Why Facebook Wants To Offer Group Calling On Messenger

Facebook is adding new features to Messenger to engage the users.

Recently, Facebook Inc. made an announcement regarding a potential upgrade for its messaging service app, Facebook Messenger. The company has started to roll out group voice calling on this platform. The feature will surface anytime soon, the only condition is that you need to have the recent Messenger version. The news surfaced at a time when the company has streamlined its focus to bolster the platform and offering various features to the users.

All Facebook users who wish to try out the new feature can do as follows. Firstly download the recent version of the Messenger application on Android and iOS. Go to the main menu of the application and choose the phone icon, to initiate the group call. A screen will then pop up that will allow you to go through and manage the users who you would want to add to the group call.

At this point, Messenger is offering voice calls, group voice calls and video calls. However, the company has come up with no that will enable the users to make video calls involving multiple individuals. If you want group video chats, then your final resort is Google Hangout and Microsoft Skype.

Since Facebook Messenger has already started to offer voice calling, video calling, and group voice calling then the time is not far away from the company surfaces out group video calling to its average monthly user base of 900 million on Messenger.

However, the company has not completely refuted the concept of group video chat when it came up with video calling on Messenger this annum. By coming up with group video calling, will allow them to get an edge over rivals in terms of messaging platforms. In 2015, WeChat came up with its group video calling, on the other hand, LINE allow users to voice call with around 200 conversation recipients. The reservation with Messenger is that it can only cater to 50 participants as of yet. This might get expanded over the course of time after it starts getting feedback from consumers over the service.

It is said that the group video calling feature will have resemblance with the one-on-one voice call. The only change will be that the display will have names of all participants along with the group name. All users will be given the choice of accepting the call, ignore or decline it. Instead of using group calling to communicate with family and friends through a single chat, you can utilize the service for communicating with businesses. It can also be used by corporate establishments. One feature that is still needed in Messenger is the power to mute a particular member, making the conversation flexible, less frustrating and efficient.

The reason why FB has come up with this feature is to increase usage and interactions on Messenger, as per its own representatives. Many users prefer to use WhatsApp for chat messages which have ruptured the progress of Messenger over the passage of time. the company is constantly adding new intriguing features such as stickers and GIFs to redeem its market share.