Frequently Asked Questions

No. OmegleGirl is a separate, independently operated adults-only service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Omegle or its former owners, and it is not a continuation of that service. The name reflects what people search for, not a connection between the two.

It is two things working together. This website is the discovery and guide layer — the explanations, the safety material, the comparisons. The live video and text conversations run on a connected chat platform that you reach from the chat buttons here.

Adults aged 18 and over who want a one-on-one video or text conversation with someone new. It is not a dating app, not a social network, and not a place to build a profile and collect followers.

Omegle shut down in November 2023 after fourteen years, following sustained legal pressure and moderation problems. Our guide on what happened to Omegle covers the history in more detail and why so many people went looking for something else.

Yes. Text chat is a full option, not a fallback. Plenty of people prefer to start with messages and decide later whether to move to video, and plenty never switch at all.

No. On supported modern browsers everything runs in the browser, with no app store download required. Video conversations will trigger a browser permission prompt for your camera and microphone.

Yes, in a current mobile browser. Keep the browser in the foreground during a video conversation — switching to another app usually suspends the camera and drops you out of the call.

A preference option exists so you can indicate the kind of match you would like. Whether it can be applied at any given moment depends on who is actually online, so it is a preference rather than a guarantee.

The conversation ends and the platform looks for a different person. The previous match is not stored for you and you will not be deliberately reconnected to them.

We do not publish that number. Live user counts are trivially easy to invent and we have no way to verify one, so we would rather show you nothing than show you a figure we cannot stand behind. How quickly you match depends on the time of day and who happens to be looking.

Confirm your browser has camera permission, close any other app holding the webcam such as video meeting software, and make sure the right device is selected if you have more than one. The camera check page tests all of this locally before you match with anyone.

This site is free to browse, and it is free to start a conversation without paying first. That is not the same as everything being free forever — extended time or premium options may cost money. We will not promise you that nothing ever costs anything, because that would not be true.

Any charge should be shown clearly before you agree to it. If a button does not make clear what it will cost, do not press it. And if someone inside a conversation asks you to pay them directly through gift cards, a transfer app or a link, that is fraud, not a platform charge.

You can start without building a public profile. Some features on the connected chat platform may require signing in. Whatever the case, use a password you do not use anywhere else.

No. There is no identity verification and no age verification, so do not assume anyone is who they claim to be or the age they state. Treat every match as an unverified stranger — that assumption alone prevents most of what goes wrong.

No online video service should be described as completely anonymous, and we will not describe this one that way. Your conversations travel over the internet, technical data such as IP addresses exists, and anything you show or say on camera can be recorded by the person you are talking to. Share accordingly.

We cannot tell you what any individual on the other end is doing. The practical rule is that anything on camera can be captured by the other person regardless of what any service promises, so never do anything on camera you would not want to exist as a file.

You must be at least 18. This site and the connected chat experience are intended only for adults, and you should leave a conversation immediately if you believe the other person is a minor, then report it.

Do not assume anyone is watching or that help is a moment away. Your own judgement and the skip button are the controls you can actually rely on. Our safety hub explains what to look for and what to do afterwards.

Use the reporting control in the chat interface while the conversation is still open, since that carries the context along with the report. Take screenshots first if the behaviour is serious — evidence is much harder to recover afterwards.

Use the content removal page in our policies section. Include as much detail as you can about where the content appears and why it should come down. If you are being threatened with the release of intimate material, report it to your local police as well — that is a crime committed against you.

Because we would have to invent them. We do not publish testimonials, star ratings, user counts or success statistics that we cannot verify, and we would rather have a thinner site than a dishonest one.