FaceFlow Blog

For the past several weeks, we’ve been working hard on improving FaceFlow to offer you something useful that will truly allow you to stay closer with your friends & family even while apart.  We put a lot of thinking into what we need to improve and modify in order to do just that.

We are now just a few weeks short of releasing the new version of FaceFlow, and here are a few sneak peaks of what will be improved :

• Audio & video quality enhancement: There will be no more echo even while using your speakers, and the video chat quality as well as the audio will be sharper.

• Improved design: Looking at something that looks great is just better.

• “Logics” and usability improvements: We are changing a lot of the logics, which make the application more intuitive and user-friendly.

• Better infrastructure: We’re upgrading our servers in order to offer a top-notch webcam chat quality.

• Multiple bug fixes.

The new version is expected to launch in early November.  During this time, keep enjoying FaceFlow and we’ll never stop working hard for you!

You’ve probably often shared a YouTube video while video chatting with your friends. However, you know it can be a little annoying as you have to watch the video on another web page, which makes the video chat useless because you don’t see each other anymore while watching the video.

At FaceFlow, we thought about this and wanted to make video sharing simple and fun. Sharing a video while in a chat (or in a webcam chat) with your friends is easy : you simply have to click on the YouTube button, enter the YouTube link of the video, and then the video will appear for both you and your partner – you just have to press the play button to watch it!

Check the image below for an example :

Video sharing on FaceFlow

The next time you video chat on FaceFlow, remember to try this feature, you’ll like it!

Starting a video chat session on FaceFlow has just become easier than ever before. In fact, the only thing you have to do is share your Video Call Link with a friend.  When you log-in to your FaceFlow account, you will see your Video Call Link on the left of the application.

We have also added two share buttons – the ‘Tweet’ and ‘Facebook share’ buttons. These additions will allow you to quickly share your video call link, making it easier to start up a session.

Your friends don’t even need accounts on FaceFlow, all they have to do is simply open your link and the free video chat starts once you accept the call. It’s as simple as that!

Here is a little image of the video call link and the share buttons:

We think you’ll find these features to be quite useful. Our philosophy is that simplicity and availability go hand in hand, and we are always keeping this in mind when developing FaceFlow as a way to keep in touch with the people you care about.

We’re very pleased to announce that FaceFlow will be reaching 100,000 members in a few days.  Our mission is to offer our members what they want, with the highest quality possible – and our dedication to that mission only grows stronger with each new idea.  FaceFlow is one of the only video chat and video conferencing services that offers the luxury of being able to enjoy your sessions with the use of your web browser – without anything to install – at absolutely no cost.

With that being said, it’s almost hard to believe that we’re just getting started. Our goal is to establish FaceFlow as the most efficient video chat platform out there, and with new ideas and concepts being generated every day, we’ll be working with a lot of possibilities in the future.

Accessibility is the name of the game – here are some of the cool projects we’re working on releasing very soon:

• Create a FaceFlow application for mobiles, which will include iOS and Android devices;
• Create a desktop application
• Further improvements to the quality of the website

With FaceFlow being available on multiple platforms, it will become easier than ever before to see and speak to your family, friends and colleagues. In fact, even if you are using FaceFlow on the Web, you will still be able to video chat with your friends who are using FaceFlow on their iPhone or Android devices.

Providing our community with a unique video chat and video conferencing experience is something that we take very seriously. Right now, our goal is to extend our reach beyond the web – you can look forward to seeing some awesome additions coming your way soon.

Dany Pelletier |  Founder, FaceFlow

We’ve been working hard and I haven’t had much time to post a blog entry, but we wanted to take the time to talk about something that we can’t let go unaddressed.

I was having a conversation with a friend of mine last week who was apparently a frequent Skype™ user and I couldn’t help but be caught off guard when he brought up the fact that he is actually paying for it. Basically, to make a long story short, he was forking out over $10 a month just to make group video calls with his kids and wife. I was blown away because I couldn’t believe someone would actually pay money for such a service. I still find it hard to believe that FaceFlow is one of the very few services that offers video conferencing for free, directly on the web.

Let me just add that we didn’t make our conference calling a free feature in order to size up the competition; we truly and solely believe that it’s proper, and quite frankly, normal. Questions pop up in my head, like what else can we do for people to make life easier for them? What additional things are the other communication companies jipping their users out on? The staff here at FaceFlow is most certainly going to be giving this some more thought, but right now seems like the perfect time to spotlight our free video conferencing service.

Family calls, work meetings, even video calls with new people – we’ve got you covered on every basis. And just like every one of FaceFlow’s other features, our video conference service requires no download! This factor alone makes it extremely convenient for you to hold a long distance meeting with anyone. You won’t have to worry about whether or not a certain friend or co-worker has a program installed on their computer – all you simply have to do is go to our website, login with your account and you can instantly begin your meeting. It’s that simple.

Let’s not forget that it’s completely free as well. No monthly charge, no by-the-minute fees, nothing! When it comes to your long distance social life, we’ve got your back! Right now, our group video chat feature allows up to 4 people at once, and we’re currently working on allowing even more in the future. And guess what? It will still be free even then. As we continue to explore every length and corner of our company’s potential, we will stay true to our mission: the best quality, the easiest availability and, as always – entirely free. We value our users above all else and look forward to letting you know more about our upcoming ideas soon!