Facebook’s Messenger app passes 800m users
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc’s Messenger app surpassed 800 million users, the company said on Thursday, making it the fastest-growing app of 2015 according to research firm Nielsen.
The means Messenger, which Facebook created as a standalone app in 2014, has more active monthly users than rivals Snapchat and Viber, but still lags the 900 million using WhatsApp, also owned by Facebook.
WhatsApp was one of the first apps to let people send and receive free text messages on smartphones, bypassing network charges.
Messenger users can also exchange messages, but the app also offers free video calling and some business services.
"One of the things we have to work on this year is this perception or mindset that Messenger is only to speak with your Facebook friends," said Messenger head David Marcus in a phone interview on Wednesday.
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