Group video call demand is increasing in Corona situation. In this case, Facebook has released the 'Room' feature to compete with the 'Zoom' app. Facebook announced the launch of the room feature for Facebook users worldwide from Thursday.
Three weeks ago, Facebook announced the release of the room feature. Facebook has said it will add some simple features to the room to attract users. Group video calls can be made with up to 50 people in the room. People outside of Facebook can also be invited to the room by sharing links from Facebook and Messenger.
Messenger vice president Stan Chernovsky said in a blog post that room sharing can also be started on Facebook news feeds, groups and events. It can be easily invited from anywhere. Room users will be able to decide who can join. According to Facebook's blog post, global users can turn on Room from Messenger and North American users can do so from Facebook.
For this you need to have Facebook and Messenger update app. You need to download the Messenger desktop app on Windows. Mac users can also download the app from the Mac App Store.
Facebook is also reportedly testing the Messenger Room service on WhatsApp recently. This feature has been seen in the beta version of WhatsApp on Android. The idea is that soon WhatsApp, Facebook may also add it to Instagram.
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