MANILA, Philippines – Slack announced Wendesday, December 14, it was bringing one-to-one and group video calling to its real-time team messaging service.

Video calling is an extension of its calling function. After clicking a phone icon to start a call, Slack users can tick a camera button within the window to enable video.

Slack added, “Anyone on your Slack team can call another person directly, and if you’re on one of Slack’s paid plans, your team can make group video calls with up to 15 people.”

The video calling feature will also allow for emojis to be used during calls.

Video calling will be made available on the latest Slack app versions on the Mac and Windows operating systems and Google Chrome over the next few days. Meanwhile, mobile app users can join ongoing video calls, but will be limited to sending and receiving audio for now. – Rappler.com