http://chris.pirillo.com/facebook-skype-calling-vs-google-hangouts/ - In a highly anticipated announcement today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook is teaming up with Skype to introduce the ability for users to have video calls with each other. Unfortunately, this feature lacks some of the fundamental perks that makes Google+ Hangouts so interesting.

Jake Ludington, a member of the LockerGnome team, joined me for a quick test of this new feature. During the test we were almost immediately made aware of some flaws present in the service which Facebook will need to improve upon if they hope to make a strong case against Google+ Hangouts.

Overall, this new venture between Facebook and Skype doesn't seem as impressive as Google Hangouts, especially given the lack of group conferencing and virtually echoless audio. If this is Facebook's answer to Google+, I have a feeling they are facing a competitive and difficult road ahead.

What do you think of this new Facebook feature?

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