The Best Group Video Call Apps in 2023

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When you can't get together in person, group video apps let us see and hear our friends, family, or co-workers at once. There are group video apps designed for business, casual, gaming, and collaboration. Here's a guide to the best group video-calling apps.

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Best for iPhone or iPad: FaceTime

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What We Like

Easy to use.

Up to 32 participants.

Every iPhone and iPad user already has it. 

What We Don't Like

iOS only for downloads (Android users can join calls in progress).

Limited sharing and collaboration.

For many people, FaceTime kickstarted the age of modern video chat. Most folks had little or no experience with video chat until Apple added FaceTime to iOS in 2010, and it quickly became a popular alternative to ordinary audio calls. FaceTime makes it easy to set up group calls with up to 32 people, and you can add people to a call that's already in progress.

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As popular as it is, FaceTime is surprisingly limited. It has few sharing and collaboration tools, which include screen sharing, watching movies, and listening to music together using SharePlay, but won't let you work together on a document or presentation. You also can't record the call (though to be fair, many video chat apps don't allow recording). Finally, FaceTime is Apple device-only, so while those running iOS 15 or later can invite Android-using friends to calls in progress, Windows users can't get in on these conversations at all.

Download For:

iOS

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For Facebook Fanatics: Facebook Messenger

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What We Like

Virtually everyone you know already has it.

Supports 50 users.

Instant and scheduled meetings.

What We Don't Like

No business-friendly sharing features.

Odds are you have Facebook, so Facebook Messenger is a natural way to chat with fellow users. Not only does it allow one-on-one chats, but you can create a Room for chats as large as 50 participants at once. You can create an ad-hoc room at any time or schedule it for later, and you can invite specific people or let anyone with a link join in.

Messenger is cross-platform with apps for Android and iOS, as well as Windows and Macs. There's even a standalone video call device called Facebook Portal. 

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Download For:

iOS

 

Android

Use Facebook Messenger on the Web

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The Golden Standard: Zoom

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What We Like

Up to 100 attendees.

Great team collaboration tools.

Meetings can be recorded. 

What We Don't Like

Meetings are limited to 40 minutes. 

In 2020, Zoom's popularity exploded, in large part because of COVID-19 pandemic and because it's a free way to have high-quality video chats with up to 100 people at once. The service is cross-platform, working on the PC and Mac, web browsers, iPhone and Android. The only significant downside is that video calls are limited to 40 minutes, which might not be long enough for business meetings, and needing to reconnect to a new session can be awkward. Of course, there are paid tiers for users who need unlimited calling.

Zoom includes great sharing and collaboration tools, and you can even record meetings and share them with others. And meetings can be started ad-hoc or scheduled in advance. 

Download For:

iOS

 

Android

Use Zoom on the Web

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Most Popular Texting Alternative: WhatsApp

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What We Like

Everyone you know probably already uses the app. 

Supports video chats with up to 50 people. 

Easy to find people by their phone number. 

What We Don't Like

You can only video chat on the mobile app.

A surprising fact: WhatsApp is the single most popular messaging app in use today. That's likely true because it was an early cross-platform communication app that let people use Wi-Fi instead of texting when traveling internationally. Today, the app lets you text, make voice calls, and even video and chances are you and most of your friends and colleagues already have it installed. And finding people on the service is easy because you use your phone number rather than a username to join.

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The app can handle group video calls with up to 50 participants by leveraging Facebook Messenger's Rooms feature (WhatsApp is now owned by Facebook). Unfortunately, that means you can only video chat with users on the mobile app (either iOS or Android), rather than browser or desktop users.

Download For:

iOS

 

Android

 

Windows or Mac

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Old and Reliable: Skype

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What We Like

Up to 50 users at once.

Cross-platform compatible.

Excellent HD video quality.

What We Don't Like

Not completely free. You need to pay to call landlines, for example. 

Skype has been around for a very long time; older computer users might remember when Microsoft bought the service for a staggering $8.5 billion. It has continued to evolve through the years, though, and today it exists on every platform including smartphones, Web, desktop, and even the Xbox. Not only can you use it to make video calls with up to 50 participants for free, but you can also use it for voice-only calls to other devices and even landlines. It's a pretty comprehensive communication solution. 

It's equipped for business calls as well as personal video chats; you can use it to share your screen, share files, and even display live subtitles to caption what is being spoken.

Download For:

iOS

 

Android

 

Windows or Mac

Use Skype on the Web

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Play Games With Friends: Bunch

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What We Like

It's a great place to play games with friends. 

More games are promised. 

Eight people can play at once. 

What We Don't Like

A few more people (12, perhaps) would be perfect.

The app tries too hard to get your contacts. 

Here's a fun video chat app that's focused almost entirely on party games to play with your friends and family (there's little doubt why it became so popular over the course of 2020). Bunch wants to connect you to your friends, so it's a little hyper-aggressive during the initial setup about getting access to your various contact lists from your phone and social media services.

But once you're past that, you can set up rooms with up to eight people and choose from among a slew of games to play together. Bunch has, at current count, seven games to choose from including a trivia game, a Flappy Bird clone, billiard, and more.