ooVoo debuts group video chat on Android, desktop

December 15, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

There are plenty of options of which to choose if someone wants to video chat on their Android phone: Fring, Qik, Tango, or Yahoo lead the way in that regard. But if you want to video chat with multiple people, whether they’re also on their video-capable Android phone or desktop webcam, ooVoo looks like the way to go.

ooVoo Mobile has provided conference calls on Android for several months, but an updated application enables groups of up to six people to video chat. That’s something the one-to-one services cannot offer, and is naturally an advantage for ooVoo in the enterprise market. Another edge for ooVoo is that it has ties to the cloud, so server-side encoding helps ease some of the lag and stuttering that may appear in other video chat clients. (It’s still best to be on 4G or Wi-Fi, but 3G will work).

All of this comes at a price. While two-way video chat is free, the group video capabilities will cost anywhere from $9.95 to $39.95 depending on what level of service and features you request. This may not be ideal for end users but could be useful for remote workers looking to keep in touch from their mobiles.

Here’s a list of what users can do with ooVoo. Visit ooVoo.com for more information about the service. Download the app by scanning this QR code.

Up to 6 participants in a call
Import your contacts from IM, social network, email, or more
Record and send video messages
Alter your view in Full Screen Mode
Record and store audio and video calls
Text chat and share files instantly while on a call

video via GigaOM

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3 Comments

Allyson Campa said: On December 15, 2010

Andrew,

Kudos to ooVoo for their upcoming launch of multi-party video calling. However, the video comparison to Qik is not a valid comparison. The Qik Video Chat shown is happening between two mobile devices, whereas the ooVoo chat is happening between a mobile device and a desktop which will deliver much clearer video. We looking forward to running an apples-to-apples comparison once the ooVoo app hits the market.

Allyson Campa, Qik

Anonymous said: On December 15, 2010

Allyson: A better comparison would probably be Tango Video Chat over Qik.

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