When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works

Home / News / Airtime: Sean Parker’s new video chat startup

Airtime: Sean Parker’s new video chat startup

Parker once again unites with Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning for a browser-based spin on Chatroulette

Sean Parker is back in the startup business – and he’s brought his old Napster partner Shawn Fanning along this time. The two have just launched Airtime, a browser-based video chat service.

It sounds a lot like Chatroulette, but because it uses Facebook login there should be fewer creepers and naked people on it. We can but hope. The idea is to chat with people who share the same interests as you, whether they’re existing Facebook friends or total strangers. As with Google Hangouts, you can show people YouTube videos and watch their reactions in real time.

Airtime is “go” right now, so give it a whirl.

You may also like

New MacBook Pro specs leaked?

Toshiba Satellite U840W hands on review

Asus Transformer All-in-One: the world’s largest tablet

Profile image of Dan Grabham Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home

Enable referrer and click cookie to search for eefc48a8bf715c1b ad9bf81e74a9d264 [] 2.7.22