Facebook Messenger App: Facebook Getting Serious About Voice

Facebook Messenger App: Have you enjoyed using Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Messenger app in the past? If so, you are really going to be excited about what the future holds.

In addition to the features you have grown to love for your iOS or Android device, the app is now turning its focus to voice calls and messages.

As reported by Forbes, the company is testing free voice calls via the Messenger app.

Facebook is also testing a new feature that enables free voice calls using the Messenger app–right now this only works in Canada and only on the iOS app. Using this new test, people can tap the “i” in the top right corner of the app and then tapp “Free Call.” This only works with the version of the app released today.

With this latest update, it is easy to see that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is truly interested in growing within the mobile communications space.

Rather than leave well enough alone and only allow users to send traditional messages, the company is look into its voice messaging options.

The Forbes article also goes on to explain that this is not the only recent change by the social networking giant: