Fam may add TV shows and games to its iPhone group video app
via VENTUREBEAT: Group video chat Fam is thinking about adding several interactive experiences to its iOS and iMessage apps, including TV shows, news video, and other content to play and watch with friends. Fam users can chat with more than a dozen people at once. Just four months old, Boston-based Smack, the company behind Fam, will begin by adding more games in the coming months and then expand further by working with production partners and game developers.
Read MoreFam raises $1.8 million for its iMessage-based group video chat app
via TECHCRUNCH: The iMessage App Store may have its struggles, but one app aimed at bringing group video chat into the iMessage experience is reportedly taking off. Boston-based Smack, the company behind the video chat app called Fam, has raised $1.8 million in funding from a range of investors for its top 25 Social Networking app on the App Store that allows groups to chat with one another via iMessage with just a few taps.
Read MoreFor Generation Z, 'Live Chilling' Replaces Hanging Out in Person
via THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Fam, launched in December 2016, reached a million downloads within 12 days, says co-founder and chief executive Giuseppe Stuto. These apps make sense now in part because more teens than ever have access to smartphones. In 2015, Pew Research Center (continued)
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Fam lets you do group videochats directly within iMessage
via TECHCRUNCH: "In my opinion, one of FaceTime’s major flaws is the lack of group video chat. Sure, apps like Skype, ooVoo and now Messenger let you do group video chats, but it’s just not as seamless as FaceTime. And while Houseparty has also recently entered the group video chat race, they are focused more on providing a shared space for all of your friends to pop in and out of a video chat. Enter Fam. The app lets you create group video chats directly within iMessage..."
Read MoreThe 10 best iMessage Apps of 2016
via VENTUREBEAT: "1. Fam In short order, Fam appears to have become the biggest success story in the iMessage App Store so far. Fam was released earlier this month and claims to have already racked up more than a million downloads. It’s now at #2 in the Top Free app category of the iMessage App Store behind GamePigeon, a collection of about a dozen games you can play with friends..."
Read MoreWhy People Are Freaking Out About This New 'Group FaceTime' App
via FORTUNE: "It's called 'Fam' and Apple didn't develop it. You might have seen people excitedly tweeting in the last two weeks that "group FaceTime" is finally here. But make no mistake - it's not tech giant Apple behind this new iMessage-based app. It's three guys in Boston you've never heard of..."
Read MoreGroup Facetime is Finally a Thing, This Is How You Can Get It
via AFFINITY MAGAZINE: "At last, we finally have what everyone has been requesting since forever, group FaceTime. Ok maybe that's not exactly what it is, but it sure is something. It's called "Fam" and..."
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