Users can now make calls to each other via the Facebook Messenger app anywhere they have a wi-fi or a cellular-data connection.
The feature could be a boon for heavy talkers as they would avoid carrier call charges.
Facebook said it was working on adding the feature to its Messenger app for Android and BlackBerry users.Within the app, all a person needs to do is open a conversation with a
partner, tap the “i” icon in the upper right hand corner and select
“Free Call”.
The calls, however, can only be made to another user who has
Messenger installed on their iPhone. Users can neither call a Facebook
friend who is logged in through the website or call a landline.
The latest mobile-to-mobile development was independent of the free
video-calling software Skype, which was already integrated into
Facebook’s website, a spokesman said. The Messenger app is limited to
voice calling.
The official said Facebook was expected to roll out the feature in
its Messenger app for other operating systems and expand it overseas.
On Tuesday last week, Facebook unveiled a smart search engine – called Graph
Search – that allows users to make “natural” searches of content shared
by their friends. Well... you will have to wait a little longer for it if you are not in the US at the moment.bbc
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