Start a Group Video Chat in Facebook Messenger on Android

This article teaches you how to start a group video chat with a new or existing Facebook Messenger group on your Android.

Steps

Open Facebook Messenger. It’s a blue chat bubble icon with a white lightning bolt inside. You’ll usually find it on your home screen or in the app drawer.
Select a group. If you don’t see the group in which you want to start the video chat, search for it by typing its name (or the name of one of the other members) into the search bar at the top of the screen.
Tap the video icon. It’s near the top-right corner of the screen. Members of the chat will be notified that a video call has begun, and they can join whenever they’d like.
- If a video chat has more than 6 active members joined in, all participants will only be able to see the person who started the chat. Similarly, the person who started the chat will become the only one who can end the call.
- To disconnect the video call, tap the red phone icon at the bottom of the screen.

Open Facebook Messenger. It’s a blue chat bubble icon with a white lightning bolt inside. You’ll usually find it on your home screen or in the app drawer.
Tap the contacts icon. It’s the two overlapping silhouettes of heads and shoulders at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the new group icon. It’s a round blue button at the bottom-right corner of your contacts list, containing two overlapping silhouettes and a plus (+) symbol.
Type a name for the group. This name should go in the box at the top of the screen labeled “Name.”
- If you want, you can also give the group its own avatar. Tap the gray camera icon next to the group’s new name, then select an image that represents the group.
Select friends to add to the group. Tap a friend’s name to select them. A check mark will appear to the right of each selected name.
Tap Create Group. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. You are now in the group chat.
Tap the video icon. It’s at the top-right corner of the group chat. This starts a video chat with the selected members. Each member of the group will be notified that they’ve been invited to a group chat. They’ll be able to join whenever they desire.
- If a video chat has more than 6 active members joined in, all participants will only be able to see the person who started the chat. Similarly, the person who started the chat will become the only one who can end the call.
- To disconnect the video call, tap the red phone icon at the bottom of the screen.