Make video calls from its Messenger application is now possible. In a handful of countries. Facebook announced on Monday, adding this new feature to its mobile messaging. Objective for the US social network? “Extend real-time communications features of Messenger, enabling over 600 million people who use Messenger every month to join other anywhere.” But also to compete with Skype.
Video calls can be started from any conversation about Messenger, by tapping an icon in the top right corner of the screen. They also work if one of the two corresponding uses a device operating under Android, the mobile operating system from Google used by several smartphone manufacturers, and the other an Apple iPhone competitor, Facebook says.
An extension to other parts of the world “in the coming months”
The only requirement for the moment : to live in the 18 countries where the module is tested (Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay). Facebook promises an extension to other parts of the world “in the coming months.”
Facebook is currently a lot of effort to develop Messenger. Before video calls, he had added a voice call functionality and an option to use it to send money to friends. Last month, he also announced the opening of the platform to external application developers, and tries to encourage its use by commercial online sites.
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