2023-07-13 20:32:01
Facebook has announced adding new functions for its popular avatars. In addition to being able to use them as stickers in Facebook comments, in our Messenger conversations and in stories on Instagram, we can now use them in our video calls on Messenger. Whether on the iOS or Android application, we can use them to replace us in front of the camera if we don’t want to show our face.
Since Facebook changed its brand image by becoming Meta and emphasizing the metaverse, its popular avatars have notably been given a nice makeover.
We suspected then that the avatars of Meta, which can currently be used on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, would take up more and more space in the virtual universe of Mark Zuckerberg.
Indeed, in addition to being able to use them as comments and stickers in our stories, we can now actually make calls in real time with our avatar.
How to create and modify your avatar
What are real-time calls with avatars
Making Messenger video calls in real time with our avatars, what good is it?
You can read on facebook news site that this feature would be really handy if you get called and don’t feel like showing your face, or aren’t ready for the camera.
In truth, it is above all a really fun function, an additional option between camera off and camera on, which allows us to feel a little more present during a call.
In addition to our avatar, we can choose between a dog, a cat, a llama and an owl. These move their heads and mouths at the same time as us, a bit like Memojis on Apple.
How to make a Messenger video call with your avatar
Real-time calls with avatars are available via the Messenger app on both iOS and Android.
At the time of writing these lines, it is not possible to choose by default that each time we take a video call, our avatar is displayed. Instead, you have to activate the function manually every time.
It’s easy and quick to do, but if we don’t want the other person to see our face, we have to take it out of the frame, because it still requires some manipulation for our avatar to replace us.
After answering a video call on Messenger, you must:
Click on Avatar in the menu that appeared on the left side of the screen. At the bottom, select an effect between his avatar or the characters.
How to switch from his face to his avatar in a video call on Messenger.
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