Streamlined chat with Facebook Messenger for Android (pictures)
Facebook Messenger for Android integrates SMS with Facebook chat. Also, the updated app gives you the much talked about Chat Heads feature.
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The theme continues in the conversation view, which now has a flat design and bright blue accents. Here is where you can send and receive messages and attach other media.
Stickers are free animated and still pictures of cats, smiley faces, and even characters from current animated movies. You can download as many free sticker packs as you want from the store in the app.
No matter what you're doing on your device, Chat Heads will pop up (if enabled) as soon as you receive an incoming message. This makes it easy to quickly reply and get back to what you were doing previously.
