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Sep 05

ooVoo updates its iOS and Android apps with video messaging, filters and more

If you’re an ooVoo user, you already know you can use it for four-way video chats, 12 simultaneous text conversations or simply catching up with your BFF one-on-one. Well, get ready for a whole lot more features, as ooVoo has just let loose a monster of an update for both iOS and Android that brings with it a fresh design as well. Arguably the most pertinent new feature to its core user group of millennials is the ability to send and receive video messages, or “ooVies” as the company likes to call them.

Additional features include video filters, a customizable user profile page, speed dialing for five of your best pals and a “tap-tap-go” UI for calling a bunch of your mates at once. The app is also now available in twelve languages that include English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Russian, Turkish, standard and traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese. We’ve barely scratched the surface of the app’s latest goodies, so feel free to peruse the release after the break or download it from the links below to see what else is new.

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Source: App Store, Google Play

Jan 08

ooVoo update lets you and a party of 11 watch YouTube together

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Someone at ooVoo must like to party it up virtually, what with features like four-way video conferencing, 12-way chat and now the ability to watch YouTube videos with up to 11 of your internet pals. Oh-so-creatively called “Watch Together,” the new feature is similar to what Google+ already offers with Hangouts but with a couple more people above G+’s max of 10. Chat participants can play any YouTube video directly in the application either by sharing the URL or by doing a keyword search for a particular clip. If you’re at a loss as to what to watch, you can peruse a list of trending videos or an ooVoo-curated lineup. Anyone in chat can start, stop, pause and rewind the video, which could be good if you want to watch that awesome dance video over and over again. The feature is currently only available on the ooVoo PC app, though future mobile implementations aren’t out of the question.

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Source: ooVoo

Aug 21

ooVoo updates its iOS and Android apps to support four-way video calls

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First ooVoo opened up four-way video chats on Facebook, and now the video calling service is doing the same for its Android and iOS apps. The company just updates both applications so that you can view up to four video streams at once, though you can carry on text chats with as many as 12 people. That’s true of both platforms, though the Android version is admittedly getting a few more changes. The newest version of the app brings deeper integration with Google services, plugging into the native Android address book to show missed calls, as well as a list of which friends are available to chat. To that end, Android users get not just the app, but also a widget that displays these tidbits at a glance. Rounding out the list of improvements, the updates introduce push notifications as well as the ability to text chat in the middle of a video call.

Gallery: Updated ooVoo apps for iOS and Android with four-way video streams