The video call apps linking home workers with strangerson February 22, 2021 at 12:10 am

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A number of tech firms are connecting people working from home with strangers via video calls.

Currently if users opt to connect to someone they don’t know, the only thing they can pick about the other person is their gender, but Focusmate is looking at giving users other choices in the future, such as age parameters, or specific countries.

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