Facebook is introducing AR Group Effects to Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms. New AR filters and effects can be applied to everyone on a video call at the same time using Group Effects. According to Facebook, Group Effects will be available on Instagram soon. Group Effects, according to Facebook, work for everyone on a video call and includes multiplayer gaming experiences to experiment with. To begin, Facebook Messenger will feature over 70 Group Effects.
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Facebook Messenger all-new AR Group Effects
Group Effects, a new tool for Facebook Messenger video calls and Messenger Rooms, is now available to all users worldwide. It could take some time for all users to get it. Start a video call or establish a room in the Facebook Messenger app to see if it has been enabled for you. When that’s done, click the smiley face to bring up the effects tray. Look for a Group Effects option and choose it to see all of the options that can be applied to all of the video call participants.
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As previously stated, Facebook Messenger users will get access to a library of over 70 Group Effects; which include activities such as making a hamburger, racing to a cute orange fox, and more. Facebook already has augmented reality effects for Stories and Reels; and it has now brought them to video calls and rooms as well. One of the new Group Effects is Ross Wakefield’s Blow the Dandelion, which provides a grassy beard to all participants on the video call.
Facebook Messenger and Instagram have just received new features such as cross-app group communication, new group typing indicators, and Instagram DM polls. People may establish group chats between their Instagram and Messenger friends with the cross-app group chat functionality; and users can see when multiple people are typing with the group typing indications.
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