Facebook 'Messenger Rooms' takes on Zoom with group video chat for 50 people

guest · Apr 25, 2020

Facebook's new 'Messenger Rooms' group video chats with up to 50 people drop bomb on Zoom amid coronavirus
April 24, 2020
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/...etime-google-hangouts-coronavirus/3012499001/

From virtual cocktail hours to online classrooms, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned Zoom into everyone’s go-to social network. Now Facebook wants to kick the video-conferencing interloper off its turf.

On Friday it's rolling out a new video chat product called Messenger Rooms so you can hang out with up to 50 people at a time with no time limit.
Rooms can be created from Messenger or Facebook and you can invite anyone to join, even if they don’t have a Facebook account. Eventually Rooms will be available on Instagram, WhatsApp and the Facebook Portal smart speaker, too.

"The ability to feel like you are directly connected with someone live over video" is essential to maintaining that togetherness, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday during a broadcast on Facebook Live.
The Rooms service is free and Facebook says it has no plans to place ads on it or to make money from it.
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Group video chat apps like Google Hangouts, FaceTime and Houseparty soar
Messenger Rooms joins group video chat apps that have become insanely popular during the coronavirus lockdown, including Google Hangouts, FaceTime and Houseparty.
Facebook says it has addressed Zoom privacy issues
Facebook says it has built in privacy safeguards to Rooms. When you create a group video call, you can control who joins or even sees the room. You can also remove people from the call and lock a room if you don’t want anyone else to come in.
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Facebook:
Come on Over! Facebook Introduces Messenger Rooms

Today, we are rolling out Messenger Rooms, which are joinable group video calls that make it easy to spend quality time with friends, loved ones and people who share your interests. Create a room right from Messenger or Facebook, and invite anyone to join, even if they don’t have a Facebook account. Rooms will soon hold up to 50 people with no time limit.
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Privacy Matters: Messenger Rooms

Rasheed187 · Apr 26, 2020

LOL, so that's why Zoom's stock price took a nosedive on friday. And seems like Facebook is trying to focus on privacy, that's a first.

guest · May 14, 2020

Facebook’s social Zoom competitor Messenger Rooms goes live globally
May 14, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/14/f...ompetitor-messenger-rooms-goes-live-globally/

Today, Facebook looks to steal back the service’s social video chat growth as it globally launches Messenger Rooms, its new group video chat service, supporting video calls with up to 50 participants with no time limits on call length. The feature capitalizes on video chat’s massive spike in usage across services and hooks it up to the growth tactics Facebook used to push Facebook and Instagram Live into everyone’s feeds.

As Facebook detailed when it announced the feature, soon users will also be able to join and initiate calls from inside Instagram DMs, WhatsApp and on Portal, making this a company-wide social effort for the company.
For now users can kick off a call from Messenger or the Facebook app and send out invites to users, even ones that don’t have a Facebook account.
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Facebook: Messenger Rooms is Now Available

guest · Jul 23, 2020

Facebook enables live streaming from Messenger Rooms
July 23, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-enables-live-streaming-from-messenger-rooms

Earlier this year, Facebook introduced Messenger Rooms, a feature that allows up to 50 people to meet up online in a video conference. The tool is meant as a rival for platforms like Zoom, which saw a significant boom in popularity due to the global pandemic this year.
The feature has been brought into Facebook's multiple products, including Facebook proper, Messenger, and WhatsApp, but today, the company is adding Facebook Live integration as well.

Starting today in a few countries, it will be possible to begin Facebook Live streams from within Messenger Rooms. This will make it so that everyone participating in the Messenger Rooms meeting will be visible and audible on the stream, and anyone outside of the meeting can tune in to see what's happening.
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The use case for this tool is pretty apparent. A host can conduct an interview with a group of people remotely and broadcast it for everyone to see, live podcasts can be done remotely without the need for other dedicated tools, and so on.
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Facebook: A New Way to Go Live on Facebook From Messenger Rooms

guest · Aug 26, 2020

Facebook simplifies Messenger Rooms management and introduces custom backgrounds
Messenger's virtual party service just got better
August 26, 2020
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...oms-easier-and-introduces-custom-backgrounds/

Messenger Rooms is Facebook's approach to online video-conferencing, though it's definitely targeted towards casual hangouts much more than business meetings. The service makes it easy to create video meetups with people who aren't necessarily in your friend list while keeping the group's creator in control.

After coming to WhatsApp and Facebook's Portal screens, the company has announced that it will enhance the group calling feature in its Messenger apps with improvements to Room creation and discoverability. The developers are also working on custom backgrounds.
The new visuals for creating, joining, and managing Rooms within Messenger will make it easier for you to stay on top of what's going on.
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The revamped management features will show up on Android and iOS starting today, and they'll come to the desktop app "in the coming months." Custom backgrounds will be available on mobile in the next few weeks. It's unclear if these options will also make it into other Rooms-enabled services like WhatsApp or Portal.
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