{"id":78148,"date":"2014-12-19T21:27:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=78148"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:18:49","slug":"facebook-stickered-for-messenger-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/facebook-stickered-for-messenger-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook thinks putting stickers on your photos will get you to use Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook just announced a new app today called <strong>Stickered for Messenger<\/strong>. The app lets you stamp your photos with its hundreds of stickers, then share them using <a title=\"Facebook Messenger news\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/facebook-messenger\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Messenger<\/a>. The app is extremely similar to <a title=\"LINE Camera\" href=\"http:\/\/line-camera.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LINE Camera<\/a>, but lacks the humor of LINE\u2019s stickers.<\/p>\n<p>Stickered for Messenger is Facebook\u2019s attempt at getting you to use its Messenger app. When Facebook <a title=\"Facebook to remove messaging from mobile app, forces you to download Messenger\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/facebook-removing-messaging-from-app\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">removed Messenger<\/a> from its main apps, users were up in arms about it. No one wanted to download yet another app to clutter up their home screen. However, Facebook has gone to lengths to make sure Messenger <a title=\"TechCrunch\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/12\/19\/fastbook-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performs quickly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78153\" title=\"Stickered for Messenger\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/12\/stickered_press_03-568x511.png\" alt=\"Stickered for Messenger\" width=\"568\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/12\/stickered_press_03-568x511.png 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/12\/stickered_press_03-256x230.png 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2014\/12\/stickered_press_03.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you do want to give Stickered for Messenger a try, you can look forward to such wonderful features as<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A festive frame for your New Year\u2019s Eve selfies<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Snow globe chat heads<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Holiday inspired sticker packs<\/p>\n<p>While stickers remain free in Facebook Messenger and Stickered, that could change in the future. Popular messaging apps like <a title=\"LINE for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/line.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LINE<\/a>, <a title=\"KakaoTalk for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/kakaotalk.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KakaoTalk<\/a>, and <a title=\"Viber\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/viber-4-0-adds-premium-stickers-and-more-new-features\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viber<\/a> let you pay real money for stickers, which could give Facebook another source of revenue besides mobile advertising.<\/p>\n<p>Stickered for Messenger will be available later today for Android users. iOS users will be getting the app \u00a0&#8220;soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"FB Newsroom\" href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.fb.com\/news\/2014\/12\/happy-holidays-from-messenger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Samsung killing its ChatOn messenger in 2015\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/samsung-killing-chaton-messenger-in-2015\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samsung killing its ChatOn messenger in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Windows 10, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp for PC in the Softonic Minute\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/windows-10-google-instagram-and-whatsapp-for-pc-in-the-softonic-minute\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10, Google, Instagram and WhatsApp for PC in the Softonic Minute<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The best mobile games of 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/the-best-mobile-games-of-2014\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The best mobile games of 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Facebook for iPad now works like the website\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/facebook-for-ipad-now-works-like-the-website\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook for iPad now works like the website<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook just announced a new app today called Stickered for Messenger. The app lets you stamp your photos with its hundreds of stickers, then share them using Facebook Messenger. The app is extremely similar to LINE Camera, but lacks the humor of LINE\u2019s stickers. Stickered for Messenger is Facebook\u2019s attempt at getting you to use &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/facebook-stickered-for-messenger-app\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Facebook thinks putting stickers on your photos will get you to use Messenger&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":78153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2353],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-78148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329732,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78148\/revisions\/329732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78148"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=78148"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=78148"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=78148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}