14 DAY TRIAL // With more than 20 million users, ooVoo's video chat service is now turning mobile, as the company announced the availability of the Android version. Consumers who are already using the service on their PC or Macs will now be able to use it on their Android devices as well.
Furthermore, ooVoo's 4G mobile service allows up to six users to take part on a video call simultaneously, regardless of the compatible platforms they are using, PC, Mac or Android. The company claims that the video call does not lose its quality, even if all three supported platforms are engaged simultaneously.
“Not only is ooVoo bringing essential features to the mobile video chat marketplace that have been missing until now, but we’ve also expanded our already famous high quality video to the world of mobile communication,” said Philippe Schwartz, CEO of ooVoo.
“The existing video chat apps do not support mobile, or they support inferior quality. We believe that ooVoo over the emerging Verizon LTE or the Sprint Wimax networks will surpass all competition and will even provide better quality than sitting at your desktop,” added Schwartz.
ooVoo Mobile has a wide coverage as it works over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks. It also also features free ooVoo-to-ooVoo voice calls, text chat, contact list integration and video calls to any person not on ooVoo via a web browser.
ooVoo Mobile directly competes with Qik, which offers the same kind of service. However, while Qik has one-to-one video chat, ooVoo Mobile connects 6 people in a single chat. OoVoo also claims that, unlike its own service, Qik has some pixelation and synch issues. ooVoo Mobile is available for download immediately on the Android Market for the HTC Evo and Samsung Epic.
ooVoo plans to support new devices in the future as well as Apple iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices in early 2011.
Check out a video comparison between ooVoo Mobile and Qik here.