Ways Facebook Messenger Is More Than Just A Texting App

Social media giant Facebook’s messaging app, Facebook Messenger, is being so widely used, it is quickly becoming as popular as Facebook itself. While the app may have started off as a stand alone messaging service, the Facebook team clearly has a lot more plans for the app. Apart from texting and video calling people, here are some cool things the messaging service does!

1. Create stories

While Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat requires you to create stories directly through the app, Facebook Messenger lets you create stories through the messenger service. Available for 24 hours, you can change your settings to let more than just one person view the story! Try this now, if you haven’t already.

2. Use augmented reality to shop

If you can’t find enough places to shop at or if you are too lazy to switch through apps while shopping, then worry no more. Facebook Messenger is now using Augmented Reality to help you shop better and faster. To make things better, you can take pictures of what you want (like a sneaker or lipstick) and see how they look on you before you place the order. In fact, brands like Nike and Sephora are already on board, making shopping an extremely easy task!

3. Encrypted chats

Did you know  WhatsApp is not the only messaging service which provides encrypted chats? Facebook Messenger also has a service now which lets you have encrypted chats  which cannot be decoded, come what may. All you have to do is to click on the “Secret” tab located on the top right corner. To make sure your chats are safe and record free, set a time period for when you want the messages to disappear . Using the end to end encryption service, Facebook Messenger makes sure even your government cannot read or track your chats!

4. Use it as a money transfer system

If you do not want to use apps like PayPal and PayTm to send or receive money, then it is time to move over to Facebook Messenger. All you have to do is go to the settings and connect your credit card with the app. To transfer money, tap on the name of the person to whom you want to send the money  and just hit the bottom left button. Life made easy or what?

5. Unsend messages

One of Facebook Messenger’s latest features, the unsend message button, is now here! The unsend feature lets you delete messages within ten minutes of sending them. Unfortunately, Facebook Messenger isn’t at the point where it can hide the fact that you deleted a message. Just like with WhatsApp, the other person will get a notification saying you have deleted the message. Let’s admit it. We all wanted this feature and now that it is here, you can’t stop using it.

If you haven’t tried these features yet, the time to do it is now!
P.S., if you know other features of which we do not, comment and let us know!