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| Facebook allows everyone to stream video calls directly from large groups |
Facebook today (Thursday) announced the launch of a new feature that allows users to make group video calls with up to 50 people to enhance their influence on the video conferencing services market. With the outbreak of the Corona Corona, the market has been facing fierce competition for months: (Covid-19) COVID-19.
The American social media giant said in a post that users can invite people to join Messenger rooms, and even anyone who does not have a Facebook account can make group video calls and then broadcast the meeting room directly to anywhere. Any account, any page or any platform. As a team.
The move supported Facebook's efforts to gain market share in the emerging video conference services market. Because of the Covid 19 epidemic, the conference forced people around the world to work and study from home, and even offer a service like the world famous Zoom.
Other technology companies offer similar features to attract users, as Google allows users to set up free video conferences through Meet, which were originally used by companies.
Facebook said: It has already started providing this functionality in some countries / regions on its social network, and the web version of Messenger will start today (Thursday) and soon it will expand the service as a whole (Messenger Room).
According to Facebook data, the availability of Facebook pages in real time doubled in June compared to the same period in the previous year. Due to the strong development of live broadcasting since March of last year, many countries began implementing blocking and social division measures in response to the outbreak (Covid-19).