Latest News Facebook Announcement

Latest News Facebook Announcement: Mark Zuckerberg promised "something amazing" for Wednesday's conference. What Facebook delivered is a trio of fresh chat features, admitting the before reported Skype-video chat integration. The new features admit a redesigned chat interface, group chats, and the aforementioned video chat, all explained on Facebook's blog. The group chat feature will let users chat with multiple friends at once by choosing "Add Friends to Chat." According to Facebook, fifty percent of users are using the Groups feature, for things wish co-ordinating events. Users can add friends that are not internet at the time, and those friends will receive a summary of the chat after. The feature rolls out today. The chat redesign takes into account the size of a user's browser window and adjusts accordingly. Zuckerberg noted that users have found it hard to begin chats with the previous design. A new sidebar appears when the window is large enough and lists your most-messaged friends, even ones who are not online. A simplified chat tab will give users "one-click access" to chatting with friends. The fresh chat design will also roll out nowadays. Video chat, which the company collaborated on with Skype, lets users click a video call button at the top of their chat window in order to begin the call. Users can also leave video messages for people who aren't there. Once a user clicks the video chat feature, a plug-in is downloaded to enable the call in "10 to 20 seconds." The feature will roll out to everybody in the next few weeks, though users can get on earlier if they are eager by going to Facebook.com/videocalling. It's not yet available on the mobile app. We have a very longstanding relationship with Microsoft," said Zuckerberg, who noted that Facebook had really been working with Skype prior to Microsoft's acquisition. Zuckerberg also revealed that Facebook has hit 750 million global users, with 4 billion pieces of info shared every day.Latest News Facebook Announcement