How To Make Free Video Calls On BBM App

BBM video call is now out of the Beta stage. This simply means anyone on android and iOS platform can now enjoy both voice and video call features with the BBM application. Here i have briefly written a simple guide on how to place a video call to any of your bbm contacts.


How To Make BBM Video Calls

1. Download the latest updated BBM app from google playstore (for android users) or from itune stores (for iOS users). Alternatively, Android users can download it from here and iOS users can download from here

2. Launch the updated BBM app on your device

3. Once you’re in BBM, find your contacts by clicking on CONTACTS tab or simply click on existing conversation.

4. Next, locate your contact

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5. Now, while you are on the contact Profile bar, confirm whether the person have set the video/voice call to ON (green). Video call is charged via your data or connected WiFi.

6. Finally, place the call.

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How To Make Video Calls With BBM App On Android And iOS Devices

As more social media platforms emerges, more features are been included and one of those new features is "Video calling". Am sure you are aware that Skype , hangout and Facebook Messenger currently offer this feature to its users around the globe and very soon it will be officially launched by on WhatsApp.

Before now, video calling feature on BlackBerry Messenger was made available to users in United States and Canada only in early May while it is in beta stage, but at the moment, Africans and some other parts of the world are now able to enjoy video calling via BBM on their Android, iPhone and iPad devices.

Yes it's true that Blackberry discontinued production of new devices on the blackberry OS but they are not thinking of allowing BBM go into extinction soon

Requirements For Using BBM Video Calls
=> Your Android device must be running on android OS 4.4 (KitKat) or higher
=> Your iPhone or iPad device must be running on iOS 8 version or higher
=> Upgrade or download the latest BBM version from Google play store or iTunes respectively
=> You must have an active data subscription (the calls uses data not Airtime)

Once the above minimum requirements are met, then follow the simple guide below to make video calls on BBM

How Can Use Video Calling On BBM With Android Or iOS Device
1. Launch your BBM application
2. Tap the icon to initiate a call with one of your BBM contacts
3. BBM will ask whether you want to make a voice call or try a video call with the beta feature (provided your contact is also eligible to participate)
4. Select to try a video call
It will be activated as long as the contact on the other end is also using the latest version of BBM.

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It is as simple as that. So even if BB devices seize to exist, you can still rocking BBM and the new calling features. Remember that BB10 users has been enjoying this feature for sometimes now but the good news is that android and iPhone users are now eligible to enjoy it also. Still waiting for WhatsApp to fully activate theirs.

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BBM Video Chat Comes Live On Android Devices

Finally, the much anticipated video chat feature on BBM is now available and its now being rolled out on android devices.

Whatsapp is still delaying in bringing this video call features for its users as am still expecting to see it on whatsapp. Though it is on their plan but only time will tell when it will be available.

With this feature, BBM users will now be able to make video calls via the application just as it is done on Skype and IMO chatting application.

At the moment, it is only available for android users (mainly UK and USA) that updated their BBM application from 30th April, 2016. The update will continue rolling out and spreading to other regions from now while iOS users are told to exercise a bit of patients before this BBM will be rolled out for them.

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In other words, to enjoy this new video call on your BBM, kindly update your BBM app to the latest version.

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10 New Amazing Things You Can Now Do On BBM Without Paying A Dime

The battle for supremacy between BBM and other chatting apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger is getting more fierce and interesting as each of them are including new features in a bid to outclass the others.

Few weeks ago, WhatsApp introduced the new feature that allows its users to send documents 📄 like pdf files 📁 to other WhatsApp users as long as they have the updated version. Apart from that, WhatsApp is currently working on activating video 📹 calls on the platform.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), in a bid to still remain significant even after Facebook and WhatsApp decided to ignore BlackBerry devices, have brought in new features and made most of the premium features which were before now, paid or subscribed for free of charge.

I will list 📃 the new features that are currently free on BBM chat.

NEW BBM FEATURES THAT ARE NOW FREE WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTION
1. You can now recover or retract any message or picture you send to someone by mistake. This means you can take the picture back from the recipients phone.

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2. You can now control the extent your contacts can view your shared messages and pictures.

3. Forwarding of messages from one user to the other is enabled and made easier

4. You now have the option to mute notifications for a multi-person chat when you are using Android device.

5. Ability to scroll all photos shared within a one-on-one or multi-person chat on Android.

6. You can decide and select if you want photos taken within BBM chats to be stored on your device.

7. iPhone and iPad users 👥 can now share larger pictures and Videos on BBM

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8. You can now delete, retract, or forward your messages at once on iOS devices

9. You can now easily retract and edit messages on BlackBerry 10 group chats

10. On BlackBerry 10 devices only, you can now retract all sent messages at once from the recipients.

Before now, majority of this premium features were paid for via subscription but now blackberry made them totally free for its users.

Are you still using BBM? Between Whatsapp and BBM, which one do you prefer?

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