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In addition to playing a soccer mini-game in-app, Facebook Messenger now lets its users send text messages without needing to switch to a different app. What this means is you will now have the choice to be able to send and receive your SMS/texts in Messenger and will not have go to different screens on your phone to communicate," the company posted on their page. Turn on “Default SMS app" After which, you'll see a variation in the color of SMS conversations -- blue is from Messenger while purple bubbles are text messages. Users can send text, images, videos, audio, and even stickers and emojis can be sent via SMS. Telcos should have regarded the Memorandum Circular 02-10-2011 or the “Interconnection Charge for SMS” that the commission issued in December 2011 but they did not and continued to charge subscribers PHP 1 for every text message sent (for every 160 characters to be exact). Keep in mind that the charges only covers the inter-network and regular text messages not covered by promos like unlimited or combo-package offers. Read more in our articles including "Facebook Messenger now lets Android users send SMS" and "SMS should be at Php 0.80 only - NTC".