Google+ Hangouts, on the other hand, is only open to a select few beta testers. When asked if group video chat capabilities is on the horizon, Zuckerberg said that he “wouldn’t rule anything out.” But he noted that today’s announcement is still significant since it’s immediately available to Facebook’s 750 million users. It was a “true partnership” between the companies, he said. Bates said that Skype has been working together with Facebook for the past six months on developing the feature. Skype CEO Tony Bates joined Zuckerberg on stage to discuss the new video chat partnership. When receiving a call, you will see a small notification with an audible ring that you can accept or dismiss easily. To send a video chat request, you simply need to hit a button on your friend’s profile. Zuckerberg says that the company spent a lot of time designing the video chat experience so that it wasn’t disruptive. So a few months ago, we started working with Skype to bring video calling to Facebook.” “Sometimes it’s too difficult to set up, or the friends you want to talk to are on different services.
“Video chat has been around for years now, but it’s still not an everyday activity for most people,” Facebook’s Philip Su wrote on the company’s blog today. It follows last week’s release of Google’s Hangouts group video chat feature in Google+, although at the moment it looks like Facebook’s video chat is only limited to two chat parties. The feature, which is launching today, will allow any Facebook member to video chat with their friends with the click of a button.
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