

Users can interact with a business chat bot as they would any other contact, rather than downloading separate apps for each business and switching among apps to communicate. Facebook also announced that the Messenger Platform would be made freely available for bot development. SMS messages and threads are color-coded purple to differentiate them from the blue-coded FB messages.Īt Facebook’s 2016 F8 developers’ conference, the company reported that it was incorporating chatbots to enable conversations with businesses. Once the user selects Messenger as the default SMS client, text messages and FB chat are available through the interface. On Android systems, the app also integrates SMS texting so that users don’t have to toggle between communication interfaces for different contacts. (Specific capabilities vary according to the user's device and geographic location.) Messenger is available for iOS, Android, Windows 10 and Blackberry devices and can connect through Wi-Fi or a mobile data plan. You will be logged out of Messenger on the old phone, and will no longer be able to use Messenger there.Facebook Messenger is a mobile app that enables chat, voice and video communications between the social media site's web-based messaging and smartphones. However, secret conversations won't be copied. Messenger will tell you that an account key has been found on Google Drive and use it to copy your conversations. Messenger will ask you if you want to continue with your existing account answer yes. You will receive an SMS with a verification code to enter in Messenger. Select the option "I do not have a Facebook account", and enter your phone number. On the new phone, install Messenger, and open it. You'll be able to sign into Messenger if you switch phones or uninstall the app. After the backup has been made, Messenger will sayĪccount Key Backed Up - Your account key is saved to Google Drive with the email address ***. Select the option to back up your account key to Google Drive. On the old phone, open Messenger and tap your profile picture to go to your profile settings. To transfer Facebook Messenger conversations to a new phone without a Facebook account, while keeping the same phone number, do the following. The Messenger help page currently states "This feature is not currently available for Android" but it is present in the Android app. You should now have a password associated with your account and can Switch Account From Chats, tap your profile picture in the top left corner.In order to switch to a different account or access your account on another device, you'll need to add a password. Added March 2019: the "Account Key Backup" seems to have been removed from Messenger, so I have updated this answer.
