Keeping up with friends using Facebook Messenger

Keeping up with friends using Facebook Messenger

Find friend suggestions

Facebook Messenger helps you connect with people by providing friend suggestions based on mutual connections. You can even add a contact in Messenger without having to set things up with a new friend request.

    - Open Messenger and tap on the menu option with the three dots at the bottom of the screen.

    - Enter Message Requests

    - Scroll down to see which new friends have been suggested for you.

    - Tap the add button to include the person in your Messenger contacts.

You'll now be able to chat with your new contact via Facebook Messenger.

Find phone numbers for your contacts in Facebook Messenger

Firstly, the only way you'll be able to find this out depends on your contact's privacy and security settings. If your friends have their details set to "only me," you won't be able to see them. You can see whether your friends have made their details available with the following steps:

    - Open Messenger and tap on the menu option with the three dots at the bottom of the screen.

    - Scroll down through your list of friends. Tap on the three dots next to the person you're wanting to contact and select "Contact info."

    - A box will appear containing the status of the contact and their contact number.

Create a group shortcut for Facebook Messenger

If there's a crew you talk to all the time, then why not bypass the app launching altogether and pin a group chat shortcut to your home screen? Just go to your Groups tab where you can select an existing group or create a new one and tap the little menu button on the top right of the Group tile. From here simply select ''Create shortcut'' to have a chat group shortcut added to your home screen.

Poll Your Friends

Getting a group - any group - to come to a decision on anything can be a frustrating process. Facebook Messenger now allows you to poll your friends when they're in a group chat.

At the bottom of the group chat window, go to the "..." icon. Click on the "Create a Poll" option to create your own poll, and then add in your own polling selections. All you need to do then is sit back and wait for the tyranny of the majority to do the thinking for you.