According to a TechCrunch report, social network Facebook is removing the Messenger chat function on the mobile version of its website. The move is essentially aimed at nudging the users of Messenger on its mobile site towards the use of the standalone Facebook Messenger app.

To inform the users about the removal of the messaging capability from its mobile web application, Facebook is sending them a notice which reads as follows: “Your conversations are moving to Messenger.”

The notice also informs the users that they will “soon” be able to “view your messages from Messenger.”

Facebook’s move to discontinue the Messenger function on the mobile version of its website is similar to the company’s earlier tactic of phasing out the messaging capability in its mobile app --- a decision which hinted that the company would evidently remove messaging from its mobile site too.

As per the TechCrunch report, Facebook has asserted that the key objective behind the removal of Messenger function on its mobile site is to unfold the “best experience” for users on Messenger, when they chat with their friends.