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Facebook plans Messenger for iPad, video calls for iPhone app

Facebook teased an iPad version of its iOS app, last June and the social network delivered on its promise, ...

May 03, 2012 / 15:45 IST

Facebook teased an iPad version of its iOS app, last June and the social network delivered on its promise, soon after in October. Then in August, last year, Facebook launched the Messenger app - the primary function of which is chat. The Messenger app was thought to be made in collaboration with Beluga, the messaging service that Facebook acquired and then later, shut down. The Messenger app for iPhone was then rumoured to support video calling as part of Facebook's relationship with Skype. The report says that Facebook and Skype were previously exploring their options of Facebook to Facebook video calling within Skype. Now, according to 9to5 Mac, the Facebook Messaging app for the iPhone is actively working on supporting video calling with Skype video chat support. The functionality will come to Android smartphones soon as well and both should be available at some point during summer. 

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first published: May 3, 2012 03:36 pm

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