Video chat with strangers, one person at a time
A video chat on Ominglo connects you with one random person at a time. You see each other, you can talk and type, and either of you can move on whenever you like.
What you see during a chat
The screen has two video windows. The larger one shows the other person; the smaller one shows your own camera, so you can check the light and the angle at any moment. On the other person's video you see their name, age and country.
Below the video are three controls:
- Next ends the chat and starts looking for someone new straight away.
- Stop ends the chat and takes you back to the start screen.
- Report, next to the other person's name, ends the chat and sends a report to the moderation team.
A random chat is always one-to-one, and nothing is recorded.
The text box beside the video
Every video chat has a text box on the right (on a phone, under the video). It is handy when one of you is somewhere noisy, when you want to spell a name or a place, or when you are practising a language and a word is easier to write than to say. Short notes from the app appear in the same box, for example when the connection is ready or when you both added the same tag.
The text box belongs to the chat: when the chat ends, the conversation is gone from your screen. There is no separate text-only mode; you start a video chat and type alongside it.
Topics and tags
Before you press Start you can add up to 5 interests, such as music, travel or cooking. The matching tries to pair you with someone who added the same tag, and a short note tells you when it worked. Tags are optional and come with no promise: if nobody with your tag is waiting, you meet someone else.
Filters in the paid plans
Random chat is free. The Plus and Max plans give you more say over who you meet. With Plus you can pick who you meet (women or men) and meet more or fewer people from the regions you choose, use the Previous button to step back to your last chat, wait ahead of free accounts in the queue and stop seeing the plans banner. Max includes all of Plus, waits ahead of Plus and free accounts in the queue, allows up to 100 interest tags, and lets you ring someone from your chat history and video-call your friends. Prices are shown in the app before you pay.
Before your first chat
- Test your camera and microphone. The camera and microphone test checks both, plus your connection, in the browser. Nothing is uploaded or recorded.
- Find a quiet, well-lit spot. Light in front of you, not behind, makes your face easy to see.
- Allow the camera when asked. The browser shows its own prompt the first time. If you blocked it by mistake, you can change it in the site settings of your browser.
- Read the rules. Ominglo is for adults only and nudity is not allowed. The Community Rules list what else is not allowed.
- Keep personal details to yourself. Do not share your full name, address or passwords with someone you just met.
The guide Your first random video chat shows each screen step by step, with pictures of the real interface.
Safety during a video chat
A check in your browser blurs the other person's video at once when it detects nudity. Frames from the camera are checked automatically during the chat, and people on the moderation team review reports, borderline cases and appeals. The Safety Center explains what happens to images from your camera.
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