I had to research Group Video Chat for a teenager. Free and easy were the requirements. I figured all the big social sites had it by now. Turns out that is not true yet, though soon I’m sure. Here’s the current state:
Facebook – Facebook has group chat and video chat (through Skype), but the two don’t meet. However there’s a third-party app for Facebook called “Social Hangouts” that provides group video chat for 20 people, it’s free, and is supposedly pretty standard for a Facebook app.
Skype – Skype has free group and and free video chat, however the group video chat is a premium feature, and at least one person in the chat has to have a paying or business account.
Google+ – Google does provide group video chat, for free, in a feature called “hangouts”. It’s supposed to be really easy to use as well.
There are lots of other chat and video products/sites/companies, but this really has to be quick and easy, and the teenager already has some experience with the ones mentioned above.
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