As expected, Facebook unveiled its "something awesome" at the Palo Alto headquarters today, and it was a new video chat collaboration with Skype. Facebook users will now be able to place video calls ...

Google is working on a new Video Chat panel for Android that lets you apply a variety of visual and audio effects to video calls. These effects include background blur, portrait lighting, portrait ...

All we actually got was slightly better video chat. All we actually got was slightly better video chat. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after ...

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Google Meet on Android and iOS is getting a big redesign of the personal video calling UI and experience — formally Duo — that doesn’t involve joining via meeting links. Due to the Google Duo ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

In a post-pandemic world, people are used to communicating electronically. In a time when many were limited to contact only with immediate family, the Internet helped connect them to their family and ...