Play soccer in Facebook Messenger - how it works
In keeping with the European Football Championship, you can now play football on Facebook Messenger. In this article, we reveal how to activate the fun mini-game and even measure yourself against your friends.
Facebook Messenger: Activate soccer game
The soccer mini-game can be found in both the iOS and the Android version of Facebook Messenger. However, you cannot compete against your friends on the PC.
- To be able to compete against your friends, you must first install the latest version of Facebook Messenger. We will show you how to update your app on iOS and Android in further articles.
- Start Messenger and switch to the chat of your friend you want to compete against.
- Then tap on the icon with the four smileys at the bottom right next to the text field.
- There tap first on the football emoticon and then in the lower section. Send the message with the smiley.
- Then tap the soccer smiley in your chat history and the mini-game starts. The goal is to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible.
- Your friend is automatically informed of the high score via the chat. He can then try to beat that value.
On the next page we will show you how you can play basketball in Facebook Messenger.