Globally Facebook Messenger Can Be Used Without A Facebook Account

Facebook has announced that people around the globe can now avail its Messenger service even if they do not have a Facebook account. Last month, Facebook separated its Messenger service from social media and allowed users from the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Peru to sign up without a Facebook account.

Recently, the company has been treating Messenger as an independent platform rather than a subset of Facebook. In March, David Marcus, Facebook’s Vice President for Messaging also announced the rolling out of peer-to-peer payments (P2P) service via Messenger to all users in the United States. Facebook first unveiled its new P2P payments service in the metropolitan New York in May before releasing it to the entire U.S. market.

Now, Marcus announced on his Facebook page that everyone across the world would be able to use Messenger even without a Facebook account. This marks the separation between the messaging platform and social network which has now expanded globally. Users just have to sign up with their full name and phone numbers. Users will now see an option asking “Not on Facebook?” on the welcome screen of the Messenger app. Non-Facebook members can also add a photo along with their name and phone number. Nonetheless, Facebook continues to insist users to sign up with the social media account. This will further allow users to continue conversation across various devices, reports TNW News. This move will make Messenger more accessible enabling more people to use it without signing up for the Facebook.

Messenger is already immensely popular with one billion downloads on Google Play. Through this expanded login the messaging app would surely appeal to a wider range of users. In March, Facebook enabled users to make payments right from the chats. As reported by Tech Times, in the new app the small dollar ($) icon above the keyboard directly takes the user to the payment interface. The user needs to enter the amount they wish to send followed by the debit card (MasterCard or Visa) number to make mobile transactions.

Facebook will further venture into new ways for developers to make use of the Messenger app. The company wish to focus on how third-party developers can build ways to offer content information to users via Messenger, reports Tech Times. The company hopes to take on Chinese rival WeChat by making Messenger more useful.

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