This is Yahoo's new messaging and video app
Video continues to be the star content throughout 2015And it is that both in social networks and in broadcasting tools, people seem to prefer an animated experience to the typical selfies or other types of photographs That is why large companies launch their own applications designed to exploit this content. One that could not be missing is Yahoo, who has already officially presented LivetextA curious alternative to Snapchat with its own keys to seek success.
This is an all-in-one video and messaging application. And not because it lets you send text messages and eventually send videos, but because it does it all at once. A curious alternative that seeks to enrich communications through mobile terminals, but in a different way to how it has been done. And, the most curious thing is that it does it without the audio altogether A very important point but without it, it offers the opportunity to use Livetext anywhere without disturbing anyone and without headphones
Just install the application and create a user account. Thus, all that remains is to contact friends who are also using this application. Of course, only in one-on-one conversations, no groups.The first thing is to launch the invitation to make a kind of video call without audio. When the contact answers, the communication begins, always showing the image of the other user on the screen through the front camera of his terminal, and leaving a window with the own face in the upper right corner.
The curious thing is that Livetext commitment to instant messaging to make up for the lack of audio In this way it is possible to write comments and all kinds of messages that appear directly on the screen at a good size. Something that allows communication while the live broadcast or video call remains active. A most striking experience thanks to the typography and the way it allows you to communicate, very different from what is seen on Snapchat, WhatsApp or Periscope
As extra points it must be said that the absence of sound allows the use of Livetext at concerts, music venues and any other situation where communication is not impeded. And it is that the text and the video are more than enough. In addition, messages support emoticons to make conversations more striking and expressive. All this taking into account that they are ephemeral communications. That is, both the video and the messages disappear when you exit the application. Something that very well follows the current trend of messaging tools of the moment like Snapchat
In short, a most curious application that seeks to differentiate itself from the rest to find its own audience. Broadcasts in selfie format with messages and without sound that, for the moment, have not reached Spain. And it seems that Yahoo is launching the application progressively.Yes it is available for those Anglo-Saxon countries. The Livetext app can now be downloaded on both Android and iOS from Google Play and App Store from fully free
