Additional chat features like emoji, smiley, stickers etc.Surf Facebook without opening Facebook in web browser.Three different themes: Default, Mosaic and Dark.Sounds can be enabled or disabled in settings.Use emoticons and sticks available in Facebook text conversation.Know when your text messages were read.

Disabled by default but can be enabled in settings. Features of Facebook Messenger for Desktop How do you message your friends, family, and co-workers? Do you use SMS messages or a web-powered service? Let us know in the comments below.Facebook messenger app has now at competition and more precisely said, an alternative to Microsoft Skype and Google Hangouts who have been popular for voice and video calling and chat. Even though it's new, there are some great options that let you keep your phone in your pocket and quickly message people from your PC. Hopefully, it can develop into a true iMessage competitor that works across all platforms. It's great to see Android Messages get released.

See PushBullet in Google Play (opens in new tab).

See Textto in Google Play (opens in new tab).Textto also lets you continue to use your SMS app of choice. You sync the PC and phone clients to the same account and then you're good to go. I also recommend Textto which is extremely similar to Android Messages but has been out for longer. PushBullet allows you to connect your Android device and your PC and there are many other options to connect your PC and Android phone. While Android Messages made headlines, the idea of relaying your SMS messages through your PC isn't new. Get Android Messages Desktop from GitHub Check out alternatives This client is very new so I'd expect updates over time as kinks are worked out. It supports system notifications, though, at least at the moment, they aren't actionable. It looks almost identical to using Android Messages on the web, but you don't have to open up your browser to use it. If you prefer to use Android Messages within an app, you can use an unofficial client that's available through GitHub.

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