Many different companies have introduced their own mobile messaging applications and most of them succeeded in getting the attention of a lot of people but then there’s Skype Qik. Do you think this will also be embraced by smartphone users? This is given that Skype has been very successful in allowing laptop and personal computer users to connect with their friends and relatives online? Let us try to get to know more about this new mobile app and find out how it compares with its close rivals.
What Skype Qik Is All About
Just recently, Microsoft-owned program Skype launched its new video messaging application for mobiles called Skype Qik. Instead of putting more attention on instant messaging like chats and making live video calls, this new application is especially designed around asynchronous video messaging. This means that you will be able to make video messages and share them to their friends or relatives who may not be on the internet the same time with you.
Where the Name Qik Came From
The term ‘Qik’ might sound familiar to you mainly because it is the same with the name of the mobile video startup that was bought out by Skype three years ago. If Qik focused on live video streaming, this Skype’s app is more into providing an option to make a video voicemail for the user’s friends and relatives.
How Long the Video Messages Can Be
Skype Qik aims to be the best and most preferred video voicemail mobile messaging app allowing users to create and send 42-second videos to their friends who are not online while they are on the internet. This is way better than that offering of Vine app and Snapchat.
The duration of the video messages that can be sent is longer than the 6 to 7 seconds length that is offered by the Vine app. The video will be available for the recipient to view clocking in at 14 days which is better than that of Snapchat which gets deleted just a few seconds after it’s viewed by the recipient.
How to Use This Application
This mobile messaging app is very easy to use. All you need to do is tap the pinkish bubbly icon that you can see on the home screen. The blue ones are those recent video messages that you haven’t read yet and the red button is what you would tap to start recording a video. To show the camera interface, just drag down the screen.
If you are interested in downloading Skype Qik, hopefully your device runs on Android, Microsoft Windows Phone or iOS operating system so that you would be able to take advantage of this great video voicemail app. You can download this on Google Play, Windows Phone Store and iTunes already.