Saturday, April 25, 2020

Facebook ROOMS

Yes, you read that right. Facebook now has ROOMS which will compete directly with ZOOM.


“Messenger’s goal was always to be the place where people can hang out with people who they love or who are close to them but who are not physically next to them. And that was something we were working on even before the pandemic started,” Chudnovsky said in an interview. “But when the pandemic started, obviously that mission of ours became only that much more important.”
 
 
Here's how it works: You can start and share Rooms on Facebook through the news feed, groups, and events. If your friends create Rooms that are open to you, you’ll see them at the top of your news feed. You can join from your phone or computer.
 
 
With the Messenger mobile app, you can use augmented reality effects like bunny ears or aliens, 360-degree and immersive backgrounds, and mood lighting.
 
The Rooms service is free and Facebook says it has no plans to place ads on it or to make money from it.
 
Facebook is also adding eight-person video calls to messaging app WhatsApp, as well as video-call functionality to Facebook Dating for 'virtual dates' (first names only).
 
Are you excited to try out ROOMS? Let me know in the comments down below.  

11 comments:

  1. Kudos to facebook for creating the services that make our life easier. See you in the Room soon. lol

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  2. It it great option, I am excited to try out the facebook rooms.

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  3. Yes I'm excited upon learning about the facebook rooms, it's good that there are a lot of options to hangout now via online.

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  4. I haven't tried zoom yet but if Facebook has a similar rooms then there won't be any need of me downloading zoom.

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  5. My granddaughter and I chat through facebook sometimes and play games :)

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  6. Thats where you find most of the gatherings nowadays. These link from FB to zoom is a great tandem. But Fb is launching also their own zoom like service for up to 50 participants.

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  7. I'm excited to check out Facebook rooms, as my job always includes online business meetings, so this will be a great help. Hope there are a variety of options in set up and presentation.

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  8. Room what a cozy name for an awesome app. It would be nice to enjoy it's full benefits.

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  9. I haven't seen the Facebook rooms service yet. I will have to check it out when I get the chance. That's great they are adding this service.

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  10. Facebook rooms sounds new for me and I'am so interested to check on this. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. This is another alternative. Been using Zoom for online meetings lately. Will look into it :)

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