Samsung Galaxy S5 to Get Group Video Calling?

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Posted November 26, 2013 at 8:35pm by iClarified

A document filed to the Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service shows that Samsung is planning a group video calling feature for its devices, reports SamMobile.

The submitted artwork reveals a video calling application with multiple video feeds displayed at the bottom of the screen. Presumably, you will be able to tap a feed to maximize it. Notably, users will also be able to stream both the front and back cameras at the same time.

Group video calling is a much requested feature that Apple has yet to implement for its FaceTime video calling solution. It appears that Samsung is looking to beat Apple to the punch and could launch the feature on the Galaxy S5 or perhaps as an update to its ChatON application.

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gamerscul9870 - December 26, 2013 at 7:10pm

And there you have it, proving what was already made before is made the same way even if it is not from the same ow that supports it.

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david32 - December 26, 2013 at 7:05pm

Wow. Samsung releases yet another feature duplicating a better versions already available in Android (Hangouts)). Like Svoice and samsung hub; this will be a much worse working version of something already available in base android. Another reason to avoid Samsung's bloated laggy phones.

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ClanDestine8 - November 30, 2013 at 5:36pm

Google Hangouts already supports group calling on all Android Devices - And is more widely used... Anyone with a Gmail Account, Youtube Account, or Other Google accounts can use hangout already

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CryMeARiver - November 27, 2013 at 6:12am

Too all you Samsung fans!!!! Me and your mom are joining a group video chat with your aunt!

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Scotty Roger - November 27, 2013 at 5:18am

theres an app for that oooh zing! your late again samsung...like the bump app that came out on the iphone before it was on the s4...okhello app released on the iphone haha... only if samsung created their own apps rather than copy a dev who already created it then i wouldnt have to type this

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yamsung - November 27, 2013 at 5:08am

i wont be surprised if apple released this in the new ios7.1 update just to tell samsung that they had it first hahahah

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gamerscul9870 - November 27, 2013 at 6:07am

Apple didn't do this brcause it's an app but they are smart not to steal from them like the latest trial involving samskunk getting denied!

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Mike Power - November 27, 2013 at 12:06am

agreed on that.

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THui - November 27, 2013 at 2:56am

Samsung copied some of Apple's patented features, and even though Apple does copy some of Android's features, they weren't patented. That is basically how things have gone. I agree that Apple weren't the first ones to introduce a lot of features, but when it comes to user experience I'll take the IPhone over Android phones. But that is me.

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gamerscul9870 - November 27, 2013 at 6:44pm

Android copied mostly several things than features! The first two galaxies look like theviphones after iphone was released first! Apple may have notification center first but teir control center works way more than androids but it's not organized or looks like it, but apple tv to chromecast has been the last product to copy from them!

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THui - November 27, 2013 at 7:26pm

Again, features like Notification Center and Control Center were copied from Android and both Android and Apple copied the multitasking feature from WebOS, which was a OS a long time ago from Palm. Apple also took some cues from Microsoft on this flat design for iOS 7, but they didn't copy it. All these features were never patented by anyone. At the end of the day, I don't really care about who copied who as long as those features are not patented by someone. It all comes down to user experience for me and I like iOS the most.

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gamerscul9870 - November 27, 2013 at 7:44pm

You're still pointing it out is why I am tesponding yet you said you don't care who copied who, but now that you pointed out which od is simpler, disregarding looks it's ios 7.

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