How to set up and use Facebook Chat and Messenger for Windows Phone

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Being actively social while on-the-go is Microsoft'due south chief aim with Windows Phone, and both Messenger and Facebook Chat provide the means for owners to communicate with contacts via the social network and popular IM service. What's nifty almost these features is that they are integrated into the operating system. Switching between text, Messenger, and Facebook can be achieved in the chat itself with zero apps.

The simply issue with such integration is actually setting information technology all up - it's not every bit elementary as i would similar to believe (there'due south no click-and-go here). Messenger is automatically connected and ready to fire up in one case you'd attached your Live ID in the Windows Phone setup walkthrough, only to activate Facebook Chat, you lot'll be required to login on your Alive business relationship and gear up Facebook Connect via the web browser, also as calculation your Facebook account to your telephone. But connecting your Facebook account to your Windows Telephone but kick-starts the social integration for the People hub and Me tile. Too much, besides fast?

Read on for our full tutorial on Facebook Conversation and Messenger for Windows Phone....

Add together your Facebook business relationship to your Windows Phone (Settings > Email and Accounts).
Head to live.com and login using your Live ID (the same i that's used on your handset).
Under "Messenger Social" (where all your contacts updates are displayed) select "Add together" adjacent to the listing of connected networks.
Connect your Facebook business relationship to your Live ID and grant permissions.
Ensure that ample permissions are selected, especially "Chat with Facebook friends".

Now you'll exist able to utilise Facebook Conversation on your Windows Phone with the to a higher place steps carried out. To connect to both Messenger and Facebook Chat, you simply pop into the messaging hub and swipe to the left to change your chat availability.

If you're unable to connect to Facebook Conversation, be sure to check and meet if the service is active in the messaging hub settings (select the "..." to bring up the menu and select "settings", ensure Facebook Chat is switched on).

Once upwardly and running, much like any IM client on Windows, Linux or Mac, you're able to set your status to:

Available - activate both Messenger and Facebook Chat
Busy - appear as "busy" (affects Messenger only)
Away - appear as "Abroad" (affects Messenger simply)
Appear Offline - activate Messenger only, appear "offline" (Facebook Chat is not activated with this option)
Offline - close all connections to the IM services

The messenger services will now exist bachelor in conversations nowadays in the messaging hub. Text/SMS, Messenger and Facebook Chat are all integrated into the single location. When conversing with a contact y'all're able to select which ways of communication y'all wish to apply by selecting "Switch" from the awarding bar (the contact volition demand to be online likewise as yourself to utilize Messenger or Facebook Chat - statuses are displayed when service switching for convenience).

Check out our speedy visual walkthrough below:

Note that bodily Facebook letters are not displayed or loaded in conversations in the messaging hub, nor tin can you lot message a Facebook contact who is offline on the Chat service. To use messaging on the social network, the official Facebook app is a superb customer (and is available for gratuitous).

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