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 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. By giving his free service possibilities for unlimited calls, unlimited time and groups of 100 people, he "swept" all his rivals. 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 account στο Facebook. Αυτό αλλάζει με το 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 talks videos 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 a click they can then join the conversation, just like zooming. Messenger Rooms also have no time limit.
If you join a room through the Messenger Rooms app, then you can play in AR effects and new features like custom backgrounds and mood lighting. The creator of a room chooses who can see and join it, and can remove anyone at any time, as well as lock the room if they don't want anyone else to enter. And of course you can leave a room whenever you want. 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" in providing such encryption for video calling with large groups of people. However, Facebook says it is working hard in this direction for the future. Meanwhile, the contents of the room are encrypted between participants and Facebook servers. The company also promises (!!) that it does not monitor or listen to audio or video calls.
Messenger Rooms launches "in some countries" this week and will expand worldwide "in the coming weeks".
