It is hard not to notice that in recent years more and more people prefer to get acquainted on the internet. Meanwhile, offline dating is fading into the background. Many people even consider attempts to get acquainted on the street as a sign of bad manners and excessive self-confidence.
But when we talk regarding online dating, we are not always talking regarding classic dating sites and apps. In fact, this is far from the only popular format that can be used to find new friends or even your soulmate. For example, random video chats like Omegle are great alternatives. And it is regarding these that we would like to talk regarding today.
Omegle video chat and its best alternatives
The Omegle website was launched in the spring of 2009 and offered users the unique opportunity to meet random people from all over the world. At that time, Omegle did not have a video chat feature, and communication was carried out exclusively by text. But soon video chat appeared, and the audience of the site began to grow rapidly, reaching millions of users per day.
It is hardly surprising that new sites and applications with expanded functionality began to appear once morest the backdrop of the popularity of Omegle:
- VideochatOmegle.com
A popular alternative to video chat Omegle with a gender filter and a built-in message translator.
Videochatomegle.com is especially appreciated by single men who want to meet just girls. Only one downside — paid access to all the features. But you can use trial access for free and personally experience all the benefits of video chat.
- OmeTV
A good alternative to Omegle, which also offers a gender filter, mobile apps and a built-in message translator. You can use OmeTV without registration and payment. But it’s worth mentioning that the gender filter here doesn’t work nearly as accurately as it does on videochatomegle.com. The system often makes mistakes. Besides, the quality of moderation here is also lower. Therefore, there’s a risk of encountering unwanted content.
- HOLLA
Another quite popular Omegle alternative with pretty rich functionality. In HOLLA you can communicate with other users by text, voice or video. Gender and region filters are available, which, once more, do not work as accurately as on Videochatomegle.com.
However, keep in mind that some HOLLA functions are paid. And the quality of moderation still leaves much to be desired, so you can also encounter unwanted content.
- Chatous
This is a fairly popular mobile video chat where you can communicate by text or video. An interesting feature of Chatous is the search for people by interest using hashtags. This is a pretty simple but effective tool for refining your search parameters for people you want to meet.
The disadvantages of Chatous are quite standard for video chats — some features are paid. Plus, web chat does not have a large and active audience in all regions.
- Bigo Live
It’s not exactly an alternative to Omegle, because Bigo Live is more of a video streaming service than an online video chat. In addition, the service is focused mainly on video games. Therefore, the vast majority of local broadcasts are devoted specifically to games.
If you’re a gamer yourself and enjoy watching (or hosting) such streams, you’ll love Bigo Live. If this is not your format, you most likely will not find anything interesting to keep you coming back to Bigo Live.
- Monkey
This Omegle alternative offers users the ability to chat via text or video without registration, find new people quickly, and even join group chats with multiple members. The service is available both as a web version and as apps for iOS and Android. However, like most video chat services, Monkey suffers from not the best moderation. Therefore, unwanted content is also easy to find here.
So why has dating via random chat become so popular?
There are many reasons, but we want to name five that we consider most important:
- Dating in a live video chat is fast and accessible
Take Omegle for example, you do not need to register, enter personal data, upload a profile photo, and so on. You just go to the site, start a video chat, and following a couple of seconds you are talking with a new person. This saves a lot of time when compared to classic dating sites and apps. Plus random video chats are in most cases either completely free or at least inexpensive, meaning that you also save your money.
- Web chats give you a wide range of choices
You can communicate with people from your city, or you can search for users on another continent — as you wish. And given that some Omegle alternatives already have a built-in translator, the language barrier is no longer such a serious obstacle as it used to be. Therefore, you can not limit yourself in search of interesting people. You are free!
- Random video chats provide a high level of security and confidentiality
Most random video chats don’t require you to enter your email, phone number, or any other personal information you don’t want to share. This means that their use is much safer than other online dating sites that require account verification and registration data. But you must remember that your security and confidentiality are primarily in your own hands.
- Video chats allow you to get to know your chat partner much better.
It takes more than a week to really get to know a person well, communicating only by text . This is a really slow process, and it can also be quite tedious. But even a short ten-minute video conversation allows you to objectively evaluate a person and understand whether you want to continue communicating with them, develop a relationship and, perhaps, connect your fates in the foreseeable future. Don’t limit yourself to texting!
- Communication in video chat may well replace the first date
When you meet and communicate with a person via video, this is the closest to communicating in real life. After all, you see them and hear their voice, read their body language, feel their mood and evaluate their interest in the conversation. No text message will give you such an objective view of the other person. In addition, having previously communicated via video, you will feel much more comfortable in the first real meeting. And that’s another big plus.
Will video chats still be popular in 5 or 10 years?
We are sure they will! However, we do not exclude that in the foreseeable future they may face big metamorphoses and improvements. This is completely normal. Indeed, any modern internet service must adapt to new realities, improve and offer users something new. So far, random video chats are doing a great job of this. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you updated!
