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Facebook Messenger Brings SMS Back to Android App

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Facebook Messenger Brings SMS Back to Android App

Charles Bigelow

Jun 14, 2016, 3:05 PM
So does this make SMS more secure?
No gateway number like with cell carriers???
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msteven3

Jun 14, 2016, 4:26 PM
No. All this will do is switch your default SMS/MMS app to Messenger, just like you can do with any of several other SMS/MMS apps you can get from the Play Store.

Actually, you can also switch SMS/MMS apps on iOS and use another program besides the native messaging app. The problem is that, since iMessage is so entwined with the iOS experience, and, since Apple has so tightly integrated SMS/MMS and iMessage into one app, separating them ends up creating tons of confusion. Probably why there are so few iOS apps that let you do this.

My guess is that Facebook would like to create a similar messaging monopoly on Android. If they can get people to use Messenger for both FB messages and SMS/MMS, they can set up a similar situation as ex...
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