At vox.io, we care about real-time communication. We’ve focused on delivering a great experience of voice and video calls, straight from your desktop browser, but we know that real-time communication is much more than that.
When we started vox.io, we wanted to innovate your communication experience by:
- making it easier to start a conversation,
- enhancing your communication experience, and
- providing you with information about your previous conversations via your personal history page.
Our first attempt at making it easier for you to start voice and video conversations were our permanent or disposable links that can be shared via email, instant messengers, Twitter, Facebook, and even scheduled as calendar events. Instead of the endless exchange of usernames or phone numbers, you can initiate a conversation by the simple click of a link.
Now, the time has come for us to enhance the way we communicate in real-time. We introduce to you vox.io chat.
Communicate with content
At vox.io, we’ve observed how most of the world chats online, and we’ve found that in addition to the short messages we type to one another, we also like to share tons of links to cool stuff we find around the web. We communicate by showing content - by typing “Check this video out” or “Have you seen this?” and then pasting a link. But when we click on that link, we’re forced to leave our chat for a new tab/window and miss out on a dozen messages. But not anymore.
In the new vox.io chat, we’ve put that content right beside your conversation, so you can share tons of links with your friends and they won’t have to leave the conversation to check them out. Imagine, for example - you can now see a video clip and your chat box side by side at the same time, without having to toggle windows or awkwardly resize your browser to chat and watch at once.
To start, we’re supporting more than 200 services including YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitter, Instagram and Google Maps for in-line sharing.
Online/offline messages
When a person you’d like to message is not online, you can still send them as many chat messages as you’d like. We will safely store them and deliver them immediately the next time your contact comes online. Alternatively, you can also send your chat message as an SMS straight from the chat interface.
When voice and video are not enough
During a call, sometimes you need to use more than just your voice or a smile to communicate. That’s why we’ve brought the same rich experience into vox.io calls.
You can now easily share a photo, map, slide-show or set of videos, right within your vox.io call. What could be better than getting to watch your friends smile at the latest funny video you just showed them?
Mobile
A mobile version of vox.io with support for text-based communication is already in the works and will be available soon. During the transition period, we will not display your contacts using vox.io on mobile as available for chat.
Please let us know what you think on Twitter or our support page. We’re always looking forward to your thoughts and ideas - vox.io is only getting better because of you.
