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ooVoo for Mac

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 6.0.5.75
  • 3.4

    (438)
  • Security Status

Softonic review

Free multiple video chat client

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unfortunately, at the moment ooVoo is not compatible with Lion although the developers claim that they will release a compatible version soon.

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

  • Automatically adds itself to your startup items without prompting

Program available in other languages


ooVoo for Mac

  • Free

  • In English
  • V 6.0.5.75
  • 3.4

    (438)
  • Security Status


User reviews about ooVoo

  • Anonymous

    by Anonymous

    New version but no audio.
    I updated to New OOVOO version and now I have no audio!! with previous version everything worked but not with this one:(
    I even uninstalled and reinstalled but no luck. Mac Pro / 10.6/ external iSight. Also it has More


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