As we wrote, Facebook announced two months ago that the ability to send and receive SMS messages in the Messenger app would stop starting at the end of September.
If you’re using Messenger as the default SMS app on your Android device, it’s important to know that after updating the app after September 28, 2023, you won’t be able to use Messenger to send or receive SMS messages over your mobile network.
– they wrote in a statement posted on Facebook.
They also warned that users who did not choose a new default messaging app after the update will have their messages moved to their phone’s default messaging app (like Android Messages). In other words, those who have Messenger as their default messaging app should now definitely choose a new app, and they can also access their previous messages in that app.
Some people feel confused and confused, and may cause an uncomfortable mistake
The change also affects Hungarian users, but so far we haven’t encountered any angry reactions from them. However, in English, there were quite a few of these.
It’s ironic that Facebook Messenger has lost SMS support. I’ve been using this for ten years and now it’s gone!
– For example, one of the meme makers complained on Facebook.
Another user said so too He saidSince 2016, he has been accustomed to having his Facebook messages and traditional phone messages handled by Messenger, and now, for reasons unknown to him, this will stop.
Very frustrating @messenger It has officially disabled SMS support.
Can anyone recommend a good SMS app (or SMS-enabled messaging app) for Android? I have a Pixel phone and I’m not a fan of the Google stock app.
— Skeletal Minion (@Skeletal_Minion) October 1, 2023
Many people have wondered if there is a messaging app that can be used to collect their messaging and SMS messages in one place. And there were those who did Proposalthat Android users use Google, while others suggested other apps available in Google Play, Pulse SMS or QKSMS (which we did not test).
Apparently, it wasn’t just the switch that caused inconvenience to the affected users, there was also a bug: several people complained that after switching the default messaging app in their phones,
Their devices started delivering messages they had never sent before (months or years ago) for some reason.
“So, if you got a random photo from me today that I sent about 13 months ago, you can thank Zuck for that.” [vagyis Mark Zuckerbergnek– a szerk.]”- written by About this one user. Another one though He said jokinglyThe default messaging app is practically sending spam to the phones of friends and family members.
We’ve written about this before the different With messaging apps It is worth being careful, because there are spyware programs that try to steal user data through them.
