How to get Facebook Slingshot in the UK

Facebook has unveiled its Slingshot image messaging app, but it’s not available outside the US. Or is it?

Facebook Slingshot is a bit like Snapchat, allowing you to snap, scribble on and then send photos to other users, which they can unlock only by slinging you back another picture. The Slingshot app is available for Android and iOS, but only in the US. Here we explain how to get Facebook Slingshot in the UK.

Android allows you to install apps from any third-party source, provided that you’ve enabled the permission in Settings, Security, Unknown sources. All you then need is the .apk file.

We Googled ‘Facebook Slingshot apk file’ and found several sources from which we could download it. Pick one, then tap Download.