Facebook introduced video chats with the messenger app in 2015. However, Facebook only added group video chats last December. Finally, the social media platform decided to give video chats a boost. How exciting!

Animated emoji responses, one of the new tools that can be activated by tapping the “thumbs up” icon at the bottom of the messenger video screen. Users choose between  emojis to express their current feelings. Love, laughter, surprise, sadness and anger are the options. When the camera is facing users, they receive one variation, but when they are not on screen, an alternate response appears.

Mood filters, another tool that has been included in the messenger app since last year, will be extended with more visual options such as color filters. Those can be previewed so that users can check how they look like before applying their favorite ones.

More style video masks will be added as well. Those respond to movements of users. For example, users choose the star mask and move their fingers across the screen, the stars shift with their directions.

Screenshot moments, the last new tool which enables users to take selfies with a new camera icon added to the function bar.

Read more on Social Media Today.

This looks so fun! It is definitely Snapchat-inspired content and will increase engagement among users. Do you use Facebook’s video chat option in its messenger? Or are you going to try it very soon? Facebook will receive greater attention from users trough these new tools and visual effects since the social media platform is currently less popular for our generation, the Millennials. (ML, 9:38 PM)