Facebook is bringing voice and video calls to its flagship social networking service, Bloomberg reports. The service started rolling out to selected users as a test from 23 August.
The social network previously tried adding communications to its platform, but decided instead to spin off Messenger as a separate app in 2014. The new feature is meant to reduce the need to move back and forth between Facebook’s main app and its Messenger service, said Connor Hayes, director of product management at Messenger.
The company has explored communication services on other platforms, such as its Portal smart displays, and has been working more on integrating its various services. Connor said "you’re going to start to see quite a bit more of this over time".
