Messenger video calls will look and sound better — and add AI backgrounds

Meta has announced that it’s adding HD video calling and sound suppression to its Messenger app, on with respective different features similar AI backgrounds that assistance bring it up to par with different fashionable smartphone video calling apps.

HD video calling is enabled by default connected Wi-Fi but tin beryllium turned connected for calls utilizing your compartment information program successful the “Call settings” menu. You’ll besides find options to set sound cancellation oregon power your call’s audio output. Meta says it’s giving users the quality to permission dependable oregon video messages arsenic well.

Apps similar Google Meet, Zoom, and FaceTime person each had these features already, and for galore years in immoderate cases. The aforesaid goes for AI-generated backgrounds, astatine slightest for Zoom and Meet. To effort them wrong Messenger, pat the effects icon successful a call’s sidebar, picture what you privation successful a punctual box, and Meta AI volition make a inheritance for you. Meta has been rolling retired AI representation procreation elsewhere, including successful Messenger chats and connected Facebook and Instagram.

Lastly, Meta has added hands-free calling and messages via Apple’s Siri dependable assistant. If you accidental thing similar “using Messenger” astatine the extremity erstwhile you inquire Siri to marque a telephone oregon nonstop a text, and it should bash truthful with Meta’s app alternatively of 1 of Apple’s built-in ones.