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RandomVideo Chat

18+You confirm your age before your first call.

Press start and WHO puts you on a live video call with one person you have never met. No account, no card and nothing to install. If the conversation is not for you, tap Next and someone new appears.

Android app on Google Play. On iPhone, use Safari.

How a random call works

Random video chat is a conversation on camera with a stranger the service picks for you. On WHO there is no form and no profile to fill in: you press start, one person appears, and either of you can move on whenever you like.

People come to it for different reasons. Some want to practise a language with someone who grew up speaking it, some are curious about ordinary life in another country, and some just want a conversation with nobody they know on a quiet evening. None of that needs a commitment.

What sets one site apart from another is everything around those first seconds: what you hand over before the call, which parts cost money, what is kept afterwards and what you can do when someone behaves badly.

At the door

1Press start. There is nothing to fill in.
2One person you did not pick appears.
3Tap Next and someone new loads in.

What it costs

Starting costs nothing. You can press start, get matched and hold a whole conversation without paying anything or typing in a card number.

WHO is a free video chat at its core, with a few paid extras on the side. They are optional, and a conversation never depends on them.

It is worth testing that claim on any site before you trust it. On several well known random chat sites, the filters that decide who you meet sit behind a paid plan or a sign in.

Safety never depends on paying: Next, Block and Report are on every call, whether or not you buy an extra.

Phone, laptop or app

WHO runs online in your browser, on a phone or a computer, with nothing to download. The browser asks to use your camera, then the call opens.

Android phone

Use any browser, or install the WHO app from Google Play if you would rather have an icon.

iPhone

WHO is not in the App Store. Open the site in Safari and add it to your home screen; it then opens like an app.

Laptop

Any modern browser works, with the same camera prompt and the same buttons as on a phone.

A phone is easier to hold at a good angle and to carry closer to a window. A laptop keeps the picture steady and your hands free, which helps in longer conversations. If the camera stays dark, allow it in the site settings next to the address bar and reload; if you hear an echo, plug in headphones.

What the other person sees

In an anonymous video chat on WHO, the stranger sees your camera and whatever you decide to tell them. They do not see your location or your contact details, and you do not need an account to start.

Anonymity is an old part of the format. When Omegle launched, its founder made users anonymous to one another by default, so that a malicious person would find it harder to track someone down after a chat ended. The same logic holds on WHO: what you reveal is decided by you, during the call, and not by a form you filled in beforehand.

Anonymous is not invisible. Your face is on screen and the room behind you can say a lot, so point the camera at a plain wall and keep letters, uniforms and street signs out of shot.

One person at a time

Every call on WHO is a 1v1 video call: one other person, nobody watching, and nobody who can join halfway through.

That changes how people talk. In a group room, or a stream with comments running down the side, you end up performing for a crowd. With one person the conversation can be slower and more honest. When it ends, it is over, and nothing from it is kept.

Privacy has a limit worth knowing. A call with one person keeps other users out, but it cannot stop that person from remembering what you said. Treat each stranger like someone you have just met in a public place: friendly, open and careful with details you cannot take back.

In a call

One other person

Nobody else can join

Calls are not recorded

When a call goes wrong

You can talk to strangers on your own terms, because three buttons stay on screen during every call.

Ends the call and loads someone new. Nothing is filed against anyone.

Block

Closes the call immediately, and WHO will not pair that person with you again.

Report

Ends the call and sends the session to the moderation team, who read it and decide.

Behind the buttons there are two layers. Automated filters run on every call and catch what they can; people on the moderation team read every report and decide what follows. Harassing someone, attacking a person for who they are and being under age all lead to a permanent suspension, and everyone confirms their age before the first call.

If someone pushes you to move to another app, or to share a detail you hesitated over, tap Next, and use Block or Report if it crosses a line. You do not owe anyone an explanation.

Making the first minute count

Most calls are decided in the first few lines, so if you came to meet new people, give each one a real opening: light on your face, a clear hello and one easy question.

You are not there to impress anyone, only to find out who this stranger is for a few minutes. If a shared language matters, set the language filter before you press start; for people from closer to home, set the region filter. Leave both off and WHO matches you with anyone, anywhere.

Expect the first few matches to be short. People skip, you skip, someone's camera points at the ceiling. That is how chance works, and it often takes a handful of calls before one turns into a real conversation. When a call goes well, say so: people remember a stranger who was glad to see them.

Openers that tend to work

Hi! What time is it where you are?

Easy to answer, and it never asks where they live.

Is that a guitar behind you?

Something on screen shows you are paying attention.

I am learning Spanish. Mind if we try?

A clear reason makes the stranger part of a plan.

A short history

Omegle went live in March 2009 and paired strangers one to one without asking anyone to register, at first in text, with video added in March 2010. Chatroulette followed later in 2009, built by Andrey Ternovskiy, a 17 year old student in Moscow, who named it after the Russian roulette scenes in The Deer Hunter. Omegle closed on 8 November 2023, its founder writing that running it was no longer sustainable.

Questions before your first call

Is random video chat free on WHO?

Yes. Starting, being matched and talking cost nothing, and you never need a card to begin. A few extras are paid and optional.

Do I need an account?

No. You can start a call without one. Signing in only comes into play if you want to browse the people currently on WHO.

Can I choose who I talk to?

Not by name or photo. Matching is random, but you can set a language or region filter before you press start, and WHO matches you inside it.

Is the call recorded?

No. WHO does not store video calls, and nothing from a chat is kept after it ends.

Does it work on an iPhone?

Yes, in Safari. WHO is not in the App Store, so open the site and add it to your home screen. On Android there is also an app on Google Play.

Is it rude to tap Next?

No. Next exists so nobody has to sit through a call that is not working, and it files nothing against the other person. A quick thanks before you go is kind, but nobody expects it.

Which languages is WHO available in?

Eight: English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. Set the language filter to meet people who speak yours.

Is random video chat safe?

It is as safe as the rules and your own habits make it. On WHO, Next, Block and Report are on every call, the moderation team reviews every report, and you can leave any call without giving a reason.

Someone new is one tap away

WHO is available in eight languages, and someone new is always one tap of Next away. Press start and see who is on the other side.

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One tap, one stranger, one conversation, right in your browser.

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