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Showing posts with label Call. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Facebook Launches Free Voice Call In Facebook Messenger

Facebook users in India can now make voice calls via Facebook Messenger. yes, Facebook launches beta tester version in India For Voice Call in Facebook Messenger.

Facebook first introduced the feature for iOS users in US and Canada in January 2013. It was extended to Android users in April 2013.
      "I tested this Feature it's delayed around 1to2 Seconds..(Negotiable)"





Facebook Mobile Infrastructure Team Engineer Luiz Scheidegger wrote in the blog post announcing Facebook Messenger for Android Beta Testers:
"Beginning today, the Facebook Messenger for Android beta program will give people who opt in access to the latest versions of Messenger for Android before the general release. As with the main Facebook application, our goals with this program are to expand our pool of testers and gain feedback across a more diverse set of devices. Simply by using the app and reporting issues, beta-testers will be able to help us improve performance and the overall experience on a wide variety of Android devices at scale.
The beta program will provide us with an early warning system that will help make everyone’s experience with the app better once we push it more broadly. Also, since Messenger is all about private sharing and small groups communication, the beta program will give us another channel to understand what kinds of sharing tools resonate with people using Messenger.
Anyone can join the beta program. When you do, you will get a small batch of fixes and new features every month. We ask that you use your app as you normally would, but submit a report when you encounter a bug or other issue. Because the beta build will have features that are still in progress, the app may be less stable than you’re accustomed to. Feedback on stability, as well as any other performance issues you experience, is important to this program and deeply appreciated."
  1. Join the Facebook Messenger for Android Beta Testers Google group.
  2. Allow beta downloads by clicking “Become a Tester” in the Google Play Store (you need to join the Google Group before becoming a tester).
  3. Download Facebook Messenger from the Play Store to update your app.
  4. Turn on automatic updates, as the beta version of Facebook Messenger for Android will be updated multiple times per week.
The Facebook for Android beta program has already helped us improve the quality and overall experience of the main Facebook app on Android. We’re excited to bring those improvements to Messenger, and to have people who use Messenger participate more in the process of building the best mobile-to-mobile messaging platform.


Monday, February 24, 2014

Whatsapp's Upcoming Killer Feature : "Voice Call"

Recently after being  Purchased by Facebook, WhatsApp will soon make its first change to its service by adding voice calls.
Jan Koum at MWC (24 Feb,2014)

Speaking at the Mobile World Congress(MWC) earlier today, WhatsApp’s founder and chief executive Jan Koum revealed that voice calling will be added in the second quarter of 2014, meaning it could arrive as early as April. Firstly they started this feature in Android and iOS then Windows and Blackberry.

"We are driven by the mission that people should be able to stay in touch anywhere and affordably. Our goal is to be on every mobile phone in the world," Koum said on Monday, speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Koum also revealed that the service now has 465 million monthly active users and 330 million daily users, and while Facebook is about sharing, he stressed that WhatsApp wanted to know “as little as possible” about its users , like a user’s name. He said that the app will continue to focus on simplicity and there are no plans to change the app.


The Guardian reports that WhatsApp's voice calling features will be free, though it's possible that this may only be for a limited time. Messaging is initially free within the app, but eventually requires a $0.99 per year subscription. It's likely that voice services will fall under this too, while breaking it out as a second offering could even provide an additional revenue stream. Though WhatsApp has never appeared eager to bother users with added costs like that on the path to big profits, it'll be interesting to see if that changes as a public company underneath Facebook.