Despite being begrudgingly adopted -- it is no longer possible to use the standalone Facebook smartphone app to send a message to another user -- Facebook Messenger is currently the most widely used messaging app in the US. According to Parks Associates, 53 percent of smartphone owners currently use it. And adding a mobile payments feature to the app could make it more popular still.

From the article "Facebook cashing in on mobile messaging."

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