ooVoo

ooVoo
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Softonic review

Nick Mead

“Free multiple video chat client”

by Nick Mead about ooVoo

ooVoo is an elegant and powerful video conferencing and IM client that combines elegance with functionality.

Easy to use

Unlike some video conferencing applications, Oovoo is very easy to get running with your webcam and it can handle very high quality cameras - up to 2 megapixels, depending on the speed of your connection. During chats and video calls, you can add video effects such as sepia, blurring and morphing, something that sets it apart from other popular VoIP apps like Skype.

Outstanding Features

With ooVoo you can talk face-to-face with up to six people, add an ooVoo link to your blog or online profiles (so others can instantly add you to their contacts), send and receive video messages and, best of all, it's completely free. You will need to create an Oovoo account however, which, as registrations go, is fairly painless.

What's really nice about ooVoo, though, is the ability to place your contacts, and their video images, down the side of your screen in a sidebar simultaneously. This way, you can chat away to all of them at the same time and see them at once.

Set-up

Once you've started the setup process, you'll be asked to create an ooVoo username and password. You'll also be asked to add a few friends and contacts to your ooVoo account although if you don't know anyone using ooVoo, you can simply elect to send invites and hope that they sign up.

OOvoo’s an impressive video chat app, although it would be interesting to see how it performs when multiple users are trying have a video conference.

Pros
  • Allows up to 6 video conference calls at once
  • Very good looking interface and feel
  • Allows you to place video contacts in a sidebar
  • Excellent video quality
Cons
  • Heavy on RAM with many video windows open

Developer's description

ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.

ooVoo Video Chat is remarkably easy to use: easy to download, easy to install, and best of all:
it's FREE! ooVoo...now you see!

ooVoo (13) User reviews

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  • 6/10
  • mental7 mental7
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    not everyone on mac uses snow leopard and you should have warned of imperceptibility in upgrade notes...i upgraded now it doesn't work and you numbskulls dont have links to old versions

    get it... More

    • Review of ooVoo - 18 May 2011
      This review is liked by 53 of 56
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    ugh. i have a macbook and oovoo made me update the system. but i cant use it because it now requires snow leopard which i dont have!!!!! why would you do that ...? you just lost 25% of your users.... More

    • Review of ooVoo - 18 Jun 2011
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  • forexpro forexpro
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    • Not bad
    • 10/10
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    this is such a cool software - i use it to chat with my friends from home and also with the friends I study with. I video chat with 8 friends at the same time!!!... More

    • Review of ooVoo - 10 Apr 2012
      This review is liked by 0 of 1
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