The company believes that staying in touch with family and friends is important, even when there is social distancing and when you are stuck in lockdown. The study by NPE has shown that people tend to call often than video calls since they don’t know whether the other person is available to talk or it may be an inconvenient time to call. ‘CatchUp’ alleviates this issue and also makes it easy to group call with just one tap. ..
Facebook is Still Testing this App in US
The app is a great way to make group calls with up to 8 people. You can even talk to people one-to-one without having to merge them. The app is easy to use and makes it easy for you to add more contacts on a call.
Facebook has just launched this experimental app in the US only. It is still being tested and there is no guarantee that it will be used as an alternative for FaceTime Audio. Let us know in the Comments below if you think this app will be a better choice for using FaceTime over the current option, Skype.
Showing you who’s available to talk
In CatchUp, you can indicate that you are available to talk and call close friends and family members who are also available on the app.
Making group calls easy to create and join
CatchUp makes it simple to join or coordinate a group call so you can catch up with multiple people at once.
Facebook has announced a new avatar feature that will allow users to create custom avatars. The feature will be available starting on September 25th. Facebook also announced that it has bought GIPHY for $400 million. This will be part of Instagram. ..
