Facebook Messenger is bringing selfie filters to real - time video chat .
On Monday , Facebook denote that its Messenger app will let usersconduct grouping video chatsin real time . The splitscreen video will support six callers at any given time , but up to 50 users can join the conversation via text edition and voice , with the “ rife speaker ” pop up on the video feed .
substance abuser on iOS will also be able to add 3D selfie filters — or “ Masks”—to amuse their friends , a characteristic that ’s been popular on Snapchat for quite some time . agree to Facebook , selfie filters will vagabond out to Android exploiter in the nigh future .
To start out a radical video New World chat , just tap the video icon in an existing conversation . All the participant will be notified to go on video and can link up in when they ’re quick . In increase , you could tot up new user to the conversation by pinging them flat .
Facebook says that 245 million hoi polloi apply Messenger every month to conduct picture call .
Why this matters : Mark Zuckerberg and co. have been on a roll this year , espouse popular feature from competition — mainly Snapchat — to desegregate into its Facebook apps . WhileInstagram get Storiesearlier this year , Facebook ’s flagship appintegrated “ Masks”into unrecorded video .
Now , it looks like Facebook Messenger is also get some of the Snapchat magic . Snapchat originally debut three-D selfie filters to great succeeder . Meanwhile , Snapchat has been slow to work new , groundbreaking features ( perhaps afraid that Facebook will just snatch them ) . Last week , Snapchat last allowed user to initiate group chats – the schoolbook kind , not video .
Facebook Messenger ’s group video schmooze feature also works on screen background , making it a new competitor to Google Hangouts .
