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Instagram has recently revealed that it has now began the roll out its video calling feature to mobile users who own Android or iOS powered devices. This new video calling feature allows for a maximum of four Instagram users to join a four way video chat made possible through the use of Instagram Direct.
As early as March of this year, there was already speculation that Instagram would introduce a video calling functionality. By the time May came, the social media giant officially confirmed during this year’s F8 Conference that the feature is indeed coming. Fast forwarding about a month later, the video chat is now being deployed to Android and iOS handsets.
Instagram appears to be in a roll recently. Less than a week ago, it had announced that it had breached the 1 billion mark in terms of monthly active users. It also took the opportunity to introduce its new IGTV video uploading feature just a few days ago. With IGTV, its users can now upload video content up to an hour in length.
And signs indicate that Instagram’s brand is as popular as ever. As reported by TechCrunch, estimates by SimilarWeb suggest that the average mobile user based in the United States spends around 55 minutes every day engaged with the Instagram mobile app. Now compare that to September of last year when the average was just 29 minutes per day. And it seems that Instagram’s value is continuing to reach new heights, with an analyst from Bloomberg stating that Instagram’s value is now at a hundred billion dollars. Quite an impressive achievement, considering that back in 2012, Facebook had acquired Instagram for a relatively tame $1 billion.
Of course, having cool features definitely helps. And the new 4 way group video chat feature should inject a ton of fun into Instagramming. For one, the feature allows users to minimize the chat window and browse through the rest of Instagram’s interface without having to worry about the group video chat terminating. Because of this, friends can both video chat together and browse through their respective feeds talking about the latest posts from the favorite accounts they follow.
Sure, video chats are not for everybody, and for those who can do away with all that attention, they can just choose to mute the calls if they do not want to receive call invites from there on. Any user can call another they direct message just by tapping the video button in a chat. As expected, blocked users will not be able to call those who blocked them.
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