In a bid to eliminate the dependence on phone numbers for communication, Facebook has begun rolling out a new method that the millions who use the Messenger app will be using to contact other people without using their phone numbers.

In a new update that the company says will be rolling out over the next few days, users will no longer need to have your phone number to contact you using this social networking platform. All that is needed, according to David Markus, is the Facebook Messenger app and your name. It also means that there is no need of having to add someone to your list of Facebook friends to communicate with them; you only need to know the name they use on the platform and be a user of the Messenger chat app, and that is it!