Facebook is closing down popular app – and users are not happy about it

FACEBOOK is closing down another one of its apps to the dismay of users.

The Mark Zuckerberg-owned social network is withdrawing one of its Facebook Messenger apps for good at the end of the month.

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It'll only affects the Apple Watch version of the app.

But as the most popular smart watch around, millions could be left disappointed.

From June, the official Messenger app for Apple Watch will be no more.

An alert has started appearing on some accounts.

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"Changes to Messenger on Apple Watch," the notification reads.

"After May 31st, Messenger won’t be available as an Apple Watch app, but you can still get Messenger notifications on your watch."

It means anyone who uses it will no longer be able to reply to messages from their wrist.

But you'll still get a notification popup, as you do with any notification that appears on your iPhone that's mirrored to your watch.

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Fans aren't impressed with the news.

"Messenger is my main communication - not by choice, everyone uses it here," one person wrote on Reddit.

"I use it on my watch all the time.

"I mean what's the point of the watch if I have to have my phone with me? Not happy."

A number of official Apple Watch apps have disappeared in recent years, including Telegram and Uber.

It comes as Facebook owner Meta continues to rein in costs.

But at the same time, the firm also announced it would launch a brand new WhatsApp app for Wear OS, Google's Android equivalent of Apple Watch.

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