Messenger Facebook Links Wont Open 16.4.1 (iPad only)

CASunshine94 wrote:

I believed it to be a Facebook issue as well, however, why did it seem to have happened after the Apple updates

Because FB didn't properly update their app. Developers have access to the beta software for months ahead of the release just to avoid this sort of issue.

I see that this issue have been an ongoing issue for a few years now.

Yes, it has. It's important to remember that you are not Facebook's customer. You are a source of data they can sell to their actual customer, the advertisers.

ME TOO! Very aggravating!

I tried a fix which works and im thankful . Keep finger on the link then open in safari .or log into FB site on safari not the app and messenger opens the link instantly . Must be an issue with the app itself since the latest update

I’ve had the same problem on my iPad for many months and am grateful to have found this post. Quite astonishing that this bug has gone unaddressed for so long.

This is been a problem for awhile now, when is someone going to fix this? So frustrating!

Beejer52 wrote:

This is been a problem for awhile now, when is someone going to fix this?

That's a question you'd need to ask Facebook. Good luck with that.

Hey guys I found the solution to our problem at least when it’s a marketplace item. If you click on ‘see details’ it just takes you to your Facebook page but if you click on the picture of the item it takes you to the post!! At least this is fixed.

Same problem on my 12.9 latest iPad my messages from messenger won’t open on facebook

help I need help fixing this crap

I went to Apple support chat online, but got cut off. Was told to update my iPads which I did to 17.0.3

Still no change in getting Facebook links to work in messenger. Maybe others will have luck. Let us know.

https://chatsupport.apple.com

Snowangel123 wrote:

I went to Apple support chat online, but got cut off. Was told to update my iPads which I did to 17.0.3

Still no change in getting Facebook links to work in messenger. Maybe others will have luck. Let us know.

No Apple update is going to fix Facebook's bad code.

I have been having the same problem with mine and my husbands iPads, we even purchased a new iPad for my husband. If we share a Facebook video to messenger, neither of us can open and play the video in messenger, and messenger kicks us back to Facebook home page. The app works perfectly on our iPhones but not on iPads. I have deleted, updated, reinstalled both apps, had a technician check out the iPads, and all I can find out is that there is a fault in the app. We are both using iOS 17.0.3. This is driving me crazy.

If someone sends you a link forward it to yourself. It will open from that messenger window. I know it’s not a fix, but it will allow you to see the link.