Video conferencing services have exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. With everyone working from home, Zoom has risen to the top and all his rivals have rushed to the scene instantly. Facebook announced Messenger Rooms in May earlier this year. They can serve up to 50 users at a time and have no time limits or restrictions.
At that time, the social networking giant also announced that it would integrate Messenger Rooms into WhatsApp and Instagram. The integration is already rolling out in the WhatsApp beta and Instagram apps on mobile. But today is Facebook rolling Messenger Rooms integration via WhatsApp Web and Desktop apps.
You can now click a button in the WhatsApp Web interface to create your Messenger Room. But ultimately you have to go to Facebook’s website to complete the setup process. It’ll save you the trouble of a few extra clicks, that’s all. If you want to learn how to create a Messenger Room on WhatsApp Web, read on:
How to Create Messenger Rooms on WhatsApp Web
Before following the steps below, make sure your WhatsApp Web is up to date and running the latest version #2.2031.4. You can refresh the page to update your web version. If you haven’t refreshed the page for a long time, you may see a notification about it. Now, follow the steps below:
1. Open WhatsApp Web (or desktop app) and click on the ‘three dots’ icon in the top left.
2. A new one ‘Create Room’ optionIt is located between the ‘New Group’ and ‘Profile’ options.
3. Also a new ‘Room’ icon under the attachment section in both group and individual chats.
4. You can click either option in Step (2) or Step (3) to see the ‘Continue in Messenger’ pop-up window.
5. Yes, you will be redirected to Facebook Messenger to complete the room setup. If you don’t know yet, WhatsApp offers a quick shortcut to Messenger Rooms for users who only want to video or voice call a larger group of friends.
6. You will see ‘Create Room’. [Facebook name]’ option will prompt you for camera and microphone permissions when tapped. Your Messenger Room is now ready, share the invite link and enjoy meeting up to 50 users. If the invite link leaks out, we recommend going to ‘See all attendees’ and ‘Lock Room’ to prevent random people from bombarding your search with zoom.
If you are a group of more than 8 friends, now you can easily create a Messenger Room and enjoy video calling. Messenger Rooms comes integrated with in-app games, filters and various other features. You can read in detail here.
