Facebook Messenger Finally Gets An iPad Version

Three years after Facebook acquired Beluga and turned it into Messenger for smartphones, its dedicated chat app today got a version specially designed for iPad rather than just running as an enlarged iPhone app. Messenger for iPad features a multi-window interface showing a list of threads and your current conversation at the same time. Messenger had over 200 million users as of April across devices, but now Apple fans can mobile message on a larger screen.

Messenger for iPad comes with most of the Messenger features, including stickers, easy group chat navigation, and VoIP calling. It’s only missing the latest additions, including the split-screen selfie camera and tap-and-hold quick video recordings. Facebook hasn’t mentioned anything about an Android tablet version.

The app will surely be nice for Messenger users who are tired of having to juggle their iPhone while working or playing on their iPad. If you have both Facebook and Messenger installed on your iPad, tapping the Messages button in Facebook automatically fast-switches you to Messenger. You can then tap the bar at the top of Messenger to return to Facebook.