Facebook Messenger has successfully crossed the 1 billion download mark alongside with other apps like Facebook, Gmail, Youtube, Whatsapp, Search and Maps. David Marcus, who leads the company’s messaging business announced this news in a Facebook post.
Messenger is the company’s third app to cross the milestone – the Facebook Android app did it last year(September 2014), while WhatsApp did it this year(March 2015)
Messenger’s strategy of layering modern mobile sharing features over a speedy texting app has paid off. With VOIP, video calling, stickers, voice clips, peer-to-peer payments, location, and a platform of third-party content creation apps, Messenger wants to own every way you communicate.
Combined with WhatsApp’s streamlined SMS alternative, Facebook controls messaging in a way that deeply insulates it from disruption.
