I have the Transformer on Android 3.1 and I can not for life of me find anything that uses the webcam for video chat. Google Voice, Qik, Skype none of them either show up in the market or allow video chat...
Are there any apps that work? Why have a front facing cam if you can't video chat?
Thanks for the help!
Another issue you will likely have is the microphone is not sensitive enough for conversations.
Can you give Google Talk another look. I've been doing video chat with my brothers (just one minor issue, the built-in microphone sucks. I hope Google will add a Gain-setting). If the other party has a video capability, Talk will allow you to do video.
I just looked for google talk in the market this morning. It does not show up at all.
veritas2884 said:
I just looked for google talk in the market this morning. It does not show up at all.
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If you have a stock tablet its already installed.
elislurry said:
If you have a stock tablet its already installed.
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Gotcha... I have prime 1.5 is there a way to get it installed?
Look in your apps folder? It's on Prime.
I think you're not looking hard enough.
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It's just called Talk. Some people have a hard time finding it because it's not branded with Google before it.
Talk works perfectly for text, voice and video communication. Together with Google+, there's a really awesome way to grab a few friends or co-workers and video conference on the fly.
I use fring and it worked fine
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Talk is preinstalled on the TF.
If you search there's a version of Yahoo Messenger floating around that work just fine.
I have use both Talk and Yahoo IM and both work great with the built in mic
So does this work with Google+ Hangout!?
I'd like to be able to use Google+ Hangout on here... that'd be sweet.
vinhtvu2 said:
So does this work with Google+ Hangout!?
I'd like to be able to use Google+ Hangout on here... that'd be sweet.
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Hangout is desktop only.
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I am able to vidchat wih no issue via GChat over 4G and wifi. Tango works too..,I have LG Gslate
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blanksuspect said:
It's just called Talk. Some people have a hard time finding it because it's not branded with Google before it.
Talk works perfectly for text, voice and video communication. Together with Google+, there's a really awesome way to grab a few friends or co-workers and video conference on the fly.
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Yeah, I am an idiot. I found it and it works great. Thanks for everyone's help!
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thrown a bit of time tonight at find more info on this to no avail...seems a lot of questions but not many answers.
my question is: with a working version of QIK is there a way to chat to PC's? with Yahoo or something?
I would imagine its a contact setup thing but even QIKs site (which was the final place i checked) seems ambiguous on this one.
I believe the new Yahoo messenger has that ability....havent tried so cant say.
ya u r so right,new version yahoo imvideo can able this.i have tried
Yup. Confirmed. Yahoo video chat works. The only 2 apps for video chat pc-phone/phone-pc are MOVICHA and yahoo video. A great phone to phone is TANGO available on the market.
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Skype did just acquire QIK so maybe they'll work the programs together.
djsajid said:
ya u r so right,new version yahoo imvideo can able this.i have tried
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Can you either please explain how you accomplished this or lead me in the direction to a walk through.
My dad has the same phone as me and I want to get the most out of it.. So far we both have TIKL (a walkie talkie type of program) and tried QIK before (and hated it)
We just both tried out "FRING" and it seems to be really nice..
I just want to make sure is not going to hurt the battery..
I unchecked everything off in the settings, and only going to use it after my dad and I decide to do a video chat.
I am not looking to use it for friends and people that want to just connect with me anytime..
Im not sure how these programs work though.. I checked running services under applications and its NOT running..
But I hate bad written programs and their seems to be a good handful (like QIK)
THANKS!!
Ok I tested some things out.. I unchecked some stuff off, from the fring settings.. Tried to have my dad contact me while I was off and visa versa, we were not able to contact each other because it said we were both offline.. I hope thats a good thing. I really don't want this thing killing my battery...
There is an option to exit and when I do it seems that it really does exit from the program..
If anyone has more information on this I would love to hear it.. THANKS
To be honest I only use qik for uploading videos. For video chat I use the yahoo messenger app, you can also use that to video chat with people on the pc.
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It used to stop my cam from working. All good now.
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To be honest I only use qik for uploading videos. For video chat I use the yahoo messenger app, you can also use that to video chat with people on the pc.
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Does yahoo messenger video app work with earphones? Can you use earphones with video calling and use back camera for that?
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I use Tango... Really happy with it...
Not sure if anyone did a topic on this or a tutorial on how to but does anyone know how to do video chat on yahoo messenger? And I mean do video chat on my mytouch to a windows laptop. I uninstalled the stock yahoo app, downloaded the one off the market, then downloaded the video add on but not sure how to get it working. It duznt show a video chay option. Any help would be appreciated.
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Not sure if anyone did a topic on this or a tutorial on how to but does anyone know how to do video chat on yahoo messenger? And I mean do video chat on my mytouch to a windows laptop. I uninstalled the stock yahoo app, downloaded the one off the market, then downloaded the video add on but not sure how to get it working. It duznt show a video chay option. Any help would be appreciated.
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i use video chat to pc all the time. i use the stock yahoo messenger app that came with my mt4g. then when i opened it, it took me to the market to download the video app. once i did that and i signed into yahoo messenger. u instant message ur friend or whoever u wanna video chat with. once ur in the instant message hit the menu button on the mt4g, the hard button next to the home button. then it shows video chat or something like that. click it and it will send a call to ur friend and they hit accept and ur good to go. see if it works. but i had to use wifi since there is no 4g in my area and my 3g i can only get 700kbps at best which does suck.
