Facebook Messenger will stop having support for SMS as of September 28

facebook messenger It will no longer have the SMS sending function as of September 28, so users must use other alternatives for this purpose, such as Google Messages.

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This application of Goalwhich uses its own communication protocol, allowed since 2012 to send and receive SMS messagesonce their corresponding permissions have been enabled, as 9to5Google remembers.

Facebook Messenger will no longer support SMS as of September 28. (Facebook/)

This option disappeared in 2013, it returned to Messenger three years later, in 2016. Finally, the company has announced the definitive end of this support, since it hopes to eliminate it next September 28.

This has been announced by the company on its support website, where it has commented that from that date the SMS will no longer be available, both to receive and send themwhen the Messenger app is updated.

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With this, it has clarified that these messages can continue to be used through a mobile network and by accessing the SMS message history from the default messaging application of the smartphone that is being used.

Facebook Messenger will no longer support SMS as of September 28. (Facebook/)

It has also clarified that if users do not choose a new app, SMS will be automatically sent to the app that comes installed on the device. For example, Google Messages.

Source: Elcomercio