new messenger opens links in EDGE instead of default browser.

THANK YOU!!

Screw EDGE!

Great - i've just uninstal messenger :)

I found the best way to do this! Here are two options and they don't make the app appear as Facebook like the other suggestions:

Method 1:

• Open messenger.com in Google Chrome
• Click the three dots "⋮" to the right of your profile up top.
• Under the drop down "Cast, save, and share," Click "Install Messenger"

If that doesn't work, try Method 2:

• Go to messenger in Chrome
• Press Ctrl+Shift+I to open the inspect element panel
• Go down to the bottom where it says "Console" and then click the three dots to the left
• Click "Network Conditions." This adds a new tab next to "Console"
• In this new panel, scroll down until you find the section titled "User agent"
• Uncheck "Use Browser Default" and then in the drop-down menu, under Microsoft Edge, select "Microsoft Edge (Chromium) - Windows"
• Reload the page (without closing the inspect panel), and then the install icon should appear in the URL bar like normal!

This installs the PWA that is attached to Edge in the new version, but from Google Chrome instead

Let me know if this helps!!

Why do you think it's dumb that Messenger is through Facebook? It is the messaging system of Facebook, after all. You don't need to use a facebook.com URL, if that's what you mean - messenger.com exists. But of course it's the same system under the hood.

For messages (text and attachments), I have no trouble using Firefox - I just keep a tab open with messenger.com in it. And for privacy I use an extension called "Facebook Container" that utilizes Firefox's container tabs feature to keep all Meta connections (even APIs) separate from everything else I do online. Works like a charm. The only problem is video/audio calling - the newest Messenger encryption mechanism for calls doesn't support Firefox, so I have to use an app for that. But I am absolutely not leaving Firefox.

I don't know why they did this update like this. This is so dumb right here. I don't like it. I like it when it was with Google Chrome. I cannot see any of my messages. And, the only way that I can see all my full messages. Is, if I go to the Web Version of the Messenger App. Which is through Facebook and that is the dumb part right there. So, I guess there is no point in using Messenger on PC. Cause, it is not on Chrome anymore. it is on Microsoft Edge. And, that is the dumbest thing Meta could do ever. This is my personal opinion.