Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the 56th Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2020.
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Facebook announced a new feature on Thursday that will allow users to stream live video calls with up to 50 participants.
The feature allows users to stream video calls made using the company’s Messenger Rooms product, paired with its Facebook Live streaming product. This will allow large audiences to tune in and watch group video calls in real time. This could include events such as speaker panels, television show meetings, and networking events.
The ability to stream Messenger Rooms calls live is the biggest video call product update since it was released by Facebook in April.
When it launched, shares of rival video calling product Zoom fell as much as 5% on the news. The ability to stream Messenger Rooms calls live could pose another threat to Zoom, which allows paid users to stream video calls to services like Facebook, Google’s YouTube, and Amazon’s Twitch.
Facebook announced Thursday a feature that allows users to stream live video calls made with the company’s Messenger Rooms product.
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Users who create a messaging room will be able to transmit the call from their profile, a Facebook page or a Facebook group. Those users will be able to control who participates in the calls and who can see the transmissions. Creators can add or remove participants, and can block calls to avoid zoombombing prank calls.
Whether you’re hosting a book club with friends, interviewing a panel of experts, teaching a fitness class, or broadcasting with your friends for fun, going live from a room makes it easier to have interactive broadcasts with audiences of any size. size, “the company said in announcing the new feature.
The feature will begin rolling out to users on Thursday, he said.
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