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What? how does that work? If you call the cell number of an Android device on facetime, what happens on the android end?
by illiac786 3y ago
What? how does that work? If you call the cell number of an Android device on facetime, what happens on the android end?
- snazz 3y agoYou text them a link to join the call. The Android user can’t be the one to initiate.
- illiac786 3y agoOh. Ok that's never going to work. "Hey there please click on this link to talk to me" => Malware! Blocked.
- simondotau 3y agoIt’s how many Zoom and Teams calls terminate. Not saying it’s a good idea, but it’s not especially unusual.
- illiac786 3y agoBut you don't get zoom links via _SMS_ do you? Almost all links I get via SMS are phishing. The rest is OTP, there is sometimes a link in the same SMS but I _never_ clicked a link in an SMS... My point is, the inhibition to click a link inside an SMS is very high with lots of users, hence I can't imagine this working well. Also, it's purely inconvenient. You're not having a conf call at a previously agreed time, you want to call someone, this means it's spontaneous or somewhat urgent...
- duskwuff 3y agoMost people lead up to an invitation to a video call with text messages (e.g. "When are you free for a video call?") unless they're very familiar with the other party.
- josephd79 3y agothats how almost all video comm platforms work..
- kelnos 3y ago> The Android user can’t be the one to initiate. That sounds like a bad joke. "Everyone can use Facetime, except if you're on a certain platform you have to ask someone on the 'real' platform to initiate the call." That's... not a viable communication method.
- simondotau 3y agoNobody is claiming that FaceTime is the singular universal communications method. Certainly not Apple.