![]() ![]() Google+'s Hangouts is fast becoming one of the most popular ways to chat with friends and do free audio calling and have rich video conversations. And that is because Hangouts has free video conferencing for up to 10 people in the Hangout! Now this is something really special. Previously, Hangouts used H.264 for video but recently Google has started rolling out VP8 for some users as it enables HD video chats without the processing overhead required for H.264, while maintaining the same great quality. Unlike Skype which uses a P2P infrastructure and is today incredibly popular (I use Skype too), Hangouts is fully based on a client-server model, backed by Google's powerful cloud infrastructure. Hangouts uses several technologies such as Adobe Flash and Google's own VP8 video codec which they acquired from On2 Technologies. ![]() It's a feature of Google+ actually but even if you use Facebook as your social network, you could try Hangouts. ![]() For those who are not aware of Google+ Hangouts, it's a free, in-browser chatting and video calling service operated by Google. ![]()
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