7 Easy Steps to Use Emoji in FB Messenger on Android

An easy-to-follow guide to sending emoji over Facebook Messenger on an Android

Reviewed by Candace Gasper

This wikiHow teaches you how to use emoji in a chat conversation using Facebook’s Messenger app on Android.

Things You Should Know

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Your Home screen will list all of your recent conversations. Tapping will open the chat in full screen.
- Alternatively, you can start a new chat by tapping the New Message button. It looks like a white speech balloon inside a blue circle in the lower-right corner of your Home screen.

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This button looks like four smiley emojis in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will bring up a list of your recently used emojis.
- Alternatively, you can open up a list of emojis from your device's keyboard. On a Google keyboard (Gboard), tap and hold the smiley icon to the left of the space bar, then slide your finger to the smiley face icon. On a Samsung keyboard, tap the symbol button in the lower-left corner of your keyboard, then tap the smiley face. On Swiftkey, tap the smiley face icon in the lower-right corner of your screen. Most other keyboards will have the same button configuration as one of these three keyboards above

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Tap on an emoji category. You'll see the categories at the top of your recently used emojis.
- You can also swipe left and right to switch between nature emojis, food emojis, sports emojis, and more categories.