[Technology] Best video calling app

LamieRobertson · Mar 25, 2020

What’s the best app for domestic video calling ..simplicity and data usage being important

I currently use messenger and WhatsApp ....but tend to do that when on WiFi...asking as i need to set something up for elderly father ..i did do some research for skype and it didn’t seem to bad ...bought a refurb iPhone 7plus and a have got one of the o2 big bundle sims that doesnt tie him into a contract (or me as i am paying for it all).

Thought this also might provide some sort of distraction....Pity BG isn’t around ..sigh

SIMMO SAYS · Mar 25, 2020

My eldest son connected my old mum with something called 'Duo' today.
This apparently is so I can see her and she can see me when I phone her.
Cometh the appointed time this evening she couldn't swipe the bloody thing so I ended up just talking to her like I normally do :moo:

I told him it wouldn't work.

LamieRobertson · Mar 25, 2020

SIMMO SAYS said:
My eldest son connected my old mum with something called 'Duo' today.
This apparently is so I can see her and she can see me when I phone her.
Cometh the appointed time this evening she couldn't swipe the bloody thing so I ended up just talking to her like I normally do

I told him it wouldn't work.

Whoislloydy · Mar 25, 2020

Houseparty

SurreySeagulls · Mar 25, 2020

Zoom is excellent

Is it PotG? · Mar 25, 2020

Doesn't Houseparty have an issue with 'overspeak' if multi-participants speak over each other causing sound dropout?

LamieRobertson · Mar 25, 2020

How’s the above for simplicity and data usage. (Just one to one)

PSD Thanks for replies

dazzer6666 · Mar 25, 2020

SurreySeagulls said:
Zoom is excellent

This. We’re using it at work, but I’ve also signed up for a (free) personal account which allows unlimited 1:1 facetime and 40 mins per meeting for groups (although every time I’ve used it so far a message has popped up saying the 40 minute limit has been extended)

Don’t know what the quality would be like on 3/4G but I Zoom limits data flow to 1mb per minute.

Easy 10 · Mar 25, 2020

I was looking to sort something like this out for my dad so I could speak with him, and so he could speak with his sister and also his cousin in Australia. I've installed Google Hangouts on my Chromebook tonight, but haven't had a chance to try it out with anyone yet. My dad also has a Chromebook, so if I can talk him through it over the phone tomorrow to get it installed that might be the way forward, its supposedly pretty simple once its up and running.

Weststander · Mar 25, 2020

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East Staffs Gull · Mar 25, 2020

LamieRobertson said:
What’s the best app for domestic video calling ..simplicity and data usage being important

I currently use messenger and WhatsApp ....but tend to do that when on WiFi...asking as i need to set something up for elderly father ..i did do some research for skype and it didn’t seem to bad ...bought a refurb iPhone 7plus and a have got one of the o2 big bundle sims that doesnt tie him into a contract (or me as i am paying for it all).

Thought this also might provide some sort of distraction....Pity BG isn’t around ..sigh

Tinder Livecall is great for one to ones and group calls. It’s also very easy to set up. It would mean your father having to sign up for Tinder.

Weststander · Mar 25, 2020

East Staffs Gull said:
Tinder Livecall is great for one to ones and group calls. It’s also very easy to set up. It would mean your father having to sign up for Tinder.

Can you swipe to the left and right with Livecall?

Wardy's twin · Mar 25, 2020

I have used Zoom and Houseparty recently. With Zoom I had a problem with microphone even though it was enabled. Houseparty worked ok with 4 sessions connected.

East Staffs Gull · Mar 25, 2020

Weststander said:
Can you swipe to the left and right with Livecall?

As long as you are careful with your privacy settings, you can swipe wherever you like.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Mar 26, 2020

Our nine year old is doing her school work in a virtual class room with 3 pals using Zoom.

Not now, obviously as it is gone midnight and only twaats like me are still up.

Weststander · Mar 26, 2020

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
Our nine year old is doing her school work in a virtual class room with 3 pals using Zoom.

Not now, obviously as it is gone midnight and only twaats like me are still up.

I think this lockdown has led to millions of blokes, normally with a daily routine, tapping away on the internet until the early hours. Reverting to the night owl clock of their youth, before they had responsibilities.

The other day I made 3:30am, madness.

schmunk · Mar 26, 2020

If you and your father both have iDevices, then FaceTime is probably the easiest to use, as it's built in so "just works".

If not, Google Duo apparently gives the best picture quality (and is available for iPhone, despite the name). Skype is easy to use, particularly with Windows devices, and Zoom seems fine but a bit fiddly in my experience so far.

Live by the sea · Mar 26, 2020

All the cool dudes are using - Zoom

Thunder Bolt · Mar 26, 2020

dazzer6666 said:
This. We’re using it at work, but I’ve also signed up for a (free) personal account which allows unlimited 1:1 facetime and 40 mins per meeting for groups (although every time I’ve used it so far a message has popped up saying the 40 minute limit has been extended)

Don’t know what the quality would be like on 3/4G but I Zoom limits data flow to 1mb per minute.

Was part of a committee meeting two weeks ago with six or seven people which went on for two hours without a warning despite saying it could only be 40 mins when we downloaded it.

Lindfield by the Pond · Mar 26, 2020

Live by the sea said:
All the cool dudes are using - Zoom

Been using Zoom for about a year now at work, but we have, in the last 3 weeks, moved to Microsoft Teams. Both seem ok to me. Use Facetime at home.

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