Facebook celebrates the first anniversary of Instant Games on Messenger.
Messenger is Facebook's way to connect people in ways like text messages, image and video sharing, and more. And Instant Games, is a feature that allows users to play casual games, straight within its News Feed and Messenger app.
It initially had 20 games in 30 markets. Fast forward a year, there are 70 games with more than 100 developers from around the world.
To celebrate the anniversary, Facebook adds livestreaming option and video chat.
To get started, while playing a game, users just need to tap on the camera icon that is located at the upper-right corner of the game.
Then they can choose the audience they want to broadcast the stream to, and add a short description about it. Then, with a tap on the 'Start Live Video' button, the broadcast will be published on the users' Page or profile. The broadcast will be saved after it is complete, and just like any other Facebook posts, users can remove the video post at any time.
Initially the feature is tested with the game Words with Friends from Zynga. Users can add video filters, as well.
What's more, Facebook is also adding a handful of new games from some of the world’s most popular game franchises of all time