Of all the tools we're using to survive this time of social isolation, none has seen more explosive growth than videoconferencing. Zoom, which had 10 million users last December, now has 300 million . Houseparty, which lately felt like a fad whose time had passed, added 50 million users in a month and became a top download on both Apple and Google's app stores. advertisement advertisement As for Facebook, it's seen video-call usage double in Messenger and WhatsApp in recent weeks. And now the company is introducing a service that's very much in the same ballpark as Zoom and Houseparty. Its name, Messenger Rooms—no relation to an earlier feature with the same moniker —suggests that it's part of Messenger . But it's really more of a full-fledged entity unto itself and will be reachable not only via Messenger but also through Facebook's feed and groups and (though not quite at launch) Instagram and WhatsApp. Accessible via the web, it won't require that users have Messenger installed—or even that they have an account with any of the company's services. previously available feature that lets you add a guest to your live stream. Instagram will allow for video watching and commenting from… Read full this story
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