Express more with emoticons by stickered app for messenger

Now, people can make use of different varieties of emoticons on their snapshots. The Stickered app for Messenger connects with the emoticons used on the Facebook Messenger app. The app lists around 52 categories including some Pokemon characters, Burger-head man, teletubbies, etc. A dislike symbol in the form of thumbs down is also provided in this app. Users also get a facility to pinch, rotate or drag these stickers on clicked images.

This app is completely ad free and will not require any Facebook login to access. The app is available on Google Play Store and will soon be listed on the App Store also. Stickered for Messenger requires the help of the Facebook Messenger to send pictures. The app consists of a built in camera. People can add captions and apply stickers, before using that feature. The stickers may also be used to enhance the appearance of the existing image in the gallery.

Introduction of the emoticon features separately creates curiosity amongst users. This feature could have well been added in the Facebook Messenger itself, which claimed 500 million active users, milestone recently. Earlier in October, after 2 month testing of posting of exclusive stickers from Facebook Messenger in Facebook comments, this option was made official. An announcement was made that the stickers will now be visible in the user’s events, groups and timeline.

Peer to peer payment feature with the help of the messenger app is also on cards. Andrew Aude, who is a computer science student at Stanford, used an iOS app to spot this hidden feature. This feature will allow users send money across, with the help of debit cards. This will Dwork in relevance to the Square’s cash app. However, no official announcement in this regard has been made by Facebook.

About Facebook Messenger:

Facebook Messenger is an instant messaging service and software application which provides text and voice communication. Integrated with Facebook’s web-based Chat feature and built on the open MQTT protocol, Messenger lets Facebook users chat with friends both on mobile and on the main website. Facebook reported in November 2014 that Facebook Messenger has reached 500 million users. David A. Marcus heads Facebook Messenger and had joined Facebook on invitation of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook. Messenger for Mobile was released on August 9, 2011 for iOS and Android, with an October 11 update making the app available for BlackBerry OS. Read more on Wikipedia.

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