Facebook introduces 'Messenger Rooms' to counter WFH app Zoom's popularity amid COVID-19

As World resorts to staying at home in battle against global COVID-19 crisis, people across world have resorted to Video Conferencing platforms to stay connected for personal or professional requirements. Amid Pandemic Zoom Video Conferencing App has emerged to be a popular medium which has recorded 300 million daily active users during pandemic. Observing surge in popularity of Zoom platform, Facebook has come up with a new video chat feature called 'Messenger Rooms' that will allow users to create joinable group video calls of up to 50 people without time limit.

new feature will allow host of room to have control over who joins. He will also be able to lock or unlock room and remove any participant at any time. 

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"We don’t view or listen to your calls, and person who creates room controls who can join, who sees room, and if room is locked or unlocked to new guests," Stan Chudvsky, Facebook’s vice president of Messenger said in a statement.

" room creator must be present in order for call to begin, and creator can remove guests at any time," statement added.

Zoom has been a widely used video conferencing platform; however  app's security protection has been in question recently which has also impacted consumers' confidence in service, reby prompting m to look for a viable alternative.

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Or alternatives

To seize opportunity, Google Meet has also rolled out an updated version of app competing with Zoom. In major feature upgrade, Google Meet has expanded tiled layout which w let 16 participants appear on screen simultaneously, which previously enabled only four people to feature on layout.  company has also indicated that more updates will be rolled out for larger meetings, better presentation layouts, and support across more devices.

Besides, re is a variety of or apps which can be a medium for conducting video calls. Microsoft Teams, Zoho Meeting, Signal, Skype Meet w are few of or apps which can be an alternative in ever-increasing demand of Video Conferencing platforms across globe.