The move will affect Android users running Facebook app version 55 or lower and Messenger version 10 or lower. The company will also cease support for Android version older than Android 2.3 ...

This will help prevent any issues when trying to sideload an older version of the app. Transfer the APK file to your Android device. Alternatively, you can download the package directly on your phone.

As Ars discovered, in older, pre-Jelly Bean (v4.1) versions of Android, granting the Facebook app access to phone contacts also allowed it to access call and text logs.

Facebook released an updated version of its Android smartphone app on Wednesday, promising a host of new improvements for devices running the new software build.. Among other improvements, photos ...

If you hate switching between Facebook and the Messenger app to carry on your Facebook-oriented chats, you might want to check out Friendly (Android and iOS), a free, ad-supported app that fixes ...

Froogloid's popular Key Ring app only supports Android versions 1.5 and higher. Sometimes, putting an older version of the Android OS on the phone is a shrewd marketing decision, says Sutton.