case. But then the greed for advertising revenue and a drive towards users’ greater engagement made Facebook introduce updates that made it deliberately harder for users to do certain functions like ‘deleting a conversation’. Initially it was as easy as the WhatsApp function ‘swipe from right’ and delete in one swift motion. Consider the number of steps you have to do now to do the same? 1. Hotkey the message 2. Confirm if you want to delete or archive (half of the time your thumb accidentally pushes on the wrong msg). Facebook will claim this is done to make sure that people don’t delete messages by mistake, but that’s - as we all know - a load of crap! So to all of you out there - heed the warning, don’t trust the updates blindly.
Doesn’t even deserve one star
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Nsbakalwodjjccsbsbama –
2017-11-25
I feel like I’m in The Truman Show with this app - people can see that you have the app, if you’re online, if you’re offline, where you are, how long it’s been since you were online. It’s ridiculous and utter crap. I was tricked into the ‘find my contacts’ malarkey, whereby I clicked it thinking it would match my existing contacts. Oh no. Facebook messenger proceeded to add, on messenger, every single person who’s phone number I’ve EVER had, even if they’re not contacts anymore and not my Facebook friends. I’ve had my phone number for 10 years or so now so you can imagine how weird this was. I was being messaged by people I couldn’t even recall, asking me why I had added them on messenger. Absolutely atrocious and I dread to think how many other people have done this too. Constant notifications and asking me for my location settings to be changed. It’s not even a good app. Facebook - book your ideas up and go back to having messenger built into the Facebook app.
Please stop with snapchat/Instagram style features
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Real_Dan –
2017-11-13
EDIT: borderline unusable in its current state, keyboard constantly disappears and it hangs so much I have to quit the app almost every time I use it.
ORIGINAL: I didn't mind so much when they separated the messenger features from the main Facebook app but the constant updates including these new snapchat and Instagram features is getting tiring. I can't think who would have actually requested these features as they are all available via different apps where they are done better. In my opinion this app should be aimed purely at messaging, but at least give us the option to customise the main screen fully, as the 'hide' option is only available for certain sections – if they are going to insist on adding this extraneous features at least let us hide them...
Don’t understand the bad reviews
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2017-11-08
I don’t know about the other reviewers but I do love this app. Being able to keep in touch with your FB contacts without actually having FB (I desactivated my FB account and gotta admit its really pleasing to be able to keep using Messenger without FB)
I love the fact that you can still add any contact just like you’d do on FB, but for Messenger. Never had any trouble with the app itself, it has always worked. Same here for the Messenger calls, the quality has always been very pleasing.
I also love all the little extra they added, such as the several gif apps, the stickers and the other apps linked to it
Overall, I find this app really well made and do not understand how i could be otherwise