Starting today, an updated Facebook MessengerFacebook Messenger will be available to people using the app on both iOS and Android. Facebook messaging started as a desktop chat experience, but when it comes to messaging on mobile, people want something faster and lighterweight.

Facebook says that the updated Messenger on Android that makes it a faster and more reliable mobile-to-mobile messaging experience.

Users will know which of their friends are using the app if they see the Messenger icon next to their name.

For the people users text with who aren?t their Facebook friends, they now just need a contact's phone number to begin texting them. To help people reach users, they'll be asked to confirm their phone numbers.

Last but not least, users can tap across the top of the app or swipe left and right to see recent conversations, a list of the people they message, and settings.