Comments on: Video chat US/China?

Question: Video chat US/China?

skbw — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:51:24 -0800

What is the best US/China video chat option?

There are a few relevant older questions, but things change so fast that I thought to get the latest word. This is for personal, not business, use. Thank you!

By: estlin

estlin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:08:16 -0800

My family uses Skype - it works fine and it's free! Quality depends on the internet speed on each end, obviously, but that's a factor in all video chatting.

By: mollymayhem

mollymayhem — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:38:48 -0800

My family also uses Skype.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:12:28 -0800

Skype works well now. Microsoft just bought Skype, and Microsoft seems to have fairly good relations with the PRC, so it will probably continue to work.

By: TheNewWazoo

TheNewWazoo — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:17:01 -0800

I've successfully used FaceTime in India and china, fwiw, and greatly prefer it to Skype. I've also used cisco's teleconferencing tools, but they're not really oriented toward consumer uses.

By: elisse

elisse — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:17:49 -0800

I'm in China and Skype often has very slow connection speeds for me (the US version at least). I prefer using Gmail video chat or Google+ hangouts.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:23:07 -0800

Google services are often blocked in China, so you wouldn't want to depend on them. Skype works almost all the time, though call quality suffers occasionally.

By: arcticseal

arcticseal — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:25:49 -0800

Skype works for us from China to US, UK, Canada and Norway.

By: skbw

skbw — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:27:40 -0800

Thanks, everyone. I will report back in the name of science. My friends in China thank you as well!

By: ctmf

ctmf — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:41:55 -0800

You could also try QQ. It's An IM client, but has a video option. I use the IM part but haven't done video.

Chances are, someone living in China already has and/or is familiar with QQ.