In the age of the quick, the GIF and the ephemeral, video calling apps like Skype are perfectly fine for work-related or more “formal” type of conversations. But what about for when you just want to send a quick video message to a friend or a group of friends? What if you want a GIF-like message that you can send out whenever the situation warrants it? And what if you want some video messages to not last forever? Yes, you have such apps like Snapchat or even Instagram for that, but Skype would like to be part of that video conversation as well.
Enter Skype Qik, a new app that is not an alternative to Skype but rather an accompanying video messaging app to keep the conversation going in between those long calls. You can choose to exchange video messages with just one friend or a group that you regularly talk to. Unlike Snapchat where the messages get erased after the recipient views them, here they will last for…a week (you really don’t want that embarrassing or weird video to last forever right?) But you also have the ability to delete video messages you sent, whether they’ve seen them or not.
You can also record 5-second gif-like videos that you can use multiple times, for different occasions, like a standard good morning message or a hilarious laugh that you can send whenever a friend sends something funny (or not funny, in which case the laughing video becomes sarcastic). You can also easily switch between the main camera and the front-facing (selfie) cam when you want to show something and react to it as well. If a friend that you’re sending a video too doesn’t have Skype Qik yet, they’ll receive a text message telling them to download the app.
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With all the video chat apps out there, do we really have space for more? Well, Skype has already an established user base, but whether these people would use add a new app like this and use it, that still remains to be seen. You can download Skype Qik for free from the Google Play Store.
SOURCE: Skype
