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Facebook Messenger App Sends Notifications to Android Wear

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Aug 7, 2014, 7:12 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper

Facebook recently updated its Android mobile application and made it compatible with the Android Wear platform. Android Wear devices can now display incoming alerts from Facebook Messenger, and wearers can respond or Like the messages.

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