Instead, you're redirected a second time to the Messenger Android app. That might not be such a hassle for many Facebook users who have already installed the mobile Messenger app.

A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, ...

Facebook is about to eliminate the message feature of its mobile app, pushing its users to install the company’s standalone app Messenger instead, TechCrunch reports. The company has begun ...

If you use Facebook's mobile site for chatting with friends, you can soon expect to be obliged to install the Messenger app. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer June 6, 2016, 3:13 a.m. PT ...

But it's the same data most messaging apps have access to. On the iPhone, users don't get the list of permissions when they install the app, but when they use it, permissions pop up individually.