Vooz, a free browser-based service for random video chat and text chat for people aged 18 and over, has set out what its moderation covers, how reporting works and how chat data is handled, as November marks three years since the random chat site Omegle shut down. Vooz Inc. describes Vooz as an independent alternative to Omegle and states on its website that it is not affiliated with Omegle.com.
The service pairs two people at random for a video or text conversation in the browser, without a download or sign-up. Vooz also offers interest matching, a friends list, chat rooms and screen sharing. Vooz states that use is limited to people 18 or older, and every button that opens the browser-based Vooz App first asks the visitor to confirm they are 18 or older, followed by a CAPTCHA. The company describes this as a confirmation step, not age verification. Its safety rules, including how chats are moderated and reported, are set out on the Vooz Safety page.
According to Vooz, random video chats, random text chats and chat rooms are moderated by artificial intelligence in real time. The company states that its moderation detects nudity in random video chats and blocks the users involved. Each random chat includes a Report button. Reports are handled automatically, and accounts that break the Community Guidelines can be banned temporarily or permanently. Users who believe a suspension was a mistake can appeal by email to support@vooz.co, where a person reviews the case.
Vooz is specific about where that moderation stops. Private sessions, meaning calls and messages between friends, are not monitored, and neither are Hangouts, the audio rooms that users create themselves, which are separate from the moderated chat rooms. The Vooz homepage also notes that an age rule does not guarantee who is on the other side of a conversation, and it advises users to keep personal documents out of camera view, avoid sharing sensitive details and leave any chat that makes them uncomfortable.
On privacy, Vooz states that chat video and text messages are not recorded or stored. The company keeps session records, such as who was matched with whom, when and for how long, for as long as it needs them for safety, abuse prevention and enforcing bans. Visitors who use Vooz without signing up are given temporary guest accounts that hold only that session history and are not linked to a name, email address or phone number.
In an interview with Unscripted SaaS host Jeremy Rivera, described in a February 2025 post on the Vooz blog, founder Jeremy said Vooz was built to be a video and text chat platform that is moderated and has a lot of entertainment value built in.
"When Omegle closed, people did not stop wanting a quick way to talk to someone new," said Jeremy , founder and CEO of Vooz. "We think clear rules matter as much as the matching itself. Random chats on Vooz are moderated in real time, we do not record conversations, and anyone who breaks the guidelines can lose access. We would rather explain exactly what our moderation covers than promise more than it does."
Vooz runs in the web browser on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac, so no app download is needed. An account is optional and lets users save friends, make private video calls and create Hangouts, while some extras, such as country and gender filters or profile customization, can involve paid access or earned points.
Vooz is a free random video chat and text chat service for people aged 18 and over, owned and operated by Vooz Inc. More information about Vooz is available on the company's website.
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For more information about Vooz, contact the company here:
Vooz
Garland S. Dean
support@vooz.co
Los Angeles, California, United States