Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...

Facebook has been pushing its Messenger app quite a bit on its users. While it's still integrated with the social media platform, Messenger is also a standalone app. Downloading the Messenger app ...

Only Facebook comes pre-installed on your Samsung Galaxy S8. It’s Messenger, you really have to download and install it to be able to read and write private messages. But the thing is these apps are ...