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Jamie Martin
Jamie MartinSenior UX/UI at MZ

What's the best alternative to Google Hangouts?

Something that has a desktop/mobile/web application that supports video/audio calling and is easy to use
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    Zoom

    Cloud video conferencing and simple online meetings

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    Mike Coutermarsh
    Mike Coutermarsh75Code @ GitHub · Written
    Zoom is my favorite. Works really well with large groups. Desktop app and mobile apps are great as well. I use the iOS app pretty often to jump on calls while on the go.
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    Niesha Kennedy-Robinson
    Niesha Kennedy-RobinsonPublicist · Written
    Zoom is easy, free and you can use it on the phone or tablet or iPad or laptop and you can cal into meetings as well
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    Tejas Kinger
    Tejas Kinger20SaaS Product Marketing @ Freshworks Inc · Written
    Loved Zoom. Not as buggy as Hangouts and much easier to use compared to the Cisco products. Works well on relatively low bandwidth as well.
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    • Anthony Recenello
      Anthony RecenelloDating Coach and Head of Wolf & Garden

      The audio quality is so bad that it's the same level as a payphone. Really not worth paying money for when there are better solutions.

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    Slack

    Be less busy. Real-time messaging, archiving & search.

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    Nick Abouzeid
    Nick Abouzeid37Partner @ Shrug Capital · Written
    Slack now has video conferences (for up to 8 participants)... and screensharing... all for free 🔥
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    • Amrith Shanbhag
      Amrith ShanbhagCommunity + Social at Product Hunt

      I'm a part of a ton of Slack communities but I'm active in only a handful.

      Slack works to its fullest only when it is implemented in a team and everyone's supposed to use it for communication. Slack could/should improve on making the communities on it better by adding relevant features.

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    • João Oliveira Simões
      João Oliveira SimõesDesign Lead, 44 Studio

      As a remote designer, this is a must have. I'm always contactable and available. Super easy way to also have quick calls and communicate with other team members on different teams.

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    Houseparty 1.5

    Live video chat with friends, now with groups and texting 🎉

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    Dhananjay Yadav
    Dhananjay YadavGrowth Hacking and Performance Marketing · Written
    Even I recommend Zoom for professional conferences but if you are looking for something more casual and fun than you might love Houseparty
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    WhatsApp

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    Kesava Mandiga
    Kesava Mandiga15Curious cat. Writer. Explorer. · Written
    At this point, WhatsApp covers all my personal communication needs. Voice calls, video calls, texts and a web client.
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    Facebook Messenger

    Facebook's standalone Messenger for the web

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    Kesava Mandiga
    Kesava Mandiga15Curious cat. Writer. Explorer. · Written
    If you want to play with bots as well, Facebook's Messenger platform has everything under the sun.
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    • Arun Sathiya
      Arun SathiyaHappiness Engineer, Automattic

      I love Facebook Messenger and I love how it is doing everything to take on all other chat apps + is feature-packed like Telegram. Native apps for Facebook Messenger on computers is something that I wish to see soon.

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    • Demm Rel
      Demm Rel

      Companies use this more and more to invade

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