Facebook officially launched Facebook Messenger for Windows, a desktop client that lets you chat with and message your Facebook friends, view updates from your friends in the Ticker and receive notifications about actions such as new comments and photo tags. You don't need to be visiting Facebook.com to use Messenger.
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The Facebook Messenger for Windows download link first leaked in version 2.0.4373.0 in December. The current version, 2.0.4430.0, requires Windows 7; you cannot yet install Facebook Messenger if you use Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac or other operating systems, though it is available for Android, iPhone and BlackBerry. Facebook says that it is "working on making this app available for more operating systems, so stay tuned." Though they told they are working to support other operating system but large numbers of Windows XP users are not happy because they unable to use this messenger.
To download Facebook Messenger for Windows, visit facebook.com/about/messenger. When you download and open Messenger for the first time, you'll be logged in automatically. After that first time, you'll need to log in from the app. When you click on messages, notifications or ticker items, you'll be directed to your browser. If you're not logged in, you'll need to do so then in order to view that content.
