Facebook Messenger App: Facebook Getting Serious About Voice

Facebook Inc (FB)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:

Facebook also recently opened up its Messenger app to people who don’t even have a Facebook account–all the better to add new users quickly in emerging markets where Facebook is seeking to grow quickly and add SMS functionality. SMS is a major sector that many are going after, seeking to be the next generation of mobile communications. Facebook also recently launched Poke, a SnapChat competitor that lets users send photos, videos or text messages that disappear after several seconds.

Even though the ability to make free voice calls is only available to iPhone users in Canada at the present time, it is safe to say that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has intentions on expanding to other areas of the world at some point in the near future.

Are you currently using the Facebook Messenger app? Will new voice features bring you to use the app more often?

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