Skype is a popular social app that has helped users communicate across devices by making voice calls, video calls, or using messages. But what happens when a user is not available for a video call? That's where a new app from Skype called Qik comes into play, allowing for quick video chats.
The Qik app is a standalone application for Android, iOS or Windows Phone, which does not require a Skype account. Users create an account by verifying their mobile phone number and can communicate with any contacts they have in their contact list, sending SMS to those who do not use Qik.
Through Qik, users can record and send their video messages to one or more contacts. Each conversation has a chronological list of all the videos that have been sent. Each user can delete a sent video at any time, which is immediately deleted from the conversation for all users. Also, each user can block other users, with the function initially available on Android and Windows Phone.
Qik’s homepage instantly highlights a user’s conversations, highlighting in blue any messages the user hasn’t viewed. In addition to responding with a video at a given time, users can create up to 12 5-second videos to use as canned responses. Think, for example, “no” or “omg” responses to videos. The feature is available for Android and iOS, with Windows Phone following in the coming months.
Finally, Qik leverages the popular self-destructing message feature, since each video is available in a conversation for two weeks (14 days).
Source: socialmedialife.gr
