Facebook tries adding video and voice calls back into its main app: Details here.

Facebook will now let users make voice and video calls from the main app. The voice and video calling features were earlier moved to the Messenger app. Earlier, to make video and voice calls on Facebook, users had to exit the main app and move to the Messenger app. However, now Facebook had brought back the feature to its main app. Users in countries like the United States can now make video and voice calls directly from the main Facebook app.

A few years ago, users could send messages to other Facebook users through the social network’s main app. However, the company announced in 2014 that the Messenger platform would become a standalone app. At that time, Facebook claimed that Messenger needed to have its own app to gain even more features, and indeed, the Messenger app has grown significantly since then.

Facebook has been trying to tie together messaging across its suite of apps and first enabled it between Instagram and Messenger last September. The move enabled users of each service to find, message and hold video calls with contacts on the other without needing to download both apps.

Adding voice and video calls to the Facebook app makes about as much sense as spinning off Messenger in the first place. Yes, it means there’s one less app to switch between while you’re doing other things on your computer or phone, but it also means you’ll have to interact with (or at least see) Facebook on the way — something I’m not sure everyone is interested in doing.

Apart from this, Facebook is also planning to combined messaging services between Messenger and WhatsApp. Previously, Facebook rolled out combined messaging between Facebook and Instagram. Announcing the feature, Instagram head Adam Mosseri had said, “People are communicating in private spaces now more than ever. More than a billion people already use Messenger as a place to share, hang out and express themselves with family and friends. That’s why we’re connecting the Messenger and Instagram experience to bring some of the best Messenger features to Instagram so you have access to the best messaging experience, no matter which app you use. People on Instagram can decide whether to update immediately to this new experience.”