Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Facebook Messenger integrates video calls – ITespresso.fr

It moves in apps Family Facebook.

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Last week, the WhatsApp version iOS that was entitled to an upgrade, winning VoIP voice calls (as per the Android version).

At the turn of Facebook Messenger, the Another instant messaging application for Facebook, to gain new functionality.

Its 600 million monthly active users will indeed make video calls from the app on Android and iOS.

The deployment is underway in 18 countries, including France, Belgium and Canada.

In a blog contribution, Stan Chudnovsky, Product Manager Messenger within Facebook, hastens add voice calls via this interpersonal communication application differ in terms of these multiple use cases, comparing the tool relative in comparison with Skype (Messenger) or FaceTime (Apple).

The Messenger Facebook application provides voice calls using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) since 2013.

With video calling that function both via cellular networks 3G / 4G as Wi -fi, Messenger comes to rub Skype to Microsoft, Google Hangouts, FaceTime Apple and WeChat Tencent.

The new features are multiplying on Facebook Messenger application intended to pass status to that of platform in the vision of Mark Zuckerberg: web version (available directly from the browser without downloading application) payment (to send money to friends) and the opening of the application developers external.

Like its competitors, Messenger should do harm to traditional mobile operators that rely more than ever on the data.

“video” Call feature has been developed to consume minimal data (by degrading the quality of the video over cellular networks) and allows to use a special way the Wi-Fi

The potential use of this feature is there.: Messenger has 600 million active users and already represents 10% of all VoIP calls.

The feature also works both on entry-level devices as premium devices. It is also mobile cross-platform, meaning that a video call can be made between a corresponding iPhone and other Android device.

If video calls are for the time between two people, functionality could then be extended to video conferences, addressing and professionals. Messenger evolves gradually towards the professional world.

In late March, on the occasion of the F8 Developer Conference, Facebook introduced Business on Messenger, a feature of CRM via Facebook Messenger, and turning towards CRM and e-commerce.

More than ever, Messenger could fit in with Facebook at Work, enabling companies to adopt a corporate social network.

Note that video communications are encrypted, even not ensuring Facebook to access it.

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