Facebook to require Messenger app for mobile chat

From InfoWorld: If you like to send messages via Facebook when you're on the move, get ready to download a new app.

Facebook confirmed Monday that it will be removing the messaging feature from its mobile app over the next few days, and requiring people to use its stand-alone Messenger app instead.

The change follows through on a plan announced in April and for now affects Facebook's mobile app on iOS and Android. You'll be able to send and receive messages on the desktop as before.

"In the next few days, we're continuing to notify more people that if they want to send and receive Facebook messages, they'll need to download the Messenger app," a Facebook spokeswoman said in an email.

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