Facebook on Monday began rolling
out video calling on its Messenger
mobile application, enabling face-to-
face conversations among users of
the app around the world.
With the new feature, users can add
video to calls to another person with
the same application.
“You can quickly start a video call
from any conversation with just one
tap,” Facebook said in a statement.
“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.”
Similar services are offered by
Microsoft’s Skype, Google Hangouts
and Apple’s FaceTime.
Facebook last year broke off
Messenger from the main Facebook
application for mobile users,
creating a separate platform which
now has some 600 million users.
The world’s biggest social network
also opened up Messenger to
outside developers as part of its
strategy to create a “family” of apps
that also includes Instagram and
WhatsApp.
Free calling has been available for
two years to users of Messenger,
although people may be required to
pay for data used during the
connections.
“Video calling will expand
Messenger’s real-time
communication features, enabling
the more than 600 million people
who use Messenger every month to
reach others wherever they are, from
anywhere,” the statement said. “It’s
fast, reliable and high quality.”
Video calling in Messenger is
launching for people using Apple or
and Android devices in Belgium,
Britain, Canada, Croatia, Denmark,
France, Greece, Ireland, Laos,
Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway,
Oman, Poland, Portugal, the US and
Uruguay and will hit more countries
over the coming months.
Facebook has offered few hints on
how it will monetize Messenger, but
recently unveiled a system of peer-
to-peer payments which could be
adapted as an e-commerce platform.
Another Messenger allowed users to
communicate with online merchants,
essentially turning formerly
impersonal Internet shopping into
ongoing text message conversations.
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/04/facebook-rolls-out-video-calls-on-messenger-in-nigeria-norway-oman-us-others/

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