Just weeks after Apple introduced Group FaceTime, Instagram is now rolling out a Video Chat feature that makes it so easy to catch up with your friends. Prepare to take your crew's group thread to the ...

Steam has announced a slew of new updates to its chat and social features, all currently part of an opt-in beta program. The beta update allows Steam users to group their friends into a “favorites” ...

Life is far from normal, right? Fortunately, there’s one form of technology that’s been holding together the bonds of friendship and the functionality of the economy since the coronavirus outbreak ...

Interactive AI has made remarkable progress in recent years, and services that allow users to enjoy simulated friendships and romantic relationships with interactive AI have already appeared.

If you ever wanted to video chat with 16 of your closest friends and family all at once, you can now do that and more thanks to a new Snapchat feature announced on Tuesday, April 3. In today’s ...

Facebook really wants you to talk to your friends — so it's making it even easier for your inner circle to interact in and around its Live videos. The social network just announced two new features ...

If you're the type of person who likes to stick to only one IM program, and that happens to be Skype, now you can chat with your Facebook friends from there to consolidate your banter in one place.

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Houseparty is a video chatting app designed for spontaneous communication — less for setting up ...