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Full guide of Facebook Voice and Video calling

Full guide of Facebook Voice and Video calling

Technical SEO Services688 22-Nov-2019

Facebook is adding new features for the users day by day. Recently, they introduced their calling service for their users which includes voice and video calls. It was originally developed in 2008 with the name of Facebook Chat. The company improved its messaging service in 2010, and after that released separate iOS and Android apps in August 2011 and individual Facebook Portal hardware for Messenger-based calling in 2018.

 Users will send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers, audio, and files, also as react to other users' messages and interact with bots. The service additionally supports voice and video calling.

You may be aware if you are one of the millions of Facebook messenger users that how to make calls on Facebook messenger to fellow users. Either it may be video calls or audio calls. This means that you and your friend can see each other using a webcam or a mobile camera. Facebook allows you to make free video and audio calls from their website and app, or also from the Facebook Portal device. So it means that you will be able to make free internet calls with your Facebook friends no matter where you are at. Click here to know about Facebook accounts.

Technically, the Facebook website and Facebook app for mobile do not support any calls even it may be audio or video. What you require is access to any Facebook's desktop website or their messaging app called Messenger.

It works with Messenger.com at computers or you have to download it for your computers. Messenger app also another way to use for calling on mobiles or tablets, it can work for Windows Phone, Android, iOS, and BlackBerry. You do not need to download separate apps for audio and video calls because it used for both.

Guidelines to make video and audio calls using Facebook Messenger on computer

  1. Log into your Facebook page first then there is an icon of Messenger on the top of the page, click on it, then you will see a list of recent messages... 
  2. Click at “See all in Messenger” which will be shown at the bottom.
  3. Then find that friend on the left side of the window there is a “Search Messenger” box, who you want to chat. Type the name of the friend then a new message pane will open in the center of the page
  4. Start calling just click on the icon which will be shown on the top right-hand corner. If you want to make a video call then clicks on that icon which looks like a video camera and if you want to make an audio call then click on the phone icon which will be on the left side of a video camera. For video calling, you must have a webcam.

Guidelines to make Video and Audio calls using Facebook Messenger on Mobile/Tablet

  1. First, open your Facebook Messenger app.
  2. Select your contact for calling if it shows on screen If did not found then search on search option which shows on top of the screen.
  3. Tap the video camera icon for video calls or click on the mobile icon for audio calls which will be on the left side of the video camera icon.

When you make any Facebook audio call or Facebook video call from your mobile, it means you are using your mobile data plan, these minutes do not count against the voice minutes you are limited to by your mobile network company. It does not count against your mobile data usage if you are using WiFi for Facebook audio and video calls. Making voice and video calls with Facebook are simple since it works in nearly a similar method, no matter where you access Facebook, be it from your laptop or your phone or tablet.


Satya Prakash is the co-founder of technical seo services and head of digital marketing team at SWTPL, Interested to writing content and publish on different platforms.

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