On the off chance that you don’t have a Facebook account you can’t join to utilize Facebook Messenger. Prior, it was conceivable to join on Messenger utilizing your telephone number and you didn’t require a Facebook represent this. This enabled individuals to join effectively and visit with companions on this informing stage.

Nonetheless, Facebook has chosen to get rid of that alternative and now you have to have a Facebook record to have the option to join on Messenger. Facebook has refreshed its Help Center page to mirror this change where it explains what should be finished.

“We found that most by far of individuals who use Messenger as of now sign in through Facebook and we need to rearrange the procedure. In the event that you as of now use Messenger without a Facebook account, no compelling reason to do anything,” a Facebook representative told VentureBeat through email.

In the event that this clarification is anything to pass by, in the event that you are as of now on Messenger and you joined with your telephone number, it is alright. The adjustment being referred to is for new clients who need to join.

The new strategy is by all accounts a stage towards incorporating WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messaging – something the organization reported recently. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has composed a definite post on his own page clarifying that “the organization needs to make it workable for its clients to send messages to their contacts utilizing any of its administrations”. The possible objective for Facebook is to stretch out the interoperability to SMS as well.

Facebook and Facebook Messenger are the two most downloaded applications of the decade, as indicated by a report by App Annie. Also, passing by that, approaching individuals to pursue Facebook first, before you can utilize Messenger is by all accounts a shrewd method to begin incorporating the entirety of Facebook’s applications.