Houseparty, the group video chat app that’s popular among a set of teenagers and college students, is getting a desktop app companion. Today, the company released Houseparty for Mac, a simple group video chap designed to enable faster video chats among close friends and family. It represents a bid for the company to extend its reach beyond the adolescent hangouts for which it is known into college dorms, study halls, houses, and workplaces.
Houseparty is now available as a free download in the Mac App Store, and it resembles other group video chats in many respects. Where it differs is in its concept of “presence.” It asks you to signal when you’re available to chat, and then it notifies your friends that you’re “in the house.”
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