How to Have Facebook Chat on Android
The Android Market features two official Facebook applications that you can use to have Facebook chats from your Android device. Facebook for Android is a fully featured Facebook app that enables you to manage every facet of your Facebook profile. From this app, you can chat with friends and family, update your status and upload pictures. Facebook Messenger is a dedicated chat client that provides a more advanced chat experience. With this app, chat messages are sent through the Facebook chat protocol, email or text messaging, depending on the availability of your friends and family.
Instructions
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Facebook for Android
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Tap the "Market" icon on your Android's Home screen.
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Press the "Search" button on your device and enter "Facebook" as your query.
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Select "Facebook for Android" from the search results.
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Tap "Free" and then "OK" to install the Facebook app on your device.
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Tap the "Facebook" icon located in your Android app drawer.
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Enter your Facebook account credentials and tap "Login."
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Tap the "Chat" icon.
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Select a contact from the "Available" section to initiate a chat conversation. Continue a conversation with a friend by selecting her name from the "Active Conversations" section.
Facebook Messenger
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Tap the "Market" icon on your Android's Home screen.
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Press the "Search" button on your device and enter "Facebook" as your query.
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Select "Facebook Messenger" from the search results.
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Tap "Free" and "OK" to install the Facebook Messenger app on your device.
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Tap the "Facebook Messenger" icon located in your Android app drawer.
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Enter your Facebook account credentials and tap "Login."
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Select a contact to initiate a chat conversation. Depending on the contact's availability, the message is sent through chat, email or SMS.
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