video-chat

Screen-to-screen conversation

Video-chat is real-time visual conversation over the internet, where participants see and hear each other through cameras and microphones.

The term works as both noun and verb: We had a video-chat with the grandkids, Let's video-chat tomorrow.

Also spelled as one word or two.

platforms

Zoom

Video call platform

  • SkypeOnline video calling platform
  • FaceTimeApple's audiovisual communication app
  • WebExVideo meeting software

Discord · WhatsApp · Messenger · GoToMeeting · Slack · Signal · Telegram · WeChat · Viber · Duo

technology

webcam

Computer-mounted video capture device

connectivity · microphone · camera · resolution · compression · encryption · buffering · codec · pixel · HD

real-time

live

To exist or dwell

simultaneous · presence · interaction · conversation · dialogue · engagement · body-language · gesture · expression · tone

meetings

webinar

Internet-hosted interactive presentation

workshop · seminar · panel · roundtable · session · briefing · standup · one-on-one · interview · consultation

interface

mute

Without voice or sound

blur · emoji · avatar · thumbnail · grid · split-screen · mirror · recording · caption · subtitle

remote-connection

long-distance

Across great distances

work-from-home · virtual · cross-border · expatriate · global · distributed · hybrid · grandparents · diaspora

Opposites
communication modality

video-chatradio silence

Absence of broadcast communication

no contact · phone call · voice call · text message · email

physical presence

video-chatface-to-face

Direct personal encounter

physical presence · being there

Family

video, chat, videos, chats, chatted, chatting, chatter, chatty, videoed

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G