Facebook is following Google's path and intends to get involved in several areas of the technology world. It started with the purchase of Instagram, there have been rumors of the possible purchase of the “famous” instant cross-platform communicator, the Whatsapp.
Now, news has worried the competition: sending voice messages in the application “Facebook Messenger".
Whoever uses this application, knows that it only allowed the sending of texts and images. Technically, you could already send any other type of file, with the option “send attachment”.
With this update, the message is recorded in real time and sent to our contact who can hear it even in the Web version of Facebook. These messages have the limit of 60 seconds, so they can get the idea of doing this from the head via Facebook Messenger.
The aim of the Zuckerberg is to make Facebook Messenger a strong competitor for other instant messengers We are talking about Skype, Viber, Tango and company. For this, Messenger, in addition to voice messages, will also provide the possibility of making VoIP calls, via Wi-Fi or 3G / 4G. Remember that this feature is already active in Canada.
For those who want to test the new functionality we leave below the download links.
Download
- App Store for iOS devices
- Google Play for devices with Android
Some images of the application in action:
[Via]: TechCrunch
