Facebook has introduced new features to make your video chat more exciting. These exciting new features—like animated reactions, filters, masks and effects, and the ability to take screenshots— are available for one-on-one and group video chats.
You can now share your emotions with a reaction, add a filter to feel like your best self, make someone laugh with a bear mask, and even take pictures of your time together.
Video reactions
You can choose any one of the five Messenger emoji icons to amplify your emotions and express love, laughter, surprise, sadness or anger. These reactions will animate onto the screen and then disappear, so you can express yourself in the moment.
To keep the fun alive, most reactions have different versions depending on whether your face is on or off the screen. Tap the love reaction (like when you’re in a group video chat with your three best friends and someone shares amazing news) when the camera is facing you and tap it again when the camera is facing outward to see the difference.
Video Filters
You can now choose from a variety of filters, ranging from subtle lighting tweaks to bold colour changes—like black and white, red, or yellow to express your current mood. You can test the filter on yourself before letting others see it so as to avoid any embarrassment.
More Masks
You now have more masks to choose from. Facebook has also added animated effects, like falling hearts and twinkling stars, to give your video chats expressive flair.
FOMO! Save and send pictures of your video chats
People like to take screenshots of their video chats and share them with friends—whether that’s one-on-one with your sibling or in a group with your best friends. Messenger video chat now has a new feature to easily capture and share your memories. Simply tap the camera icon to take a picture of your video chat to save it to your phone’s camera roll. From there, decide if you want to post it to your Messenger Day or other social media accounts. You can also send the picture to the person or group that you’re video chatting with. So, throw on a love reaction, black and white filter, or flower crown mask and snap a pic with your friends and family.
