{"id":1221,"date":"2011-04-07T00:45:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T00:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2011-04-07T00:50:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T00:50:17","slug":"1221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/?p=1221","title":{"rendered":"Fring Group Calls Incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fring has confirmed that it will soon be adding group video calling to  the iPhone and Android versions of its popular mobile voice and video  calling app, making it the first app to support multi-way video calling  on the iOS platform.<\/p>\n<p>Showcased in the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fring.com\/blog\/?p=2857\">blog<\/a>,  the new group calling feature will allow iPhone and Android users to  conduct free live video calls with up to three of their friends over a  Wi-Fi or 3G connection.<\/p>\n<p>To initiate a &#8220;group call&#8221;, Fring users start a video call normally and then can then  add up to two more friends.\u00c2\u00a0 At this point, the device&#8217;s screen is divided into quadrants filled with the faces of friends along with the user\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own  preview video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom2.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/screen-shot-2011-04-05-at-11-35-20-am1-e1302030165248.png?w=300&amp;h=199\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The company has also indicated that it is currently putting the   finishing touches on the service and has announced a limited beta to induce feedback from users ahead of the public launch. Interested users  can sign up for the beta by filling out a form at the blog link above.\u00c2\u00a0 The sign up process is fairly simple&#8230;  beta applicants only need to provide their device information and list  up to three potential friends who are interested in participating in the beta with  them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fring has confirmed that it will soon be adding group video calling to the iPhone and Android versions of its popular mobile voice and video calling app, making it the first app to support multi-way video calling on the iOS platform. Showcased in the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official blog, the new group calling feature will allow iPhone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tapgamers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}