TOP 5 VIDEO CALLING MESSENGERS INSTEAD OF SKYPE.

There are plenty of reasons to make use of Skype. Free multi-user audio calls between PCs, video chat with fast and straightforward connectivity, and (if you are willing to pay) multi-user video chat and PC-to-phone audio calls. Of work, there's also a few reasons why you might not require to make use of Skype.

Aside from its recent acquisition by Microsoft (possibly you have got something against the huge M who knows?), there is the fact that its chat service occasionally borks out for no apparent reason, the fact that it charges users for a service that others provide free, and the fact that its support is, if word of mouth is to be believed, nightmarish.

Google Hangouts

A feature of Google new social media platform Google +, Hangouts impressed me when I took it for a check run. Hangouts allows multi-user video chat for up to0 users and intuitively displays the face of the user who is speaking at any given moment in the midst of the chat window. Users can also share videos with another (linking a YouTube video in a Hangout will play the video for all users in the chat).

The issue with Google Hangouts is that it does not exactly permit for private chats. Someone in your circles can join of your hangouts. Still its speedy, it runs well, its convenient, and-more importantly, its free.

Tinychat

If you are looking for a tidy, simple multi-user chat application without any unnecessary bells and whistles, grab Tinychat. Its a flash-based video chat client that allows up to twelve users to chat simultaneously as another. The basic service is free and doesn't require a log-in load up the service, generate a chat and you are lovely to go. One time your chatroom been created, you can share the url you are given with other users to bring them in to the chat. You can also share your desktop with other users in the chatroom a great feature for developers.

FaceTime

I put plenty of focus on PCs (mostly due to the fact that I have), so here is a tiny something designed exclusively for Mac users. If you have got a Mac, your system going to come with FaceTime pre-installed. FaceTime offers free video chat of qualities up to 720p. Regrettably, while it's simpler than Skype, FaceTime only allows people to chat with folks who also have Macs, and doesn't support multi-user video chat.

Google Voice
Whether or not Google Voice is useful to you is directly correlated with whether or not you live in the United States. If you are an American, Google Voice is downright awesome providing multi-user video chat, a free phone number for personal use & SMS, & the ability to place free calls anywhere in the States. There is also voice mail, conference calling, call screening & voice message transcription.

Oovoo

Oovoo used to provide free multi-user video chat (with up to six people chatting simultaneously), but a while ago the company behind it decided to remove the free functionality of Oovoo's video chat. While its still a powerful, simple to make use of video chat & voice chat platform with clients obtainable for Mac, PC, & a immense spectrum of mobile platforms, in functionality its not that much different from Skype. , its Skype for individuals who don't need to make use of Skype.