article_snippet: For the time being users can still send, receive and view messages on Facebook, and Messenger.com - a standalone site that lets users chat to Facebook friends privately on a browser in the same way they can on the Messenger app has not announced any current plans to remove this feature yet.
article_snippet: Users can still send and receive messages on Facebook and Facebook is not known yet whether this will be removed in due course.
article_snippet: members were also concerned about the app’s permissions that gave Facebook access to send texts and make calls on the user’s device.
article_snippet: Facebook said: ‘Almost all apps need certain permissions to run on Android, and Facebook use certain permissions to run features in the app.
article_snippet: Keep in mind that Android controls the way certain permissions are named, and the way certain permissions’re named doesn’t necessarily reflect the way the Messenger app and other apps use certain permissions.
highlights_snippet: Users can still send, receive and view messages on Facebook .
  