Facebook Messenger arrived yesterday, bringing a cross-platform group messaging solution that leverages your Facebook network and SMS to reach a wide potential audience. I compared it at a high level to other messaging solutions, but let’s take a closer look at Facebook’s offering and what it can do.
Facebook Messenger requires only that you have an active Facebook account to play. That should make things easy for about 750 million of you.
If you’re among the rare few smartphone owners who aren’t yet on Facebook, you can also sign up for an account right from the Messenger app, thanks to a link that shoots you to the mobile sign-up page in your device’s browser.