The Stiftung Warentest took a closer look at video chat programs. Only 5 participants scored well in their test.
- Stiftung Warentest compared 12 Video - Chat programs
- In the test of Stiftung Warentest cut 5 Video - Chat programs with well-off
- Only two of the programs tested had no serious shortcomings in data security
Stiftung Warentest: These video chat programs were tested
In the test 12Programme were the users with a video - chat allow. Up to four of the tested by Stiftung Warentest Video - Chat programs were, at the time of the test, all available for free. In the meantime, even 2 of the programs that used to be paid for have free versions on offer. Hereof One is the video - chat program Microsoft teams. The other is the chat program Slack, which, however, does not allow group chats with video in the free version .
In general, Stiftung Warentest does not recommend any of the three programs that are still subject to a fee, as these can be found later in the comparison. Total cut of the 12 tested video - chat programs 5 with overall "good".
Stiftung Warentest: These are the winners in the video chat test
According to the experts at Stiftung Warentest , the two have video - chat offers from Microsoft the best quality. With an overall rating of smooth 2.0 Microsoft Teams lies.
Compared to the second and third placed video - chat programs is the only thing that allows a three-digit number of participants. According to Microsoft, 250 people can participate at the top.
In second place is with an overall rating of 2.1 of the Video - Chat Skype , also from Microsoft . In terms of handling in particular, it lost points compared to the competitor from the same manufacturer.
Stiftung Warentest: Third place goes to two video chat programs
However, users with hearing impairment also get support here, which is only available in English for teams.
According to Stiftung Warentest white both video - chat programs significant deficiencies in the privacy policy on. However, there was in the test of Stiftung Warentest only two video - chat programs that did not have significant deficiencies here.
One of these programs is the TeamViewer: Blizz , which ranks third in the test with an overall rating of 2.4. On these managed with the same total score and the free video - chat program Jitsi .
Jitsi scored above all in terms of image and sound quality. According to the testers from Stiftung Warentest could Video - Chat convince especially in suppressing the noise.
Stiftung Warentest: A video chat offers a huge number of participants
One of the programs exceeds at its maximum number of participants all other video - chat programs in the test. Stiftung Warentest refers to the information provided by the manufacturers in the information provided by the participants. The Discord program therefore allows up to 250,000 people to take part at the same time. The program with a rating of 2.5 took 5th place in the test. The program did poorly, especially in terms of data protection. The rating here was only 3.7.
Stiftung Warentest: Video chat possible even with a slow connection
Often it comes with video - chats problems if the Internet connection is too slow. According to Stiftung Warentest , the best choice in such a case is the Jitsi program. This video - chat program came in the test most clearly with poor internet connection.
The clear loser in the test is Mikogo . The program promoted with a video - chat feature, which did not exist. In the Stiftung Warentest test , the program did not go beyond the poor mark. When asked by Stiftung Warentest , the company stated that the advertisement was an oversight.
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