Since the release of Skype on the Android platform, many users have been eagerly awaiting the update for video chat on our devices. While Skype still hasn’t provided, other companies have stepped up to take their place. To be more specific, Qik and Yahoo have both released applications which allow for cross platform video chatting. Qik has the capability to chat from both Android to iOS devices seamlessly (proposing they both have cameras). Like Qik, Yahoo also is able to use video chat between the two different operating systems as well as from Android or iOS to PC. You must have the Yahoo Messenger application installed on your computer, but once signed in you can communicate with anyone who is using a mobile device by “calling” their phone. While the Qik application offers a few bonuses that Yahoo doesn’t, such as recording and uploading videos to their service, Yahoo remains in the game with a seamless communication tool between your devices including file and photo sharing.

These are just two of the various video chat applications that are making their way onto the android market. Although these applications are optimized for front-facing cameras, they are compatible with rear-facing cameras. If you don’t have a front-facing camera, like myself, then hopefully you have a mirror nearby to make up for it.