Facebook opens the video calling feature globally

Messenger video calling feature is extended worldwide.

Facebook opens the video calling feature globally, Vietnam does not yet have

The battle on the video call market continues to escalate when Facebook officially enters this field. On May 5 last, the largest social network on the planet launched video calling service on Messenger app for users in 18 countries around the world, including USA, France, Greece, Mexico and Portugal. Nha, Anh .

After only 2 days of deployment, Facebook Messenger 's video function has more than 1 million users. According to estimates, Facebook currently has more than one billion users worldwide and more than 600 million Facebook Messenger users.

According to David Marcus, vice president of messaging products, on 21/5, this function was officially released worldwide.

However, Mr. Marcus said that there will be some countries that cannot use this free video calling feature due to quality problems because this feature does not need to use Wi-Fi connection, but can use Use on mobile networks. Therefore, some operators in the United Arab Emirates have blocked this feature.

In countries that have already used this service, users will have to upgrade to the new Facebook Messenger version of the iOS and Android platform.

With this new feature, Facebook Messenger is considered a formidable rival of Apple's Facetime services, Skype from Microsoft, and Google Hangouts.

Earlier, in March, Facebook also entered the race on the online payment market when allowing users to send money to friends via Messenger messaging application.

This is a success after Facebook recruited former President David Marcus of PayPal online payment company last year.

Facebook's new tool will be deployed in the next few months in the US market. At the time of launch, Facebook's money transfer service only supports personal computer users, and Android and iOS phone users.

According to a spokesperson for the planet's largest social network, Facebook currently has no plans to charge Messenger transfers. However, this feature will help Facebook compete with many other social applications that allow users to transfer money to friends, such as Venmo, Snapchat, eBay.