OmeTV Alternatives in 2026: Video Sites, and Text-Only Options If You're Done With Cameras

The short answer, as of November 2026: if you want the same thing as OmeTV, random video with strangers, try Chatroulette (18+, AI moderation) or Azar (video with translation). If you want interests and a text mode, try Emerald Chat. If you're done with cameras altogether, try a text-first option: Joingy has random text chat, and Olu is text only, matches you with someone in another country and translates every message both ways.

Try text chat with someone abroad, no camera, free

Olu is an independent app, not affiliated with OmeTV, Chatroulette, Azar, Emerald Chat, Joingy, Chitchat.gg, Camsurf or any service named here. Names are used only for comparison. Features, prices and age rules change; check each one yourself.

What OmeTV is

OmeTV is a random video chat: you turn on your camera and you're paired with a stranger. Its website says the video chat is free of charge, lists country selection and an in-built translation feature, and offers a mobile app as well as the website. The app sells a VIP Lounge subscription on Google Play. Its rules ask users to have reached the age of majority in their country.

It is video first. Its homepage describes video chat only, and there's no separate text-only mode.

Why people look for an OmeTV alternative

• They're tired of video. Faces, rooms, the risk of seeing something they didn't want to see. Many people want the stranger part without the camera part.
• Bans. Users often report sudden bans from automated moderation and slow appeals. Reviews of OmeTV mention this a lot; we couldn't check OmeTV's own ban numbers.
• Bots and repeats. Some reviews describe looping fake videos and recycled faces, which is a problem across random video, not only on OmeTV.
• Australia. After action by Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Apple and Google removed OmeTV from their Australian app stores in October 2025. It was not removed worldwide.
• They want better matches. OmeTV lets you choose a country, but not shared interests.

OmeTV alternatives at a glance

	Format	Text without camera	Translation	Age	Free to start
OmeTV	Random video	No	Yes, in-built	Age of majority	Yes, VIP subscription
Chatroulette	Random video	Can switch to text	Not a listed feature	18+	Yes
Azar	Random video	No	Yes	18+ (US App Store)	Yes, paid filters and gems
Camsurf	Random video	Not the focus	Language filter	Check the site	Yes, paid extras
Emerald Chat	Random 1:1, interests, group channels	Yes	Not a listed feature	18+	Yes, paid filters
Chitchat.gg	Random 1:1	Yes, text mode	Not a listed feature	Check the site	Yes
Joingy	Random 1:1	Yes	No	18+	Yes
Olu	Random 1:1 with someone abroad	Text only	Both ways, original visible	18+	Yes, no ads

If you still want video

Chatroulette

The original random video site still runs. Its homepage says Chatroulette is 18+ and that sexually suggestive content is prohibited, and it uses AI moderation that screens video. You can switch to text chat if you don't feel like talking. Reviews describe gender matching as a paid extra.

Best for: the most OmeTV-like experience with active moderation. Catch: it's still mostly faces on camera.

Azar

Azar, from Hyperconnect (owned by Match Group), is a big random video app with translation during chats, which is the feature OmeTV fans often miss elsewhere. It's 18+ on the US App Store, and its listing says premium options unlock gender and country filters. See our Azar alternatives.

Best for: video across languages. Catch: choosing who you meet costs money.

Camsurf

Camsurf is a lightweight random video site that lets you filter by location or language. Sources disagree on which filters are free, and it sells paid extras.

Best for: quick video in the browser. Catch: check what's free before you pay for anything.

If you want text, or a mix

Emerald Chat

Emerald Chat matches strangers by shared interests, by text or video, and has group channels and a karma score. You make an account first, and subscription tiers unlock gender, country and language filters. It's the closest thing to "OmeTV with interests". More in Emerald Chat alternatives.

Best for: interest matching with a text option. Catch: the useful filters are paid.

Chitchat.gg

Chitchat.gg describes itself as a video and text chat that pairs people one-to-one, with a separate text chat mode. It's newer than the others here, so its community is still growing.

Best for: trying text and video on one site. Catch: its own blog ranks it first in its comparisons, so judge it yourself.

Joingy

Joingy is a plain random chat where you can pick a text chat without a camera. Its rules say every user must be at least 18. There's no filter and no translation.

Best for: fast random text chat. Catch: you take whoever comes next.

Olu

Olu keeps the part of OmeTV people like, meeting a stranger from another country, and drops the camera. One tap matches you with someone online now in another country, and every message is translated both ways, with the original visible. It's free, has no ads, runs in your phone or computer browser with nothing to install, and is for adults 18+.

• No video, ever. Nobody sees your face or your room.
• Filtered messages, block and report in every chat. See the Olu safety page.
• If no human is free, you may meet an AI local, always labelled AI.

Honest limits: text only, so it won't replace OmeTV if you love video. You can't pick the country. The community is small, so the busiest time is World hour, daily at 19:00 UTC for 30 minutes; the time zone tool shows it in your time.

Video or text: which is right for you?

Video feels more alive, but it's also where most of the problems with random chat live: unwanted exposure, recording, people judging a face in half a second. Text is slower to warm up, yet many people find conversations go further, because nobody skips you for how you look. Our page on text-only Omegle alternatives explains the difference in more detail.

• You want OmeTV, just better moderated: Chatroulette.
• You want video across languages: Azar.
• You want interests and a text option: Emerald Chat.
• You want quick random text: Joingy.
• You want to talk to someone in another country, no camera, in any language: Olu.
• You want to pick the country: see Omegle alternatives with a country filter.

Staying safe on any of them

• Don't show what you don't want recorded. On video, assume anything on screen can be saved.
• Keep personal details back: full name, school or workplace, address, social accounts.
• Skip anyone who rushes you to another app, asks for photos, or asks for money.
• Report, don't argue. Use the report button and move on.

More in random text chat safety tips and our list of safe stranger chat sites.