Whether you’re on a PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, it’s possible to contact other users just about anywhere using Skype. Launched in 2003, Skype is now the world’s foremost online video conference application. smartphone owners made video calls from their devices in 2015, up from 33 percent in 2013.When it comes to programs for making a video call, most people automatically turn to Skype as the go-to solution. According to a recent Pew study, 47 percent of U.S. Facebook Messenger has also offered free video calls for some time, while younger messaging upstarts such as Janus Friis-backed Wire also offer it.īut for those who still use BBM and have friends on Android and iOS, it will no doubt be a welcome addition to BlackBerry’s messaging mix. But video calling feels like it’s perhaps coming a little late in the day - Skype has offered video calls on mobile for a while already and has recently expanded this offering to include group video calls.

The company has also recently ditched its $1 privacy and control subscription to make all features completely free. This is the latest in a line of moves by BlackBerry to increase the “stickiness” of BBM. So far, video calling has been limited to BBM on BlackBerry 10.

But BBM was opened up beyond its own mobile OS back in 2013, as it looked to capitalize on what was one of its most popular services. Once a major force in the mobile phone realm, BlackBerry has struggled in the hardware market for some time and has recently embraced Android - it launched its first Android phone and plans to launch others this year.

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