Facebook Messenger’s video calling feature is now available worldwide

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Facebook has announced that video calling on its Messenger app is now available worldwide, with the exception of a few countries where it is working to improve the quality.

Last month, Facebook added the service to Messenger in 18 countries including the UK, US, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal and Uruguay.

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This is one of a number of updates that the social network has made to Messenger. It recently introduced the ability tosend and receive money through the app, and launched a platform for developers to build apps on.

➤ Video Calling via Facebook Messenger Available Worldwide [Social Times]