Facebook Messenger Launches Tool That Lets You Add Contacts with a Click

The social media network announced yesterday that its Messenger app now has 900 million users who roughly send over a billion messages every month.

As reported on The Verge, getting in touch with your friends over Facebook Messenger has truly been made hassle-free as Facebook had very recently rolled out its newest chatting methods. Similarly, Messenger Codes will be put to the same use, with a Messenger window popping up with a customer service bot on the other end.

The beginning of the steps to Facebook’s vision can be seen in a small update to Messenger yesterday, which introduced truncated “Messenger Links” and “Messenger Codes”. Nowadays, Facebook is about much more than people sharing pictures of breakfast and bitching about their friends, it’s also a valuable tool for businesses.

“No more back and forth with texts trying to make sure you have the right number saved and awkwardly asking people how to spell their names”. Also, the businesses now will not need to develop the complex technologies themselves or fumble around the Internet to find someone help them with it. Rather, they will be able to easily find ones that have got Facebook’s approval. This particular feature is meant to improve communication with people in both Messenger and Facebook applications since the greetings can be customized to appear in a new message thread before messages are sent. Facebook’s Rooms app also lets users add others to their “rooms” by scanning visual codes.

Moreover, these links and codes will not be restricted only for businesses, as the official blog post for the announcement mentions that users will also have access to these tools. To access yours, pull up Facebook’s Settings menu, which should show you your individual code.

Last, Facebook is letting businesses set a welcome note in Messenger conversations.

Messenger Codes are being rolled out gradually to Messenger app users, according to Facebook’s VP of Messaging David Marcus.

Facebook has just announced that it will start rolling out new features for Messenger users on Android and iOS platforms. You’ll begin a conversation and, as far as we can tell, it’s unlikely to go to the “filtered” or otherwise hidden portion of the person’s Messenger.