Facebook has revolutionized the world of technology, and now it has wanted to venture into the world of group video calls, which is why it launched its Messenger Rooms application, which allows you to enter a video call room with 50 people.
At the same time, not only can you enter to pay your friends, but you can also make group video calls to them just like WhatsApp , for these reasons, today we are going to explain in more detail what it consists of, and how you can use it.
What is the Facebook Rooms Tool for – Know its Functions
Index( )
- How to enter a room on your Facebook?
- How to create your video conference room on Facebook?
- theme selection
- invitation to users
- Share room link
- What is the maximum number of people that can enter a room?
- What is a room that is created on Facebook for?
- meeting creation
- Alternative of other Applications
- make presentations
- What to do to share your screen in the Facebook room?
- How to delete the room created on your Facebook?
How to enter a room on your Facebook?
In order to enter a Facebook room, you must wait for the host or administrator of the room to send you a link, or invite you to the meeting to later be able to enter it, and enjoy the meeting.
How to create your video conference room on Facebook?
In order to create the Facebook video conference room, you have two options, one to do it directly from the Facebook website or the other to do it from its mobile application. Later located at the bottom where there is the option to publish a camera status where it says rooms (?), then you must follow the steps that we will describe below:
theme selection
After you have been in the rooms option, you can choose a specific theme, that is, place the theme of which room will be, in the option that says place a name.
invitation to users
After you choose the topic and the time who you want to start in said room, you must choose which are the people who can enter said meeting.
Share room link
When you already have the people who are going to participate in the room; You simply have to hit start room, and it will automatically start at the exact time you set it, but if you don’t want to schedule the meeting , you can do it right away, and the meeting will start, moreover, however.
It is also important to clarify that there are some settings, which are used to choose who can enter the room apart from the people you have already chosen.
To configure this, you go to the part where the (⚙) is, which is located at the top of the room options, then you go to settings and there you will find the options that you have to share your room.
On the other hand, just as in WhatsApp you can take a screenshot of your video calls; In this case, you can do the same with Messenger Rooms, so you can have evidence that you attended said meeting, or have a memory of your reunion with your friends.
What is the maximum number of people that can enter a room?
Just like the Zoom application, it allows you to hold rooms to teach , with a maximum capacity of 100 people, but if you add another 3 more people, the meeting will end in 40 minutes, if you have the basic plan, instead, in Messenger Romms, only 50 people are allowed to enter the room.
Apart from this, the difference between these two is that in Messenger Rooms, you do not need to have an account to be able to join it, since only with the meeting invitation link can you access it, from anywhere you are.
What is a room that is created on Facebook for?
The rooms created by Facebook are an imitation of Zoom rooms . Since Facebook has always wanted to be the first in everything related to connecting with people, that is why it is looking to imitate the big industries, that is why we are going to explain in detail what these rooms are for and how you can use them:
meeting creation
This Messenger Rooms function was created precisely for this to create meetings or video conferences , in which more than two or three people can meet to discuss a common topic, or simply meet to talk with friends.
Since we are going through a major global pandemic, we cannot all gather in the same room , this is a good alternative to meet everyone, and maintain biosecurity measures, against COVID-19.
Alternative of other Applications
Other alternatives apart from Messenger Rooms and Zoom, we can also find platforms such as Skype , which was the pioneer in this type of calls and which now allows you to create group video calls, we also have WhatsApp that allows us to create video calls with our friends that we have saved in the list of our contacts.
make presentations
Apart from what has already been mentioned, you can not only make a video call, to talk with your colleagues or have a meeting, it also allows you to make a presentation of your work or photos that you want to share with the people who participate in the room.
What to do to share your screen in the Facebook room?
In order to share your screen, to the people who connect to the virtual meeting, first, you must wait for the participants to enter the meeting , then you must slide the screen up and you will find in the last option where it says screen sharing; after that a notice will appear where.
Messenger notifies you that your phone screen will be shared with the other members of the meeting, which you will confirm that it is.
How to delete the room created on your Facebook?
When everyone has already disconnected from the room , and you are not inside it either, you can enter your Facebook profile again; and you are going to give him where the name of the room is.
Once you are there, Messenger will notify you that the participants will not be able to enter said room until you start the meeting again, above this notice, you will find several options that appear under your profile picture where it says end room, then you will click there , and in this way the room will be finished.
