Facebook Messenger add-on lets you cover photos in emoji

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Rex Santus
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Facebook Messenger add-on lets you cover photos in emoji
Credit: Facebook

UPDATE, Dec. 23, 1:35 p.m. ET: Stickered is now available for download from the App Store and Google Play.

Facebook Messenger, the social network's message app, is getting some Christmas-themed updates on Android on Friday.

The biggest one is Stickered, a lightweight add-on app that allows Facebook users to add stickers to photos and send them through Messenger.

That means you can finally put huge smiley faces with heart-shaped eyes over your friends' faces, like so:

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In addition to Stickered, the updated Messenger will include holiday features like "festive frames" for New Year's Eve selfies along with holiday-themed sticker packs and snow globe chat heads. (Chat heads are the circular icons that float in the Facebook app when a conversation is active.)

Some of the features don't seem to be fully implemented yet; at the time of writing, Stickered was not available for download on Google Play, but the news post stated the app would be available later on Friday. The updates are coming to iOS soon, too.

Facebook was not immediately available to clarify the rollout of the holiday-themed updates.

Facebook Messenger has had a tumultuous year, with Facebook forcing mobile users to download the app in order to continue messaging others on the platform.

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