Mid Day Daily

Sunday, April 11, 2021
Log in
  • Home
  • National & International
  • Business & Financials
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Science
  • About Us
    • Our Staff
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy GDPR
    • Terms of Use
  • Latest News
    • Sloths Were Declared the Slowest Animals on Earth
    • Facebook’s Messenger Will Give You the 411 on Non-Friends
    • Fun Facts About the Coconut Crab
    • The Coyote Hunting in Wisconsin might be Banned
    • Autism Was Genetically Introduced In Monkeys
    • Tully Monster Has Many More Mysteries Left To Offer
    • Mom Claims Daughter Was Forced To Get Naked To Pass Exam In School
    • What Happens When Two Planets Collide?
    • FDA Approves the BrainPort Vision Device That Gives Hope To The Blind
    • Two Cretaceous Plankton-Eating Fish Species Were Discovered
    • Columbia University Researchers Store Computer Information on DNA Strand

Pages

  • About Midday Daily
  • Contact Us
  • Our Staff
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Terms of Use

Recent Posts

  • Indiana Jones 5 Won’t Open in 2020 After All June 29, 2018
  • ‘Oumuamua is Actually a Comet, Not an Asteroid (Study) June 28, 2018
  • Best Evidence of Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus, Found (Study) June 28, 2018
  • Jeremy Irons to Star in HBO’s Watchmen Reboot June 27, 2018
  • The Fermi Paradox: We Might Be Alone in the Universe (Study) June 26, 2018
  • The Strawberry Moon and Who It Will Affect June 26, 2018
  • Tom Holland Reveals Spider-Man: Homecoming Sequel Title June 25, 2018
You are here: Home / Technology / Facebook Messenger Gets New Feature with SMS Support

Facebook Messenger Gets New Feature with SMS Support

February 12, 2016 By Kurt Cottrell Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger gets new feature with SMS support, the addition being already tested with Android users in the U.S.

Facebook Messenger gets new feature with SMS support, the addition being already tested with Android users in the U.S.

Facebook is riding the wave of change and testing multiple new features for its messaging app, Messenger. Last month, the social media giant announced a fresh-out-of-the-box Material Desing user interface. Multiple account support is also in the cards. Now, Facebook Messenger gets new feature with SMS support.

According to some users, SMS support is already being tested in the U.S. Facebook also confirmed the tests currently being carried out. SMS support with Messenger isn’t necessarily news. A few years ago Facebook tried introducing the extended service. However, the adoption rate was low. As such, SMS support was dropped. As Google Hangouts and Whatsapp caught on big time when introducing SMS support, Facebook might think it’s the right time to get back on track.

By introducing SMS support to Facebook Messenger, the company aims to make the messaging app a one-stop service for all messaging coming in and going out of your phone. The screenshots that have been circulating around reveal that the SMS bubbles will be colored in purple. The Messenger bubbles will remain blue. Both will be harbored under the Messenger app. This way it becomes easy to figure out what type of message you’re looking at from the initial notification.

When replying to a message in the Messenger app you can switch between ‘Write an SMS message’ and replying to a native Messenger app text.

With SMS support introduced to Messenger app, some fear that it might get confusing. The trick is to follow the color-coded bubbles. In the same app, SMS conversation are preceded by a purple bubble encasing an envelope, while Messenger conversations are signaled by the blue bubble with the Messenger logo.

There’s no way to tell just how successful SMS support will be this time. In 2013 it was pulled due to the low adoption rate. Times have changed and Facebook toys with the idea once more. The move may be driven by Facebook’s wish to make Messenger app the de-facto messaging service on your phone.

This could mean doing away with the phone’s SMS app altogether and keeping Messenger app in short range at all times. The more time you interact with Facebook Messenger, the better.

In addition to the fact that Facebook Messenger gets new feature with SMS support, the company announced multiple account support as well. This could become truly useful as users increasingly need to jump from one account to another without having to log out/log in/log out repeatedly.

The new user interface is also being tested. All in all it looks like an exciting time for the Messenger team.

Photo Credits: Flickr

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: blue bubble, Facebook Messenger, Messenger app, multiple account, purple bubble, SMS support, user interface

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 10 other subscribers

Recent Articles

USPS van

Chinese Drug Dealers Shipping Drugs to U.S. via Postal Service

January 28, 2018 By Dean Lamori

Marlboro cigarette packs

Philip Morris Wants to Help You Quit Smoking

January 6, 2018 By Dean Lamori

Drugs and money

Drug Company Sued for Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Potent Opioid

December 24, 2017 By Dean Lamori

Smartphone user sitting on sidewalk

Calif. Health Dept: Excess Smartphone Use Can Cause Brain Cancer

December 17, 2017 By Dean Lamori

jared kushner

Kushner Plans to Revamp 666 Fifth Avenue Skyscraper, Partner Isn’t Supportive

November 2, 2017 By Tom Hager

elon musk

Elon Musk Shares Progress He Made with Boring Company on Twitter

October 30, 2017 By John Cooper

starbucks mugs

Starbucks Takes Halloween Seriously with New Zombie Frappuccino

October 28, 2017 By Kurt Cottrell

ecigarette

New York to Treat eCigarettes Same Way as Regular Cigarettes in Public Indoor Areas

October 26, 2017 By Tom Hager

amazon box

Amazon Warehouse Delivered Couple’s Requested Storage Containers with 65 Pounds of Weed

October 25, 2017 By Kurt Cottrell

ibm offices

IBM’s Q3 Report Encourages Greater Sales Expectations for the First Time in Years

October 19, 2017 By Kurt Cottrell

dubai police supercars

Dubai Police to Patrol the City from Above Thanks to Multirotor Hoverbikes

October 16, 2017 By John Cooper

marketing stunt for rick and morty

Woman Received Volkswagen Car for One Legendary Szechuan Sauce Pack from McDonald’s

October 14, 2017 By Amanda Lane

honeywell center

Honeywell to Turn Two Units into Publicly Traded Companies by 2019

October 12, 2017 By Tom Hager

self-driving car

New AI Project Will Help Autonomous Cars See What’s Around Corners

October 11, 2017 By Sam Doliente

Related Articles

  • Smartphone with WhatsApp.

    WhatsApp Cofounder Who Became A Billionaire Thanks To Facebook Tells People To Delete Facebook

    Mar 21, 2018
  • Three satellites orbiting Earth.

    U.S. Start-Up Launched Four Tiny Satellites Without FCC Permission

    Mar 12, 2018
  • Jaguar E-Pace

    Jaguar Goes For Tesla’s Jugular With All-Electric SUV

    Mar 2, 2018
  • Tinder text on wall.

    Tinder To Soon Prevent Men From Messaging First

    Feb 15, 2018
  • Uber app on smartphone.

    Uber Tackles Driver Fatigue In US By Imposing 6-Hour Breaks After 12-Hour Shifts

    Feb 12, 2018
  • People with controllers playing video games

    List of Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games in 2017 is Up

    Jan 20, 2018
  • Official Apple logo

    Apple Announces New United States Campus

    Jan 19, 2018
  • One of first virtual assistants, Echo Dot

    People are Still Not Sure How to Use Virtual Assistants

    Jan 16, 2018
  • People with smartphones at Facebook headquarters

    Facebook Merges Messenger Day with Stories

    Nov 14, 2017
  • donald trump

    Twitter Employee Used Last Day of Work to Deactivate Trump’s Personal Account

    Nov 4, 2017

Categories

  • Business & Financials
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National & International
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Technology
  • U.S.
  • World

Copyright © 2021 MidDayDaily.com

About · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · Contact