facebook messenger app download windows 10

Directly, in Edge(!)įacebook is basically a web site (with added apps for convenience), so it's easy to access the main content in a web browser, even a mobile one here. Happily, Facebook has to provide a low bandwidth way into its content via the Web and this can be used, either directly, or via a number of 'web-scraping' applications. Which leaves the issue of how to access Facebook in 2020, especially under Windows 10 Mobile. For this reason, and also because lots of lesser web sites let you 'log in with Facebook', saving you having to make accounts for everything, I'd advise not leaving Facebook altogether. It's still loved by non-techy relatives, typically - we all have a cousin or grandparent who will only use it and it's our lifeline to what they're up to. And good riddance.īut Facebook does have its uses. The 'Facebook' app in the Store was a whopping 168MB and took about 15 seconds to launch on a Lumia 950. Oops.īy the way, you may have thought I was kidding about the bloat of Facebook's old first party clients for Windows 10 Mobile, but I'm not. It's now available for all Windows 10 devices and even installs on W10M, but it doesn't actually run and connect up. Plus there's a new Instagram PWA incoming from Facebook, which will hopefully work as well as the one Twitter put up online and in the Store. In theory, there's the excellent third party Winsta UWP, though it's currently a bit unstable and I'll report more on that in the Flow columns here on AAWP. Instagram is totally separate, mind you, effectively a fairly recent Facebook acquisition. So it does perhaps pay to keep an eye on Facebook messenger too, even if you're not a heavy user!

Messenger is particularly important for many people, especially for intra-family communication - I've lost count of the number of times a member has said 'Did you not get my message?' and it turned out they'd got confused and sent it by Facebook Messenger rather than Messages or iMessage (or whatever).

Facebook messenger app download windows 10