Where do you spend most of your time, is it the Park, Stadium, Gym or your office ? Well, actually I know the answer. It is social networking sites. The social networking sites have grown pretty big. And why not, be it playing games, chatting with friends, checking out pictures, videos, sharing your feelings everything is done at these social networking sites. Three names in Social Networking are very very popular, "Google Plus/Circles", "Twitter" and "Facebook".
And Facebook is a clear winner among three. We all are used to likes, shares, chatting with friends on facebook. What about video and voice calling. We are still tied up with the old voip softwares like Skype, ooVoo and Tango for these activities. What if these can be integrated to your facebook account, which allows you to video chat with your facebook friends.
At the time we wrote this post (after Microsoft taking over Skype), Video chat on facebook was not available.
Updated Post
Turns out with the latest updates from Skype and Facebook, you can integrate these two. Its time we discuss all the aspects of Facebook and Skype Integration and see how you can actually place video calls with your facebook buddies.
This post is all about Facebook Video Calling (you are logged on to your Facebook account and making video calls from it). How about calling facebook friends while you are logged on to Skype.
- Checkout about calling Facebook Friends from Skype
This is as a result of integration of Skype with Facebook, that video calling on FB is available.
- Visit the above link
- Sign in to your account
- Click get started
Just click the call button at the top of your friend's profile or chat window — no need to launch new software. No answer? Leave a video message. See the image below.
- Making International Phone Calls directly from Facebook (using Skype Credit)
- Chatting with Skype Friends directly from your facebook account
And Facebook is a clear winner among three. We all are used to likes, shares, chatting with friends on facebook. What about video and voice calling. We are still tied up with the old voip softwares like Skype, ooVoo and Tango for these activities. What if these can be integrated to your facebook account, which allows you to video chat with your facebook friends.
At the time we wrote this post (after Microsoft taking over Skype), Video chat on facebook was not available.
Only time will tell if it is a rumor or will turn out to be a real thing! Few things are not clear, whether people will be asked to download skype client to enjoy video calls on facebook, or do we need to be Skype users to use this facebook video chat feature. These answers will get solved only with time. Technology is advancing at great pace and its all good for us.
Updated Post
Turns out with the latest updates from Skype and Facebook, you can integrate these two. Its time we discuss all the aspects of Facebook and Skype Integration and see how you can actually place video calls with your facebook buddies.
This post is all about Facebook Video Calling (you are logged on to your Facebook account and making video calls from it). How about calling facebook friends while you are logged on to Skype.
- Checkout about calling Facebook Friends from Skype
Facebook Video Calling
https://www.facebook.com/videocalling/This is as a result of integration of Skype with Facebook, that video calling on FB is available.
- Visit the above link
- Sign in to your account
- Click get started
Before you can call friends from Facebook, you need to
complete a quick, one-time setup. You'll be asked to complete the setup
the first time you try to call a friend, or the first time a friend
tries to call you.
To call a friend:
- Go to their timeline and click Call at the top.
- Click Set Up and follow the instructions for your browser.
- Once you’ve successfully completed the setup, the call you’ve started with your friend should connect automatically. If it doesn’t, you can call again.
Video Calling with other Friends on Facebook
Once the above setup is done.Just click the call button at the top of your friend's profile or chat window — no need to launch new software. No answer? Leave a video message. See the image below.
Receive Video Calls
Not only your friends on Facebook can video call you, but your skype buddies can also video call you on Facebook. That is even if you are not logged onto Skype, your friend on Skype can call you on facebook.Missing Things
- Calling Skype Contacts (not on facebook) directly from Facebook account- Making International Phone Calls directly from Facebook (using Skype Credit)
- Chatting with Skype Friends directly from your facebook account
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