Firefox Hello: Mozilla Launches Web-Based Video Calls

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The Mozilla Foundation has introduced a noteworthy innovation, despite discussing something that isn’t entirely new. The new service Firefox Hello has been launched, a system that joins the already crowded field of companies involved in video communication, and therefore video calls and chats. In effect, Firefox Hello becomes a competitor to Skype, although compared to the latter – and other programs like Google Hangouts, to name just one – it may possess significant quality and potential. Firefox Hello is indeed a universal method for video calling and chatting with someone, as it operates directly from the web. If, in fact, to use Skype for calls or chat, the contact of our interest must have downloaded the same communication software, with Firefox Hello there will be no need for our recipient to register. The contact we wish to speak with, should they not have Firefox Hello, will receive an email notification specifying the sender who wishes to initiate a chat and/or video call. At this point, all that needs to be done is to click on the link included in the email to start talking with whoever contacted us. This will be possible not necessarily by using Firefox as a browsing browser, but also by using Chrome and Opera. This explains why Firefox Hello can be understood as a universal system. All of this is possible thanks to the decision to use open protocols, based on WebRTC and OpenTok. The framework was created in collaboration with Telefónica, a Spanish telephone company that has been a partner of Mozilla for some time. Firefox Hello is currently already available but in beta version.

Mozilla also enters the video calling sector with Firefox Hello.