
Google Hangouts also supports the sharing of files for collaboration, by utilising Google Drive. You can also use the Hangouts on Air feature to webcast the call on YouTube. Naturally, quality depends on the connection strength and bandwidth of the participants. As video chatting goes, the standard is just as high as Skype’s, if not better. Android users, of course, enjoy Hangouts as a pre-installed bonus.
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Mobile users on iOS can take advantage of its messaging, voice, and video chat service, but if you’re using Windows Phone, Google Hangouts isn’t an option. Via the Chrome browser, Google Hangouts can be used on any computer OS.
HANGOUTS ON MAC OS X 10.13.1 ANDROID
Video call quality is as expected, but if you’re going to opt for IMO, look out for unsolicited messages, which are a real problem on the service, certainly as far as Android users are concerned. As you might have guessed, IMO is pitched at a young, vibrant market of smartphone users rather than the more universal approach of the other apps. This limitation is a bit of a pain, but IMO does offer encrypted chats and calls, photo and video sharing, and stickers (obviously not actual stickers). Should you have no need to video chat with a friend, relative or colleague while you (or they) are using a computer, IMO messenger and video calling app is useful for chatting with your contacts as long as you’re all using iOS or Android. As a cross-platform solution, Skype is unmatched (and probably the most secure of all video chat solutions), but the various alternatives come very close. With the ability to share files as well as talk to people, Skype has become a major collaboration tool over the past few years, its main rival in this space being Google Hangouts. It’s easy to pickup your mobile and make a video call to a friend on their PC, phone or tablet. With versions for all three major desktop platforms, and for the main three mobile platforms, Skype is the big player. As the leader in this area, Microsoft’s Skype is the app by which we compare all others.
