Why doesn't the call button ring in the messenger? Facebook Live Video Call and Broadcast

In the century modern technologies It is very, very simple to contact your friend, who is, say, thousands of kilometers away from you. To do this, there are many applications for smartphones and services for personal computers... But in some cases it is much more convenient to make a video call on Facebook, because you don't even have to install additional programs.

How it works?

A video call is a conversation with a friend online using a webcam. To make a call on Facebook, you only need a valid social media account and a device with built-in or plug-in webcam. If necessary, the video can be turned off, leaving only the possibility of voice communication.

The main convenience of Facebook video chat is that you don't need to install any plugins or programs. The main thing is that the Internet connection is stable, and the webcam and microphone function without interruptions.

How to start?

Actually, the video call itself will not cause any difficulties. It can be launched in a matter of seconds. We do the following:

Everything. The video call went! Now you can chat for hours with your Facebook friends in real time. An excellent alternative to Facetime and Skype!

Helpful information

If you have already tried to make a video call on Facebook, then you probably appreciated the quality of the broadcasts. Naturally, a lot depends on the speed of the Internet connection for you and your interlocutor, as well as the quality of devices for transmitting video and audio messages. For a high-quality video chat, the following conditions are required:

• Internet connection with a speed of at least 150 kbps;
• current versions Google web browsers Chrome, Opera or Mozilla Firefox;
• working webcam with high resolution;
• stable work of the computer.

Video calls may be slow or interrupted due to poor computer performance. In these cases, unplug USB devices, suspend other programs and download files.

And a few more interesting facts about facebook video calls:

• no video chat is recorded by the system, so you cannot add a conversation to the archive;
• at the same time, you can communicate via a webcam with only one user of the social network;
• in the absence of a webcam, you can still make a video call, but your friends can only hear you.

Equipping Facebook messenger with video chat function, guide social network made life much easier for many users. Now you don't have to create an account in separate video services. You can directly chat with your friends directly through FB.

Let's consider 2 options for video communication on Facebook: this is a video call to a friend, as well as our own video broadcasts, which can be organized for all users or for a limited number of people.

However, first things first.

Facebook video call

You can make a video call to the person who is your Facebook friend. Both interlocutors must have a camera and microphone for a video call. The camera can be turned off if the internet speed is low or the internet traffic is limited. You can turn off the sound if necessary.

The video call is not recorded, but the date and time of the video call is saved in the chat history.

In order to make a video call, you first need to find the person you want to call. In the lower right corner of Facebook, you need to open a chat:

Rice. 1 Facebook Chat

If in the "Chat" tab, click on the gear icon (1 in Fig. 2), then the chat settings will open:

2 in Fig. 2 - if you uncheck the box, sound notifications about incoming messages will be disabled.

3 in Fig. 2 - if you check the box, the chat will be turned off.

Rice. 3 For a video conversation, click on the video call icon

In the chat window, you need to find a friend and click on the camera icon (1 in Fig. 3). If the camera icon in the chat window with a friend is gray, it means that the friend cannot receive a call at the moment.

Facebook Live Streams

Facebook decided to remove restrictions on the use of its own video communication service, and now account holders of this social network who have iPhones (hereinafter also smartphones on Android) can freely communicate with each other. On March 6, Mark Zuckerberg shared such good news from his public Facebook account.

“It's like you have a TV camera in your pocket all the time. Anyone with a phone can stream videos to anyone around the world. Video streaming allows communication to be made more personal, ”Zuckerberg said.

Video service for communication Facebook Live conditionally began work at the end of summer 2015, but its functions were available only to a select user elite: online meme persons, movie and TV stars, successful representatives of show business and other celebrities.

The service was available as special options mobile program"Mentions" for communication of celebrities (from the English celebrity - "celebrity") with their fans in a pub format. Within the framework of this application, the general public could only look at their favorites through subscriptions to their news feeds and ask them written questions.

Now Facebook Live has become a full-featured service with capabilities for video communication, creating and sharing videos, selecting friend groups, as well as adding animated emoticons to videos, applying graphic filters and other options.

By the way, the Facebook corporation in early March of this year offered the same celebrities with whom it all began monetary rewards for video broadcasts through new service... It is planned to connect at least a hundred famous people to such an advertising move.

Similar "Facebook Live" video services have previously been implemented in Skype and Periscope (Twitter). Facebook probably doesn't want to lag behind them in this regard.

How to start broadcasting Facebook Live

To connect live video broadcasting, you need to do the following steps:

Facebook has set a half-hour limit for one single broadcast, which, after the broadcast ends, will be available among everything else in the Chronicle.

There is an opportunity to ban unwanted viewers (tap on the avatar and the "Block" button). In the case of "atonement" of the user you banned, you can restore access to your video masterpieces.

Facebook Live developers have an ambitious goal of making this service the best among competitors. Time will tell what will come of this, but for now you can use the new features of the social network.

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Especially active and sociable users may be interested in how to make calls on Facebook Messenger.

How to make calls on Facebook Messenger

Indeed, both computer and mobile versions Facebook Messenger allows the user to make voice calls. Moreover, free of charge - if we are talking about a call to another user of the messenger. You can also make video calls.

Making a call is extremely simple:

• first you need to download the messenger and log into your account;
• then select the user you want to call from the list of contacts;
• and press the on-screen button in the form of a handset;
• if you want to make a video call, you will need to press the button with the video camera.

Some experts point out that such an opportunity will allow Facebook Messenger to catch up in the mobile messenger market. After all, many programs of a similar purpose have added calls to the list of their services. Even the well-known Vatsap did it, whose users previously boasted precisely that they did not need to spend extra traffic on calls.

If the user still does not have a call button in the interface, then most likely he is using an outdated Facebook Messenger build. In this case, you should update the application to the most recent version.

It remains only to note that, unfortunately, not all countries can be called. Providers of some states artificially limit this possibility for one reason or another.