Facebook Messenger Gains iOS 10 CallKit Support in Latest Update

Sep 22, 2016 2:10 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Facebook has updated its Messenger app to support Apple's CallKit framework, which was introduced earlier this month with iOS 10.

The CallKit SDK allows incoming calls from third-party VoIP apps to appear on the iOS lockscreen just like a standard cellular ID does.

Incoming Messenger calls show the caller's Messenger profile information alongside controls like mute, keypad, and a speakerphone toggle. On answering a call, users are taken to the Messenger app.

CallKit also enables Messenger users to answer calls through CarPlay, just like a FaceTime or cellular call.

The update follows similar CallKit integrations last week by the likes of WhatsApp and Viber, which have also integrated SiriKit, allowing users to ask Apple's personal assistant AI to perform app-specific actions, like sending a message to a WhatsApp contact.

Facebook Messenger is a free download for iPhone and iPad on the App Store. [Direct link]

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gp101
36 months ago
I wish they could actually tell us that in the release notes instead of saying their usual stuff there :confused:
Rating: 15 Votes
derek4484
36 months ago
I use Google Hangouts with my Google Voice number, it'd be great if Google updated Hangouts to work with CallKit like this. Its such a pain to answer a Google Hangouts call, you get this little notification on the lock screen, have to press it, then the lock screen comes up and have to enter a 6 digit unlock code, just to get into the Hangouts app, by then the call has usually gone to voicemail.
Rating: 5 Votes
xero9
36 months ago

I updated the app and it still just shows the banner notification.


Same with me.
Rating: 3 Votes
jessebkr87
36 months ago
I updated the app and it still just shows the banner notification.
Rating: 3 Votes
SethBoy
36 months ago
Sigh, would very much prefer an option to turn call notifications into normal notifications instead.
Rating: 2 Votes
cgriffis753
36 months ago

Same with me.

Same here :(
Rating: 2 Votes
FurbyUK
36 months ago
No Siri functionality like on WhatsApp tho.
Rating: 1 Votes
MuGeN PoWeR
36 months ago
it works on my 6s plus but doesnt work on 7 plus!
Rating: 1 Votes
slenpree
36 months ago
What version had callkit support? Had an update to version 89 yesterday but don't see Siri support or anything for Facebook messenger yet. Need someone to call me on Facebook to see f the lock screen is like a Normal call to confirm.

No other updates appear in the UK App Store for me (force refreshed s few times).
Rating: 1 Votes
cgriffis753
36 months ago
I hope this isn't phone dependent. Still does not work for me. Can anybody confirm if it worked for them on an iPhone 6?
Rating: 1 Votes

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