How to Share Your Screen on Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger now lets you post other open apps, browser tabs, photos, videos, and more during video calls. And even better, you don’t have to wait for it to hit your preferred platform: the new screen sharing feature is now available for Android, iOS and desktop versions of Messenger, Messenger Rooms, Workplace Rooms, and any other Facebook app. where you can make a video call.
Naturally, this feature works slightly differently depending on your device. Desktop users can choose to share specific apps, browser windows, or their entire desktop, while mobile devices broadcast whatever is currently open on their screens.
The number of participants is limited depending on which service you use. Regular Messenger calls will allow you to broadcast your screen with eight other people in a single call, while Messenger Rooms currently allows 16 people in screen sharing sessions. Facebook plans to increase that limit from 16 to 50 in the coming weeks and will add additional controls for messaging rooms so that whoever created the call can set limits on who can share their screen.
For now, however, all call participants can show their screen at any time during a call.
How to share your screen during a Facebook video call
Screen sharing is only available in the latest version of the various Facebook Messenger apps, so make sure your apps have been updated before trying. (Desktop users don’t need to do anything.) In addition, all devices in a call must support screen sharing in order to use it.
With these requirements in mind, here’s how to share your screen during a Facebook video call on mobile and desktop:
On the desktop (via a web browser)
- Open Messenger.com , Facebook.com , Messenger Rooms, or Workplace Rooms .
- Start a video call or create a new room.
- Click Share Screen in the bottom menu.
- Select Full Screen, Application Window, or Browser Tab.
- After starting screen sharing, you can keep the call in the background and click on shared tabs / apps if you like.
- Click Stop at the top of the call window to end screen sharing at any time.
On mobile
- Open the Facebook Messenger app (or one of the other supported Facebook apps).
- Start a video call.
- During a call, swipe up to expand the options bar.
- Tap Share Your Screen, then Start Sharing , and finally Start Broadcast.
- After you start screen sharing, you can go to other apps while the video call is running in the background.
- Return to the video call to stop screen sharing.