The Bonfire app actually first became available in the Danish App Store some time in mid-August.
The existence of Facebook's
Bonfire app was first reported back in July.
Although Facebook's
Bonfire app basically copies the basics of Houseparty's capabilities, it does offer up other neat features.
The social network giant is said to be targeting a fall release, with
the Bonfire app already being demonstrated to Facebook's employees.
With the new
Bonfire app, it seems as though Facebook wants group video chats to be the next big thing.
The Bonfire app is seen as Facebook's preemptive strike at the Houseparty app, which the social network sees as a potential threat.
Not exact matches
Tentatively named
Bonfire, the competing
app should be released this fall by the tech giant.
There's no indication on if Facebook will roll
Bonfire out further — back in July, sources had said Facebook was taking a close look at multiple standalone video
apps, including Talk.
In July, The Verge learned that Facebook was testing a standalone group video chat
app called
Bonfire.
Look at its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, its extensive moves to kill Snapchat, and its in - progress cloning of Houseparty, a group messaging
app that informed Facebook's
Bonfire.
Well, according to the report on The Verge,
Bonfire is not the only video
app that Facebook is leaning its efforts towards.
Facebook has been quietly testing a new standalone group video chat
app, called
Bonfire, which allows up to eight friends to engage in conversation as well as use special effects, similar to those you
Bonfire is an
app for group video chat, which is programmed to be fast and has multiple effects and stick...
The
app, which has the working name
Bonfire, was recently demonstrated for employees.
Bonfire is a blatant clone of Houseparty, a teen - focused group video chat from the makers of the Meerkat livestreaming
app that received a recent $ 50 million funding round led by Sequoia.
Facebook has been quietly testing a new standalone group video chat
app, called
Bonfire, which allows up to eight friends to engage in conversation as well as use special effects, similar to those you'd find in
apps like Instagram and Snapchat.
Bonfire brings it to the forefront so you can quickly jump into a chat, but offers the Messenger integration so friends don't have to go through the chore of downloading a separate
app right away.
The
app is currently only available in Denmark and users can invite other people to join their
Bonfire chats through the Messenger
app.
Speaking of Messenger,
Bonfire can also work side - by - side with the Messenger
app.
Facebook has begun quietly testing its new group chat
app called
Bonfire.
Facebook's new group video chat
app is said to have the working name
Bonfire, according to The Verge, who broke the news yesterday.