The iOS users have long been asking Apple about the support of group video calls. But the company continues to ignore these requests: technology not available even in the latest iOS and macOS 11 High Sierra that are in the testing phase.
The solution to the problem was proposed by the Russian developers of the ICQ instant messenger. New versions of applications for Windows and Mac became available to group audio and video calls.
Now in audio and video chats of ICQ, you can communicate not only with one interlocutor, but in groups. In a collective call may participate 3-4 people, you can also add users mobile versions on iOS and Android. The last group of calls to them so far.
Other changes include an updated ICQ the message Board. So, sent videos are played directly in the dialogue. Also improved the citation: now the interlocutor can if you want click to go to the original message. In addition, there is a setting that automatically opens the conversation on the first unread message.
Also, the developers Mail.Ru Group has implemented in the update navigation: all settings ICQ now collected in a single retractable panel on the left.
In 2016 Mail.Ru Group released the source code for ICQ for third-party developers and published it on GitHub. By June 2017 monthly audience of ICQ on your own data service to 11 million people worldwide, of which 6.7 million in Russia.