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"Facebook announced on Tuesday that it is testing a new version of its Messenger app for Android that drops SMS support, but adds a new feature for finding contacts via their phone number.\r\n\r\nThe update, which is currently showing up for a limited number of people, adds a Messenger icon to indicate when users are logging in from the mobile app.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen signing in to the new version, Messenger will ask you to provide a phone number and\u00A0 set \u201CWho can look you up by the phone number you provided?\u201D to public. Once you do so, Messenger users that have your phone number but haven\u2019t friended you on Facebook will be able to find and message you.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Messenger | Google Play\r\n\r\nThumbnail credit:\u00A0Ryan Anson/AFP/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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