Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team. She covers tips and tricks for apps, operating systems and devices, as well as mobile gaming and Apple Arcade news. Shelby also ...

Chatroulette is one of the most popular random chat websites on the Internet. It’s a fairly simple premise. You match with other people and have a chat. There are a bunch of apps that do this, believe ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

Twitter is about to take your experience on the app to a whole new level, thanks to an audio-only "Space" that will remind you a whole lot of the Clubhouse app. Get ready to speak up — literally — on ...

Messenger Room is Facebook's response to the popular video chat app Zoom, which saw its usage spike during the coronavirus health crisis. Zoom has been the subject of plenty of criticism lately ...

Forget the calendar invite. Just jump into a conversation. That’s the idea powering a fresh batch of social startups poised to take advantage of our cleared schedules amidst quarantine. But they could ...

Regular phone calls are over—these days, it’s all about video chatting. If you’ve got a smartphone, you’re likely holding a video-chatting machine (in all its forward-facing 1.3 megapixel glory). And ...

The voice-first social network has finally introduced a way for longtime lurkers to get in on the action. Clubhouse announced in-room chat Thursday, adding a text chat feature into its voice rooms ...

The digital age has transformed the way people meet and interact. Random video chat platforms, once niche curiosities, have become mainstream spaces where millions log on daily to connect with ...

Google Chat officially launched for consumers recently, and that means the time has come to dive back into everyone’s favorite subject: Google messaging services! Google has presided over some ...