Facebook Messenger lets users make group calls with up to 50 people

Facebook has announced a group-calling feature for its Messenger app, letting users dial up to 50 friends concurrently over the internet.


The feature is coming to iOS and Android over the next 24 hours, The Verge reports, citing Messenger chief David Marcus.


Messenger, with more than 900 million monthly active users, is fast becoming one of Facebook's most successful products ever. To capitalize on its huge audience, the company has been adding new features left and right. Those include a Venmo-like payment feature last year, fun mini games like basketball and chess, and the recent addition of artificial intelligence-powered bots.