SMS Conversations Return in Latest Facebook Messenger Beta
Android: If you’ve used Facebook Messenger for a long time, you may remember those glorious days when it could handle your SMS messages too . For some reason, Facebook took the feature down, but it’s back in the latest Messenger beta.
As Android Police discovered, Messenger’s new SMS support is tucked away in your system level settings. You cannot enable this feature in the application itself. Instead, you need to go to Settings> Apps> More (by clicking the gear icon)> SMS, where you can choose your default SMS app. Set this to Messenger and your text messages will appear in the Facebook app.
It’s unclear if Facebook intends to change this when (if?) It ever appears in the regular version of the app. In the meantime, if you want to give it a try, you can sign up for the Messenger beta here .
Beta version of Facebook Messenger | Google Play Store via Android Police