Parallel - Voice chat & gaming

Over 5 million installations!

Parallel – A Voice Chat Application Where Friends Connect

Enjoy gaming, watching videos, and listening to music with your buddies!

■ What is Parallel? ■

Parallel serves as an "online gathering app," allowing you to partake in games, videos, music, and various other content alongside your friends.

■ Team Up in FPS Games ■

You can utilize Parallel for voice communication while playing mobile games (such as COD, PUBG, FREE FIRE, ROV, Minecraft, Roblox, Brawl Stars, etc.) together!

■ WHY Choose Parallel? ■

When using alternative voice chat platforms while engaging in FPS games, striking a balance between game audio and voice conversations can be quite difficult.

Parallel addresses this challenge.

This app enhances your gaming adventure by employing media sound controls rather than standard phone call audio, ensuring a smooth and cohesive auditory experience.

Parallel is the preferred choice for enthusiasts of FPS games. Its distinctive feature allows users to hear both game sounds and their friends’ voices at the same time—ideal for gamers where sound dynamics are vital.

■ Two Areas: Lobby and Private ■

The Lobby is an area where online friends can come together to play! Simply join in to enjoy discussions and content with those who are present.

Private is a section where you can form a group with your close companions. If you prefer to play exclusively with select friends, gather in a private setting.

■ Abundant Content to Play Alongside Friends! ■

You can enjoy mini-games, videos (such as YouTube), music, and karaoke while interacting with your friends. All content on Parallel is offered at no cost, requiring no extra downloads. You can jump right into it whenever you feel like having fun.

■ Mini-Games Available with Friends on Parallel ■

You can engage in classic board games, Solitaire, Animal Collection, Keyword Werewolf, Reversi, Air Hockey, and more! We aim to add even more classic and enjoyable mini-games for you and your friends to share.

■ Engaging Communication Features! ■

Beyond regular calls and messaging, the voice changing feature allows you to communicate with a different tone, while voice stamps enhance interactions with friends.

If you are unable to speak but still wish to participate in a call, there’s an in-call chat functionality available.

■ Community Engagement ■

Managing online communities can be tedious, but creating one on Parallel simplifies the process.

If you're looking to establish a gaming clan for your FPS teammates, Roblox group, or other games, Parallel is the ideal platform to build your community!

■ Superior Audio Quality for Calls ■

Parallel provides a clear, high-fidelity calling experience!

Game sounds will maintain their volume, and individual voice levels can be adjusted!

Tokyo-based Parallel, the Japanese startup behind a voice chat app under the same name, announced today that it has secured 1.2 billion yen (about $11 million US) in a series B round. Participating investors are Jafco Group (TSE:8595), KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Anri, W ventures, and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. The startup will use the funds to strengthen engineering and marketing teams.

Founded in July of 2017 as its previous name of React, Parallel has secured a pre-series A and series A round without disclosing detailed terms to date. They launched the Parallel app back in August of 2019 which is so to speak the mobile-optimized version of Discord and targets mobile game users. It boasts a cumulative total of one million registered users and over 400 million minutes of total monthly talk time.

When it comes to a voice chat app for gamers, many of our readers may recall Discord but their users had been forced to use a web browser that were not guaranteed to work properly until it launched an official mobile app about half a year ago. In addition, Discord has some problems such as difficulty in understanding the status of other users as well as inability to hear the game sound when talking with someone.

Parallel’s users have been mainly Generation Z and gamers, but the company plans to create a hangout space where users can enjoy content while sharing time with friends, family, and loved ones in everyday situations such as movies, live performances, listening to music, and shopping. In addition to the development of new functions, the company will also work on strategic alliances with entertainment companies and full-scale overseas expansion.