When Facebook introduced Messenger Rooms in April, you didn't need to have Messenger installed on your phone to start video calling your friends and family. The company made it so that you could join ...

When it comes to keeping in touch with family and friends remotely, face-to-face conversations are essential. A host of new video chatting apps have popped up to fill the need for virtual togetherness ...

Facebook's Rooms should now be a lot easier to use on smartphones. Credit: facebook Facebook's Messenger Rooms, a group chat feature that allows you to connect up to 50 people in a video call, got an ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook is taking on Zoom with a new video conference feature. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new video version of its messenger app on Friday. The feature will be ...

Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media companies including Facebook's parent company Meta, Twitter and TikTok. Before joining CNET, she worked for The Mercury News in ...

Facebook's Messenger Rooms could offer a Live Audio broadcast experience à la Clubhouse in the future. The New York Times reported back in February that the social network is working on its own ...

Nadeem Sarwar is a reporter at Screen Rant focused on TV and film news, covering casting updates, new trailers, and premiere schedules. Almost every social media service is doubling down on the ...

Facebook Live and Messenger Rooms are coming together to make it possible for 50-person group chats to be broadcast live. “Whether you’re hosting a book club with friends, interviewing a panel of ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...