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i use video chat to pc all the time. i use the stock yahoo messenger app that came with my mt4g. then when i opened it, it took me to the market to download the video app. once i did that and i signed into yahoo messenger. u instant message ur friend or whoever u wanna video chat with. once ur in the instant message hit the menu button on the mt4g, the hard button next to the home button. then it shows video chat or something like that. click it and it will send a call to ur friend and they hit accept and ur good to go. see if it works. but i had to use wifi since there is no 4g in my area and my 3g i can only get 700kbps at best which does suck.
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Thanks. VERY helpful
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Not a problem. Did it work out perfect?
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Not a problem. Did it work out perfect?
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Yes it did, everything worked as I followed your instructions. I had to keep downloading and installing the video add on with no success but i didn't click menu in the actual conversation page.
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Is there an .apk that works on gTablets for video chat? The camera on my unit does not have much use without the app. Would appreciate the APK and/or hack directions.
There is TANGO, I have it installed on my gtab but have yet to use it because no one on my contacts has video chat capabilities.
Thanks, but...
I need a video chat app that works with PCs as well as mobile devices, Tango only works with mobile phones (right now anyway).
Any othersolutions out there?
Search for "reelportal" in themes forum.
Jim
Yahoo msg app works, with the video add on.
No problem using yahoo with video attachment for me.
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Yahoo Messenger looks promising (I need to sign up the rest of the family in order to have someone to video chat with). But both the application and the video add-on were in my version of Market.
Reelportal's application is a challenge because I cannot download the Adobe AIR 2.5.1; it's not inmy Market and the hyperlink in the posting does not offer an ".apk" file - just all the other OS options.
Also, for those that may be wondering: on yahoo messenger, even though your screen shows you facing sideways on the G-Tab, the other viewer is able to see you facing the correct direction, so don't worry.
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Also, for those that may be wondering: on yahoo messenger, even though your screen shows you facing sideways on the G-Tab, the other viewer is able to see you facing the correct direction, so don't worry.
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Hi,
I was looking for a video chat app awhile ago, and that (sideways video) was what I found with Yahoo Messenger. That was why I suggested reelportal, which multiple folks tried/tested, per that thread in the "Themes" forum.
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Sideways video is fixed if you are using the g-sensor fix. The fix is already part of roms like TNT lite and Vegan.
freddroid said:
Yahoo Messenger looks promising (I need to sign up the rest of the family in order to have someone to video chat with). But both the application and the video add-on were in my version of Market.
Reelportal's application is a challenge because I cannot download the Adobe AIR 2.5.1; it's not inmy Market and the hyperlink in the posting does not offer an ".apk" file - just all the other OS options.
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You can download AIR here:
http://download.pandaapp.com/?app=soft&controller=android&action=show&f_id=2291
Hope that helps.
When I use yahoo messenger, it does not recognize incoming calls. When I call another user, they do not see any incoming calls. Anyone else experiencing this?
Tried oovoo and fring, nothing but static.
Yep, Yahoo doesn't always connect and just hangs up. The few times it connected the audio didn't work and just made a bunch of clicking noise. Using TnTLite 4.2.4. I tried Fring and it just locks up. OOVOO can't see the camera and just hangs up even on voice calls. Basically, nothing works so far. Seems to be some kind of audio driver bugs or the apps aren't using it right.
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Yep, Yahoo doesn't always connect and just hangs up. The few times it connected the audio didn't work and just made a bunch of clicking noise. Using TnTLite 4.2.4. I tried Fring and it just locks up. OOVOO can't see the camera and just hangs up even on voice calls. Basically, nothing works so far. Seems to be some kind of audio driver bugs or the apps aren't using it right.
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As Jim suggested, perhaps try ReelPortal. Many had it working fine. If I recall correctly, one person was able to video conference between the gTab with 3 other PCs. Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=908613&highlight=reelportal
If you have questions, feel free to contact me.
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Yep, Yahoo doesn't always connect and just hangs up. The few times it connected the audio didn't work and just made a bunch of clicking noise. Using TnTLite 4.2.4. I tried Fring and it just locks up. OOVOO can't see the camera and just hangs up even on voice calls. Basically, nothing works so far. Seems to be some kind of audio driver bugs or the apps aren't using it right.
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Bingo. Most of them like tango and fringe do not utilize native code correctly making it a nightmare to use.
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Sideways video is fixed if you are using the g-sensor fix. The fix is already part of roms like TNT lite and Vegan.
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Odd, I'm using TNT Lite (4.2.1 I think), and I still get the sideways view on Yahoo Messenger. It doesn't bother me any though since, like I said, the viewer sees me the correct way.
What app is everyone using, any word on when skype is coming? I've tried yahoo, but i cant seem to get it to work
Fring works for me. I heard Tango also works.
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Well an app that can connect my TB to a computer. Any app like that?!
Phonemypc is easy to setup but it's a paid app.
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i still don't understand why google hasn't intergrated gchat video into their phones.....it works so good on my laptop
Skype is available in the "working on Skype" thread.
Just uploaded the Skype app. Once I load it to another phone I'll let you know how it works. In the meantime, I've used both Tango and fring (fring has beta code that works with the tbolt) both have worked but it can get a little sketchy on 3G
I used skype last night to talk to my nephew who also has a thunderbolt. It worked flawlessly. I did however have a crap load of contacts on my list that I didn't even know but after deleting them all it was all good.