On New Year 2021 Eve, people connect through social media apps like Whatsapp, Facebook, and Instagram due to the government’s coronavirus restrictions across the world.
On New Year’s eve, more than 1.4 billion Whatsapp calls were made. The Facebook messenger sees its biggest day ever for group video calls in the US.
More than 55 million live broadcasts were held live on Instagram, Facebook Live.
On New Year’s eve, more than 1.4 billion voice and video calls were made all over the world. It is stated by Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, that On Whatsapp, It was the most ever calls made in a single day.
Whatsapp noticed an increase of over 50 percent compared to the same day of last year, as stated by the Mark Zuckerberg-led company.
Whatsapp saw the record numbers, but Facebooks messenger also increased on New Year 2021 Eve.
In the US, New Year’s Eve 2020 was a massive day for Messenger group video calls, which included more than three people with almost two times more group video calls on NYE comparer to regular days, as told by Facebook.
All over the world, Facebook shared more than 55 million people did live broadcasts on the eve of New Year on Facebook live and Instagram Live.
Due to coronavirus, there had been an increase in the use of social apps.
People in 2020 are using technology to stay in touch with each other while maintaining social distance and stay at home mandates. Facebook said that video calling had been an in-demand feature.
The social media giant states that New Year Eve is usually a busy night, but some new records were being made on the last day of 2020.
In the upcoming future, In the beta version of Whatsapp, video calls and voice calls may be coming to the desktop version.