Make free video calls across devices with instant messaging app ‘imo’

Posted on February 12, 2014 by

imo is a free Internet & mobile instant messaging application that recently added video calling to its portfolio of services. The video calling feature is cross-platform, which means users can make & receive video calls from a computer to mobile devices & vice versa. There is no need to download anything, you can do the video calling right from your Internet browser.

imo hopes to take advantage of the opportunities in the video calling market, placing itself in direct competition to the Microsoft owned Skype, & Apple’s FaceTime offering.

imo’s instant messaging & chatting services have been available for some years now. You can use them to message your contacts across multiple services like Facebook, Google Hangouts, Skype, Yahoo & AIM/ICQ. Users can create new chat groups & utilize the imo network to connect with even strangers.

Reviewers say imo’s chat service is easy to use & well integrated. You can send your contact an invitation & select any feature to use while contacting them. But all the contacts need to be on imo to be included in the group chat. They cannot participate from other messenger services.

A major highlight is imo’ slim user interface which means you can open a smaller window to chat on. This enables users to continue chatting on the messaging service while doing other tasks on their computer.

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Features

  • Free voice & video calls
  • Share voice messages, text & pictures with contacts
  • Use the imo network to contact new people
  • The Broadcasts feature finds relevant Content & news items for you
  • Create new groups with family, friends & acquaintances
  • Browse & search the chat history conveniently
  • Hold simultaneous sessions on multiple devices
  • Available in multiple languages on Android & iOS
  • Supports Steam, Jabber, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk & Facebook Chat

In short, imo stands out for its versatile cross-platform video calling feature & the fact that you can chat with your friends across multiple messaging services.

Imo.im was founded in 2007 & is based in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company’s other products include ConnectMore & Reversimo. Imo.im has raised US $13 million to increase its staff strength & develop more applications.

Click here to download imo.im on your Android device

Click here to download imo.im on your iOS device.

 Image credit: imo.im

 

 

 

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