Facebook Video Calling Launched – Powered By Skype OBVA Virtual Assistants are excited to share the news of Facebook Video Calling, as announced by Mark Zuckerberg recently. This awesome feature was introduced just a week after Google +1 announced its Hangout feature which encourages to say, “I’m online and want to hangout !” , As most of the internet marketers predicted, Facebook launched its live chat with friends feature immediately after the Google+1 announcement.. This announcement was made by Mr. Zuckerberg live on Facebook Live page. Mashable was amongst the first who shared this news on its “Facebook Launches Skype-Powered Video Chat & More [VIDEO]” Facebook has come up with this feature in partnership with Skype which will help it building and rolling out the video chat service. Facebook’s video chat service would hook in to Facebook chat and allow in-browser Skype calls to other Facebook users. Sounds easy!
How to get started : With more than 750 million users excited to try out this new service, possibility of website conjunction is high. Thus, you may need to wait for a while before you actually make your first video calling from your Facebook profile. Just visit http://www.facebook.com/videocalling to get started. You have to do a onetime setup by clicking the set up button. Once you download the pop up file, you can get started right away video chatting.
Facebook respects privacy: 1. The calls are not recorded. 2. Only your Facebook friends can call you. And obviously, you have an option of ignoring calls. 3. Don’t want video calls? Just change the settings on your chat box. 4. Someone has too much free time to disturb you? Simply can block any contact from video calling you. www. obvainc.com
Why we may use Facebook Video Calling? 1. It lets us make video calls for free. 2. We can talk to our clients on Facebook if they are not logged in on Skype. We can talk to our friends too! 3. An easy way to communicate with people who liked our Fanpage. 4. More personalization 5. We can use this mini Skype application even after closing our Facebook window. 6. It is less hassle than Google Hangout if we want to use for one-on-one chat. Very easy to set up.
Why we would prefer Google Hangout? 1. Perfect solution if I want to make a free group chat for upto 10 people. 2. Can watch group youtube/video too. We liked this feature very much. Are you in a fix which site to use for your video calls? ReadWriteWeb’s “Why Fype When You Can Hangout? Why Google Hangouts Are Better Than Facebook Skype” is an interesting comparative blog post which might help you get a deeper understanding on this. We at OBVA use Skype for video calling and conference calls for inter-team and client calls. Facebook video calling may not be useful for professional calls because there are more chances of disturbance from your other contacts during the call. We will try out Google Hangout to check the video/Youtube shared screening feature. This feature can be used for business purpose if you want to give a recorded training to your virtual assistant or share some presentations with your clients. Skype has gained a reputation as a dependable communication tool over the years. It may take some time for the new entrants to take its market share when it comes to video calling. “We do not work for your competitors”
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