Facebook Messenger Adds Free Video Calling to its Mobile Application ~ zztech

Facebook Messenger Adds Free Video Calling to its Mobile Application

Published on 04-27-2015 01:03 PM

Apple's FaceTime has a new competitor on the block. Facebook has just announced on Monday that the social network is rolling out free video calling to its Facebook Messenger application for iOS and Android.

While the application has supported voice-calling for ages, this is the first time that video calling will be a part of the Facebook Messenger platform. The newly-added function is accessed by tapping on the video-calling icon at the top right of the Facebook Messenger application, as shown below:

Facebook's promo video for video calling via Facebook Messenger can be found below:

Facebook Messenger will support video calls in the following countries starting today; more will be added in the future:

Belgium
Canada
Croatia
Denmark
France
Greece
Ireland
Laos
Lithuania
Mexico
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay

To ensure you're able to take advantage of the new video calling features, you will want to download the latest version of Facebook Messenger from the App Store. You can download the latest version directly from the App Store at this link.

Sources: Facebook

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Monday, April 27, 2015