By Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Facebook is preparing to broadly launch a free videoconferencing product called Messenger Rooms — which will allow people to connect whether they use one of the social giant’s apps or not, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday.
The new videoconferencing feature is similar to Zoom and group video-chat app Houseparty, both of which have seen usage boom during the coronavirus crisis.
Facebook’s Messenger Rooms will allow users to host videoconferences, with no time limit, for up to 50 people (whereas Messenger previously was limited to a maximum of eight users). “Video presence isn’t just about calling someone,” Zuckerberg said in a live-stream on Facebook. “We’re going to start to see this theme of having
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