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FAQ: how start a video call using Google products? Answer: Go to Gmail and send an email to the other party "can you Skype now?". Literally. I had to schedule

by jknz 8y ago

FAQ: how start a video call using Google products? Answer: Go to Gmail and send an email to the other party "can you Skype now?". Literally. I had to schedule a video call recently by email. There is simply no formulation to schedule a video call using the name of one of google's products. "Can you Hangout tomorrow?", "Can you Duo tomorrow", "Can you chat with Allo tomorrow?". Nothing would work without confusing the other party with some probability. "Can you Skype tomorrow" always works, with everyone, no confusion.

ndespres 8y ago
To which many would reply, "Yes, I can Skype with you. I am at work, so I'll be using my Skype for Business program which recently replaced Lync. My Skype will talk to yours, right? Oh it says here that Skype for Business (which used to be Lync (which used to be Office Communicator)), is now Teams, so uhh can you just call me on my phone instead. Thanks
- beart 8y ago
  Skype for Business and Teams are not the same app. That said, I've found Teams very lacking in exactly the way Skype is not, and Skype lacking in exactly the way Teams is not which is very frustrating.
  - zapzupnz 8y ago
    SfB is deprecated, and Teams is designated its replacement.
hkmurakami 8y ago
Creating a google calendar event with an embedded link to a hangouts room works pretty well in my experience.
- pookeh 8y ago
  Second this. Clicking on the add hangouts link is dead simple and does exactly what the OP wants
  - notatoad 8y ago
    i don't think OPs problem is the product itself, just the name. he wants a verb-able product name like Skype. personally, i just go with "can we talk tomorrow" instead of "can we skype tomorrow", and leave the choice of app for a follow up. I don't think being able to use the product name as a verb is an essential feature of a videoconference app.
herewulf 8y ago
Do we really need to morph the name of every random software product into a verb? "Can you video chat tomorrow?" is plenty short and to the point. Add "on <product name>" if you really need to.
nzjrs 8y ago
If you are a paying gsuite customer then the answer is meet.google.com (formerly hangouts?) Despite the rebrand, it works remarkably well. Much better than Skype.

by jknz 8y ago

ndespres 8y ago

To which many would reply, "Yes, I can Skype with you. I am at work, so I'll be using my Skype for Business program which recently replaced Lync. My Skype will talk to yours, right? Oh it says here that Skype for Business (which used to be Lync (which used to be Office Communicator)), is now Teams, so uhh can you just call me on my phone instead. Thanks

beart 8y ago
Skype for Business and Teams are not the same app. That said, I've found Teams very lacking in exactly the way Skype is not, and Skype lacking in exactly the way Teams is not which is very frustrating.
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  SfB is deprecated, and Teams is designated its replacement.

hkmurakami 8y ago

Creating a google calendar event with an embedded link to a hangouts room works pretty well in my experience.

pookeh 8y ago
Second this. Clicking on the add hangouts link is dead simple and does exactly what the OP wants
- notatoad 8y ago
  i don't think OPs problem is the product itself, just the name. he wants a verb-able product name like Skype. personally, i just go with "can we talk tomorrow" instead of "can we skype tomorrow", and leave the choice of app for a follow up. I don't think being able to use the product name as a verb is an essential feature of a videoconference app.

herewulf 8y ago

Do we really need to morph the name of every random software product into a verb? "Can you video chat tomorrow?" is plenty short and to the point. Add "on <product name>" if you really need to.

nzjrs 8y ago

If you are a paying gsuite customer then the answer is meet.google.com (formerly hangouts?) Despite the rebrand, it works remarkably well. Much better than Skype.