Facebook Event to Launch In-Browser Video Chat Powered by Skype?

Facebook will reportedly launch an in-browser video chat service powered by Skype at an event scheduled for next Wednesday, according to TechCrunch sources.

Next week, says a source with knowledge of the partnership, Facebook will launch a new video chat product, powered by Skype, that works in browser. Suddenly those chat icons in the invitation have a lot more meaning.

The product has been built on Skype and will include a desktop component. It's not clear to me whether that means it will just work if a user has Skype already installed on the computer, or if additional software will need to be downloaded even if the user already uses Skype. But it's clear that there's very deep integration between the products, and from the user's perspective, the product will be an in browser experience.


TechCrunch has recently broke several other stories regarding Facebook including a new mobile platform for iOS devices called 'Spartan' and new photo sharing app for iPhone.

It's unclear whether Facebook plans to bring this video chat service to their upcoming iPad application.

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