Facebook hopes to one day replace your phone service In its latest update, Facebook rolled out free VoIP voice calling to U.S. users of both Home and the Android Messenger app. With this feature, all iOS and Android users in the U.S. can Facedial their friends.
"Previously VoIP for Android was available in 23 other countries, but its roll out to the United States makes it 24. Facebook tells me the rollout will happen over the course of today, and doesn't require any formal app updates," Tech Crunch's Josh Constine reports.
To making a VoIP call in Messenger all you need to do is to click the 'I' icon on the profile of the person and then tap "free call". You can also start a call in Facebook Home from a Chat Head by clicking the three dots next to the contact's name, open the conversation in Messenger and then follow the steps above.
Making calls through the app does not consume your minutes, although it does use your data. Those on a limited data plan should connect through a Wi-Fi network.
Facebook initially began testing its open sourced version of VoIP with iOS users in Canada and the U.S. last January. The social networking giant has been slowly rolling it out to more and more countries.
