Video conferencing services saw a massive boom during the COVID-19 pandemic. With everyone cooped up and working from home, Zoom skyrocketed to the top and all of its competitors flock to the scene in an instant. Facebook announced Messenger Rooms in May earlier this year. They can accommodate up to 50 users at a time and have no time limits or restrictions.
Before you follow the steps underneath, make sure your WhatsApp Web is up to date, running the latest version #2.2031.4. You can simply refresh the page to update your web release. You may see a notification for the same if you haven’t refreshed the page in a long while. Now, follow the steps underneath:
You will see a new ‘Create Room’ option, sandwiched between the ‘New Group’ and ‘Profile’ options.
You will see a ‘Create Room as [Facebook name]’ option, which on tapping will ask you for camera and microphone permissions. Your Messenger Room is now ready, just share the invite link, and enjoy a meeting with up to 50 users. We do suggest you head into the ‘See all participants’ section and ‘Lock Room’ to prevent random people zoom bombing your call – if the invite link leaks out.
