Facebook unveiled two new features today, Skype-powered video calls and group chats. Facebook software engineer Philip Su says that the “video calling feature would be built into Facebook for every user over the next few weeks, but users looking to start today can do so via the software update download.” Videos after the break.

“Multi-person chat,” as Su called it in his post, has been one of Facebook’s most requested features. “Now when your friends can’t figure out what movie to see, you can just add them to a chat and decide together,” Su said. “To include more friends in your conversation, simply select Add Friends to Chat.”

[via LAtimes]

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