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Voice chat is a modern form of communication used on the Internet. The means of communicating with voice chat is through any of the messengers, mainly Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, inSpeak Communicator or Windows Live Messenger.

Rocket Messenger and AOL were among the first to offer voice chat facilities. They were followed by Paltalk which became a quick hit. Later Yahoo! Messenger became the most dominant voice chat service as it provided unique features. These included individual voice chat with another person, as well as conference call type voice chat facilities categorized in Yahoo! Rooms.

Today many video games allow players to communicate via voice chatting.

* 2001 - Sony released the Network adapter for their PlayStation 2 video game console, which allowed voice chatting with a headset.

* 2002 - Microsoft launched the Xbox Live service, which supports voice chatting through a headset bundled with the Xbox 360 premium package.

* 2005 - Nintendo launched the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, an online multiplayer service for both the Nintendo DS and for the Wii.

* 2006 - Metroid Prime Hunters was released, making it the first game to allow voice chatting through the Nintendo DS's microphone. Also, Nintendo released a Nintendo DS headset for voice chat alongside the release of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.

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Facebook Voice Chat Using Vivox
Over the next few weeks, the Facebook social network's tens of millions of users will begin to be able to have high-quality voice conversations.