If Messenger is the current default, the option reads Change your default SMS app instead—tap on it to access the selection screen in Android’s settings.

Facebook wants everyone to make Messenger their chat app of choice, and to further ingrain people into its messaging ecosystem, the company launched SMS on Messenger.

Facebook allows you to set Messenger for Android as your default SMS application and use it to send and receive SMS and MMS messages in addition to Facebook conversations. This feature has been ...

Facebook users were misled by a Messenger pop-up prompt that asked users to set the app as their default SMS texting app.

Facebook pledged to ‘kill the phone number’ by 2016 and a new feature brings them one-step closer. Now the firm allows Android users to send SMS text using Messenger to any other platform.

Once Messenger is your default SMS program, your Facebook Messenger messages will appear in blue within the app, while your SMS messages will appear in purple.

Although only Sprint and Rogers are actively pushing to make Messenger their default Android messaging app, dozens of carriers worldwide have signed onto the Universal Profile.