Telegram launches group video calls in beta phase
The new function of the application was recently launched and its users must add the tag '#vid' for its use, although it is not yet fully operational
The multi-user video calling feature has begun to reach the Telegram messaging application, for now in its beta phase, and allows you to add Live video feed to your existing group voice chats.
The new feature has been introduced in the latest beta of Telegram for Android, theversion 7.8.0, which was released late last week, although at the moment the function is not fully operational, as reported by GizChina.
Telegram group video calls are part of group voice chats of the application, and allows any of its members to start broadcasting a video signal, either from the mobile camera or the device screen.
To identify group voice chats with video calls, for now, the participants should add the tag ‘#vid’ to indicate that the chat can contain also video. However, at the moment the rest of the participants do not receive the video signal from others, according to GizChina.
Other updates coming to beta version 7.8.0 of Telegram for Android include animations when sending ‘stickers‘, the possibility of moving the search button to the top of the chats in the favorites section and the appearance of a list of active voice chats in the calls section.
Fuente: dpa
