On Tuesday, Facebook changed the login process for its Messenger app, meaning users no longer need to have a Facebook account in order to talk to the service's members. All they need is a phone number—but not a landline one.
Ars confirmed the change by installing and testing the Facebook Messenger app. Now when Android and iOS users load the app without having been logged in, they will see a smaller-text option that reads, "Not on Facebook?" If a user taps that, the app will automatically fill in the device's default number if it's a mobile phone, which can be changed—but whatever number is used, it has to accept SMS, as Facebook confirms your phone number via a text message.
Once that has been done, Messenger asks for a full name—which, again, it will auto-populate based on your mobile device's information, but you can delete and retype that as you see fit. It also asks new users to upload an image, but that's not required. Phone-only Messenger users only have one way to add new contacts: by entering the phone number attached to any FB profiles. Searching by name won't work; you'll have to ask friends for their account phone numbers (or let the app comb your contact list for numbers that match up with Facebook accounts).
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