Today Facebook revealed its response to Zoom's crazy growth. It brings Messenger Room with unlimited calls and teleconferences up to 50 people.
In recent weeks our lives revolve around the covid-19 pandemic. Others have lost money and others have found the opportunity to grow. This is also the case with Zoom which saw its traffic literally skyrocket, despite his problems. Giving to his free service possibilities για απεριόριστες κλήσεις, απεριόριστο χρόνο και ομάδες 100 ατόμων “τάπωσε” όλους τους αντιπάλους του. Το Facebook διαθέτει αντίστοιχη υπηρεσία, αλλά είναι περιορισμένη τόσο στον συνολικό αριθμό ατόμων που επιτρέπεται να συμμετέχουν, όσο και στην απαίτησή του να έχουν όλοι account on Facebook. That changes with Messenger Rooms.
It seems that Facebook has decided, even in the middle of the pandemic, hit Zoom and thus brings Messenger Rooms with the ability to host video chats of up to 50 people. In fact, those who do not have a Facebook account can participate, as they can now receive a link to the "Room" you have created. With one click they can then join the conversation, as with zoom. Also Messenger Rooms has no time limit.
If you are entering a room through the Messenger Rooms application, then you can play with AR effects and new features such as your favorite background and mood lighting. The creator of a room chooses who can see and participate in it and can remove anyone, at any time, as well as lock the room if he does not want anyone else to enter. And of course you can leave a room whenever you want. The rooms you create through a Facebook Group are open by default to members of that Group.
The Rooms feature is not end-to-end encrypted because "there are significant challenges" to providing such encryption for video calls with large groups of people. However, Facebook says it is working hard in this direction for the future. Meanwhile, the content of the room is encrypted between the participants and the Facebook servers. THE company it also promises (!!) that it doesn't monitor or listen to your audio or video calls.
Messenger Rooms is available “in certain countries” this week and will expand globally “in the coming weeks”.
