Stan Chudnovsky, Head of Product for Messenger and Param Reddy, the Engineering Manager, posted on newsroom.fb.com to break the news that users can now have face-to-face conversations with their contacts via messenger.
"You can quickly start a video call from any conversation with just one tap. If you’re messaging with someone and realize that words just aren’t enough, you can simply choose the video icon in the top right corner of the screen and start a video call right from within an existing Messenger conversation."
The video-calling functionality works across platforms, meaning Android and iPhone users can converse with each other without restrictions. The voice call feature seems to be enabled server-side, meaning you don't need to download a new app version or do anything special. Check out the introduction video below.
The implementation of video calls means Facebook will now compete directly with other VoIP apps such as Skype and Viber. It also cements the idea of WhatsApp video calls appearing in the near future. As we saw with the blue "message read" ticks, Facebook is willing to put features of its Messenger app into WhatsApp, and WhatsApp video calls seems like the natural progression of this.
Facebook Messenger video calls is launching in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, the UK, the US and Uruguay, with other territories to follow.
Let us know in the comments below what you guys think of it.
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