As some of you may have noticed, Tribe shifted from asynchronous to synchronous messaging 2 months ago using fully in-house technology. Since then, the team has been heads down polishing this first prototype.
We quickly realized that there are many pain points people experience every day when video calling others, especially from Skype and Hangouts. Ask anyone, people are not fully satisfied with these old (but legendary) products. Whether it’s kids at school, spread out families, or teammates at work, they all agree that they use these services by default.
Here are the results of our experiments to improve the video calling experience. It’s available now on your mobile devices (iOS & Android), as well as from your desktops (Chrome & Firefox) where you can start a group video call in one click, without any account, for free.
Bunch is the first group video chat app for live mobile games. Play online multiplayer games with friends while you're on group video chat. It's like playing games with your friends together at a house party.
An app for 2 minute, one-on-one, video chats with your friends (and friends of friends). 🥳 Catch up with people that matter most to you, and meet people that matter to them. Anytime, anywhere. Update June 28: Now available on web at app.joinglimpse.com
Chatparty is videochat without audio. 🔇 Quarantine together with friends & strangers from around the world 🌍 No audio. So less forced, awkward un-muted laughs, and more LMFAOs. Hop in & start a party! It's BYOB 🍻
Eager to chat to your friends, but texting is not an option at that time, or is not helping you showcase the right emotion? VoiceMo is a FREE, fast and simple voice messaging app available for iOS that is focused only on voice, but with all the popular features of a chat app.
On VoiceMo you can send self-destructing voice messages, create a group chat and so much more!
Houseparty is the face-to-face social network where you can connect with the people you care about most. The web app & chrome extension make connecting easy. Want to know who's online while you're doing other things? Move to "Around" so you never miss out.
Tiny Talk is bringing back social serendipity through randomly coordinated 7-minute 1:1 video chats amongst friends -- it's like ChatRoulette, but with your friends.
LINK is a mobile social app for the next generation. Meet people based on your interests, invite friends to make group profiles, and discover exclusive events nearby. Download now to join our 10,000+ users!
Back in September, Facebook launched a new app for iOS called Bonfire that allowed users to host group video chats with 8 of their friends at once. To help spice up conversations, there are also fun video effects that could be applied similar to Snapchat’s 3D lenses. It's now available on Android too.