Facebook has started rolling out a VoIP service within its Messenger app. VoIP (Voice over IP) means 'speech over a data network', or in other words; calling via an internet connection. Since the day before yesterday, this service has also been integrated in the Facebook Messenger app in the Netherlands, for both iOS and Android. This means that you can now call your friends for free via Facebook.
VoIP via Facebook
Ideal; free calling with your Facebook friends with one click! france mobile phone number list The Facebook service works just like Skype via the internet. The functionality is ideal for private use. If you are backpacking through Asia, you will never have to open Skype and Facebook at the same time. Just start your Facebook Messenger and you can call all your friends and family back home. In the meantime, also post a message on your 'wall' and everyone is up-to-date. All at once, via Facebook.
. At home from the couch you call your friends with the Facebook Messenger app to arrange where to eat. This way you save minutes from your bundle, so that you can later call your smartphone-less friends (they apparently still exist). The app can be used via WiFi. If you are not at home and do not have a WiFi network, the app uses data from your internet (bundle). One condition is that you must have a good 3G connection.
Always available
The chance that your friends will answer your call via Facebook's service is greater than with Skype. Smartphone users check Facebook an average of 14 times a day , which significantly increases the chance that someone 'answers'. In addition, Skype users call an average of 3.33 minutes a day, while Facebook users are on Facebook for 32.5 minutes a day . This figure excludes the smartphone user who constantly has Facebook Messenger open.