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It’s a shame there isn’t seamless ability to Facetime with Android users like there is to make a voice call or text with them. We (read: tech community and/or s
by Robotbeat 6y ago
It’s a shame there isn’t seamless ability to Facetime with Android users like there is to make a voice call or text with them. We (read: tech community and/or society) should fix this. It’d be in society’s interest if a video call between android and Apple was as easy as a voice call is. (and I do think Facetime between Apple users is this easy... I sometimes use Facetime purely because my WiFi is a little better than my cell signal).
- timvdalen 6y agoIsn't Google's Duo available for iOS?
- Robotbeat 6y agoThere are countless ways of making it happen by installing apps. And the user experience and integration has improved. But I mean out-of-the-box, universal functionality. So your 94 year old great grandparent can use it without anything.
- mjevans 6y agoIt is, and it can work; but it also doesn't typically get the fully blessed experience a first party app does.
- trthomps 6y agoDuo integrates into the latest Android like FaceTime integrates into iOS, it would be nice if Apple made FaceTime / iMessage available on Android (lol, never gonna happen) or allowed Duo to integrate into iOS like 3rd party apps can in Android (like WhatsApp video calling does). Probably the biggest feature I miss from Android since moving to iOS. Apple is probably doing more harm than good at this point for themselves by keeping iMessage/FaceTime so locked down to their hardware since their revenue stream is trending more towards services and less weighted in hardware.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoGoogle's built-in app (Duo) is made available on iOS, but Facetime isn't made available on Android. Apple could easily open up Facetime and iMessage, and they've evaluated doing exactly this, but they ultimately determined that keeping these pieces of communication software exclusive to Apple devices is a big part of why the devices themselves are so sticky.
- Robotbeat 6y agoThis may be a spot where regulation would be to the advantage of the consumer.
- harshitaneja 6y agoWhatsApp is quite popular in my part of the world(India) and in europe. Casual video calls are never a concern.