Contents. Features ooVoo allowed users to communicate through free messaging, voice, and video chat.
OoVoo video conferencing technology enabled high-quality video and audio calls with up to twelve participants simultaneously, HD video. History ooVoo was founded in 2006 by Ohio entrepreneur based on technology developed at Arel Communications and Software (Formerly NASDAQ:ARLCF). Arel was founded in 1982 and specialized in remote e-learning and collaboration solutions. On March 13, 2006, Arel Communications was taken private by its current owners and relaunched as ooVoo. In June 2007, ooVoo for Microsoft Windows launched, allowing high-quality video chat from anywhere in the world. In February 2008, video call recording and phone calling were introduced. In May 2008, ooVoo for Apple's OS X launched, creating cross-platform capabilities for video chat.
In February 2009, ooVoo 2.0 launched and featured browser-based video chat rooms and video chat through a web link with no download required. An open was also launched with version 2.0, and allowed developers to build customized applications and widgets. In May 2009, ooVoo introduced the first air-to-ground three-way video conversation. OoVoo version 2.2 was launched in July 2009, and introduced business plans geared for multiple seats and desktop sharing. New pay-as-you-go options and international phone calling were also introduced. In January 2010, released its app for Android mobile devices. On 2 June 2011, launched its social video chat service on Apple's (and other iOS devices), making its free HD Video chat service cross platforms, including: PC, Mac, Android and iPhone.
On July 22, 2013, ooVoo released a Software Development Kit (SDK), allowing other applications to leverage its video chat technology (current apps leveraging the ooVoo SDK:, ). On June 10, 2014, ooVoo released its app for Windows Phone devices. On September 9, 2014, ooVoo released its Video SDK for WebRTC. On November 25, 2017, ooVoo announced via that it will be shutting down, citing a lack of profit.
Accolades. ooVoo won PC Magazine's Software Innovation 'Best in Show' Award at the DigitalLife Expo in September 2007. In March 2008, ooVoo won the 'Webware 100' award for Communication. ooVoo won 's Best Mobile Product of 2011 in the Android Category. ooVoo won the Tabby Award in the Social category for its Android app in August 2013. ooVoo was a nominee and finalist for a Mobby Award in the Business Collaboration category for its Android app in September 2015. ooVoo was honored in 2016 with a Mobile Excellence Award for Best Social Community.
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OoVoo, an innovator in the way people communicate online, today announced the launch of a Mac version of its high quality video chat solution. The ooVoo Mac release is one of the most advanced and feature rich video communication programs available to Mac users and allows people to connect with both Mac and PC users anywhere in the world for free. The ooVoo software can be downloaded from www.ooVoo.com today. OoVoo, a recent winner of the CNET Webware 100 Award, is changing the way friends, family and co-workers communicate online in a more meaningful way. Mac users will now be able to connect face-to-face with up to six people at once regardless of whether they are Mac or PC users. OoVoo Macs easy-to-use features include the ability to send and receive video messages, exchange files and text chat messages as well as import contacts from other programs. We have worked hard to ensure the Mac version of ooVoo offers this valuable part of our customer base one of the most dynamic video experiences available today, said Philippe Schwartz, CEO of ooVoo.
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As the highest quality cross platform Mac and PC video chat solution, we look forward to enabling more conversations between Mac and PC users across the globe, and breaking down the traditional barriers of video communication. Unlike instant messaging (IM) and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) solutions that have incorporated video as an add-on feature, ooVoo was developed with video at its core delivering a richer communication experience with high quality video and reduced video delay, clear audio and better lip synchronization. OoVoos high quality multi-party video chat, with a resolution of 320 x 240 at up to 15 frames per second, can be experienced with a standard broadband internet connection and requires only 128 Kbps (up and down) of throughput, less than half required by competitors for a one to one video chat.