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Facebook allows users to watch videos together online

- Facebook Inc said on Monday that its users will now be able to watch videos with their friends online using the social media companys Messenger app, enabling them to see reactions in real time.

The Watch Together feature will allow a user to add up to eight people through a video call and up to 50 people through its videoconferencing tool Messenger Rooms.

The company launched the tool in July as it looks to take on Zoom Video communications inc that became a household name driven by the coronavirus-driven boom in demand for its platform.

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