With advance of internet and fast speed surfing, video chats become quite popular. People start using video chats to stay connected with friends, relatives and colleagues. However, now video chats are used differently, social video calls are in trends where you with your friends can watch videos and share applications. The entire meaning of video calling is changing as now it is different from screen haring to remote application control. Let us start with some popular and trendy Video chats formulae.

Group Video Calls: A simple video chat means that you can see your video chatting partner face to face and can talk directly. However, with group chat you with your three and more friends can chat together at the same time.

Talk messenger like Skype offers this facility, but it attracts initial payment. At a time minimum three people and maximum 10 people can undergo group chat discussion. But in the group one has to subscribe group video subscription. It cost $8.99 per month. Some sites like Oovoo.com offers free trial service. If you find it relevant, you can choose from different plan like monthly plan or pay per use plan.

Group video calling was not possible with phone till now, but fring has allowed this feature for the phone user. It is new and to get the feedback from users, it is offering the service free of cost. Anyone with iPhone/iPod Touch and Android phones can sign up for the limited beta release. And if you want to enjoy the free service you need to be little faster as there are limited beta tester slots. You can fill the beta tester form on http:// goo.gl/XmjxW, you need to file IMEI numbers and other important information in the form.

Social Video Calls: The service is offered by Rounds, you need to just login to www.rounds.com from and with the help of face book account, and you can just try video chat. This video chat can be simultaneously done with other activities like playing games online and enjoying video together.

Apart from round there is Zorap, which offers video chat application. You need to visit www.zorap.com and install add-on for the browser; this installation will allow the site to access your microphone and webcam. So just share the link and invite them into the chat room to enjoy the service. Fast Internet service is the other important requisite otherwise the entire video chat will seem as a series of photograph.

Video Chat in HD: Have you tried video chat in HD. Try it, really it is wonderful. You need to buy a HD webcam for the service. And both the parties need to have HD webcam. Other important requirement are fast broadband, required software and HD video chats usually work on a 720p resolution (1280 x 720 pixels), even if you have a 1080p webcam. MSN Messenger, FaceTime & Skype latest version support HD video chats.

Facetime: It is Apple’s proprietary application developed only for video calling. Accessible across their latest product range iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad2 and MACs, FaceTime permits its user for video calling but only among its own devices. Presently it works over Wi-Fi and in either portrait or landscape mode. Video chats is also available on fring i.e. www.fring.com