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I always use WhatsApp or Instagram for non-work video chatting. FaceTime is completely irrelevant unless you just happen to have your entire social circle using

I always use WhatsApp or Instagram for non-work video chatting. FaceTime is completely irrelevant unless you just happen to have your entire social circle using one company's hardware with no exceptions.

jrochkind1 5y ago
Right, so, that's why they announced the OP, to try to change that, right?
k-mcgrady 5y ago
…and this changes that (to an extent) by allowing iOS/Mac users to have FaceTime calls with people in different ecosystems.
- crossroadsguy 5y ago
  No it doesn’t. Unless you expect others to be happy with an in-browser call experience while there are clearly other options available which are cross platform and superior. Yes, superior as well.
CharlesW 5y ago
> FaceTime is completely irrelevant unless you just happen to have your entire social circle using one company's hardware with no exceptions. No option is universal (not one of my kids' friends uses WhatsApp or Instagram, for example), although Zoom is near-universal in my family's world. FaceTime is a great option for friends/family who use iOS, and I'm glad to see Android and Windows support. It wouldn't surprise me to see it join Apple Music and Apple TV as an Android-native app.
- lostgame 5y ago
  >> It wouldn't surprise me to see it join Apple Music and Apple TV as an Android-native app. I think the difference is those are paid subscription services - so the rare Android user who decides they want to pay for either of those services can - and the iOS user who is already paying with a family plan can share it with their kids' or SO's Android phones. With FaceTime, it's a free service; and supporting it on Android would just be a cost sink. My two cents. :)
oaiey 5y ago
That is a regional thing. Depending in which country and circle you live, usage of messengers vary a lot.

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I always use WhatsApp or Instagram for non-work video chatting. FaceTime is completely irrelevant unless you just happen to have your entire social circle using

by standardUser 5y ago

jrochkind1 5y ago
Right, so, that's why they announced the OP, to try to change that, right?
k-mcgrady 5y ago
…and this changes that (to an extent) by allowing iOS/Mac users to have FaceTime calls with people in different ecosystems.
- crossroadsguy 5y ago
  No it doesn’t. Unless you expect others to be happy with an in-browser call experience while there are clearly other options available which are cross platform and superior. Yes, superior as well.
CharlesW 5y ago
> FaceTime is completely irrelevant unless you just happen to have your entire social circle using one company's hardware with no exceptions. No option is universal (not one of my kids' friends uses WhatsApp or Instagram, for example), although Zoom is near-universal in my family's world. FaceTime is a great option for friends/family who use iOS, and I'm glad to see Android and Windows support. It wouldn't surprise me to see it join Apple Music and Apple TV as an Android-native app.
- lostgame 5y ago
  >> It wouldn't surprise me to see it join Apple Music and Apple TV as an Android-native app. I think the difference is those are paid subscription services - so the rare Android user who decides they want to pay for either of those services can - and the iOS user who is already paying with a family plan can share it with their kids' or SO's Android phones. With FaceTime, it's a free service; and supporting it on Android would just be a cost sink. My two cents. :)
oaiey 5y ago
That is a regional thing. Depending in which country and circle you live, usage of messengers vary a lot.