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Facebook apps to kill chat, throw users into standalone Messenger app's arms

Facebook is starting to alert users that it will soon force them into using its standalone Messenger app if they want to chat with friends.

"Today we are starting to notify people that messages are moving out of the Facebook app and over to the Messenger app," a Facebook spokesperson wrote in an email to TechRadar. "To continue sending messages on mobile, people will need to install the Messenger app."

Referred to as an "update," the change will affect iOS and Android users. Currently, users in a handful of European countries are being notified of the policy shift, and Facebook wouldn't offer details on a further roll out.

However, according to TechCrunch, all Facebook mobile users will eventually be forced to make the messaging switch.

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