Caller preview for video calls

A method comprising:

• sending, by a caller device, a call request to one or more callee devices;
• establishing a connection with at least one callee device of the one or more callee devices prior to receiving an acceptance of the call request from the at least one callee device;
• determining a caller context, wherein determining the caller context includes determining a current time;
• based on the determined caller context, selecting a caller video from a plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device, wherein the selected caller video is one of a live captured video and a stock video;
• and
• transmitting at least a portion of the selected caller video over the connection with the at least one callee device prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request by the at least one callee device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• sending, by a caller device, a call request to one or more callee devices, wherein the caller device includes a plurality of cameras, and wherein a particular camera of the plurality of cameras is associated with one or more particular locations;
• establishing a connection with at least one callee device of the one or more callee devices prior to receiving an acceptance of the call request from the at least one callee device;
• determining a caller context, wherein determining the caller context includes determining a geographic location of the caller device;
• based on the determined caller context, selecting a caller video from a plurality of videos available for transmission by the caller device, wherein selecting the caller video from the plurality of videos comprises selecting a video being captured by the particular camera in response to the geographic location of the caller device matching at least one of the one or more particular locations;
• and
• transmitting at least a portion of the selected caller video over the connection with the at least one callee device prior to receiving the acceptance of the call request by the at least one callee device.