Snapchat is launching group video chat, pitting them against Houseparty and Facebook Messenger.

Snapchat is launching group video chat, pitting them against Houseparty and Facebook Messenger. The new feature allows up to 16 people to simultaneously video chat and up to 32 people to voice chat. We noticed Houseparty as an up-and-coming app to keep an eye on, but this wouldn’t be the first time a larger player has pushed a smaller-scale competitor out. As for Facebook, it’s hard not to notice the timing of this debut (right when some are #Delet(ing)Facebook). (TechCrunch, Recode)