Is Omegle Coming Back?

October 25, 20265 min read

No. The original Omegle closed on 8 November 2023, when its founder shut it down, and it has not reopened. As of October 2026, omegle.com shows a 'launching soon' page whose legal pages name a different company, so anything that opens there will be a new service under the old name. SayHello offers text chat with strangers without an account.

The original is not. What sits at the old address now, and where the text chat went.

People still search 'is Omegle coming back' every day, and many pages answer with guesses. This one sticks to what can be checked: what happened in 2023, what is on omegle.com today, what the sites using the name are, and what to use for text chat in the meantime.

Is the original Omegle coming back?

The original Omegle is not coming back. Its founder, Leif K-Brooks, closed it on 8 November 2023 and replaced the site with a farewell letter, writing that the battle for Omegle had been lost. He named the cost of fighting misuse and the legal pressure as the reasons, and has announced no return since.

Closed: 8 November 2023, by the founder's own decision.
Reasons given: the cost and strain of fighting misuse, and legal pressure.
Return announced by the founder: none.
The original text and video chat: offline since that day.
Sites with similar names: separate projects, covered below.

Why doesn't the founder just restart it?

In his farewell letter the founder wrote that the stress and expense of the fight had become too much: an open chat with no accounts meant constant work against misuse, plus repeated legal cases. Restarting the same format would bring the same problems back. That is why most newer chat sites add accounts, filters, reporting or all three.

Omegle in four dates

2009
Omegle launches as a text chat that pairs two strangers at random, with no account.
2010
Video chat is added and soon becomes the main way people use the site.
2023
On 8 November the founder closes Omegle and replaces the site with a farewell letter.
2026
omegle.com shows a 'launching soon' page whose legal pages name RC Tech America Inc.

What is on omegle.com now?

As of October 2026, omegle.com no longer shows the farewell letter. It shows a page saying Omegle is launching soon, with promises about verification and safety. Its privacy policy and terms name RC Tech America Inc as the operator and describe livestreaming, creator tools and paid tokens. No launch date is published.

The page does not mention the founder or the original team.
The terms describe accounts and paid digital items, which the original never had.
The page promises round-the-clock safety monitoring. There is no way to check how that works before launch.
Whatever opens there will be a new service using the old name. Judge it by its own rules once it launches.

Are sites with 'omegle' in the name the real Omegle?

No. Sites with 'omegle' in their domain or title are separate projects with no connection to the original service. Some are ordinary video-chat sites using a familiar word to attract search traffic. Before using one, check who runs it, what it asks for and what its rules say.

Check the domain. The original lived only at omegle.com.
Look for a named operator in the privacy policy.
Be wary of sites that ask for payment or an app install before the first chat.
A claim to be 'the new official Omegle' proves nothing on its own.

What can replace Omegle's text chat?

Omegle's text mode paired two strangers in writing, with no account and no camera. Most replacements went video-first, so text is harder to find. SayHello does the text part: one adult at a time, matched by language, no account to start, and the conversation is deleted 24 hours after it ends.

Press Start talking. While the search runs, you wait in a lobby with other people who are waiting.
Talk one-on-one. Messages in another language are translated automatically.
Two rooms: Talk for anything, Flirt for adult subjects. The whole site is 18+.
Next ends the chat and starts a new search.
No bots and no paid features.
A guest gets five conversations a day; a free account removes the limit.

The original Omegle and a text alternative

The original Omegle and today's text chats differ in ways that matter: whether an account is needed, what happens to the conversation, and whether language is a barrier. The table compares Omegle's text mode with SayHello on points that can be checked, and says Unknown where the answer is not certain.

	Omegle text mode, 2009–2023	SayHello
Status	Closed 8 Nov 2023	Open
Account to start	No	No
Video	Separate video mode	None
Interest tags	Yes	No
Translation	No	Automatic, one-on-one
Adult area	Unmoderated video section	Flirt room, 18+
Message retention published	Unknown	24 hours

Questions people ask

Is Omegle coming back in 2026?

The original is not. omegle.com shows a 'launching soon' page from a different company, and no launch date is published.

When will the new omegle.com open?

Unknown. The page gives no launch date, and says nothing about what will launch beyond what its terms describe.

Is the new site run by Omegle's founder?

The page does not mention him, and its legal pages name a different company as the operator.

Who bought Omegle?

No sale has been publicly announced. The legal pages now on omegle.com name RC Tech America Inc as the operator of the site at that address.

Why did Omegle shut down?

By the founder's account: the cost of fighting misuse of the site and the legal pressure that came with it.

Can I still use Omegle's text chat?

No. It has been offline since 8 November 2023.

Was Omegle ever text-only?

Yes. It started in 2009 as text chat only. Video was added in 2010.

Are Omegle-named sites safe?

They are separate sites, each with its own rules. Check who runs one before you use it.

Is there a text-only alternative?

SayHello is text only: one adult at a time, no account to start, no camera. It is not connected to Omegle.

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