Today Facebook revealed its answer to the crazy development of Zoom. Brings the Messenger Room with unlimited calls and video conferencing to up to 50 people.
In the last few weeks our life revolves around the pandemic Covid-19. Some have lost money and others have found an opportunity to grow. This is also the case with Zoom which has seen its traffic literally skyrocket, despite his problems. Giving it away for free service of possibilities for unlimited calls, unlimited time and groups of 100 people, he "killed" all his opponents. Facebook has a similar service, but it is limited in both the total number of people allowed to participate and its requirement that everyone have a Facebook account. That changes with Messenger Rooms.
It seems that Facebook has decided, even in the middle of the pandemic, to 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, since they can now receive a link to the "Room" you have created. With one click they can then join the conversation, as with zoom. Messenger Rooms also have 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 also promises (!!) that it doesn't monitor or listen to your audio or video calls.
Messenger Rooms launches "in some countries" this week and will expand worldwide "in the coming weeks".