Facebook is preparing to support video chat based on Skype

Before the official announcement of closer collaboration between Skype and Facebook, there were rumors that the largest social network may appear video chat, which is built on the technology of Skype.Although these rumors are not confirmed, one of the developers of applications on Facebook claims that the code of social network were opened new lines of code that may be relevant to the particular implementation of video connection.

The source code is seen several variables related to Skype (SkypeID), and object VideoChat.It seems that probably now only be carried out tests of new features on a limited number of users.

Let us recall that the bilateral cooperation between Skype and Facebook will allow one side sending instant messages, voice messages and SMS, and – closer integration of Facebook with this messenger.The emergence of video calls will complement the current capabilities of Facebook and will extend the functionality of the new platform for messaging, released several weeks ago.

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