There has long
been rumours of a dedicated smartphone supposedly coming from Facebook
but away from handsets with a button that launches the social networking
site, nothing has so far appeared. That’s not to say the company is not
providing more ways for its users to communicate with each other
though, as today we can tell you that the Facebook Messenger for iOS app
is to get calling features in the UK.
Back in January we told you
that users in the US had been given the chance of making app based
calls to other Facebook users on their friends list, and now the feature
is about to hit users in the UK at some point today. The update is
currently rolling out to UK users with other regions of Europe also
expected to receive the update at some point.
Basically the app is still in testing so you may notice some small
bugs or other issues but allows users to make free Wi-Fi calls to other
Facebook contacts, and works without Skype. Another neat feature is that
even if the contact you are trying to connect with doesn’t have the
Facebook Messenger app, you can leave a voice message that they should
be able to collect via the standard site messaging system.
You can also use the features via a 3G connection so will be ideal
for users that have plenty of data in their monthly plans but not much
talk time. For those that have yet to download the Facebook Messenger
app can find it on the App Store here, and the feature should eventually reach Android and BlackBerry users as well.
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