4 ms·
The author is running iOS 7, so his iPod Touch was already a "free" wifi phone, using FaceTime Audio.
by micampe 13y ago
The author is running iOS 7, so his iPod Touch was already a "free" wifi phone, using FaceTime Audio.
- micheljansen 13y agoAs far as I know, FaceTime audio only allows you to call other FaceTime users, not old-fashioned landlines, mobile phones etc. Google Voice is nothing new though. Google voice already offered VOIP (I regularly use an app called "Talkatone" for this). What's changed is that Google now offers a nicely packaged, official app for this.
- micampe 13y agoTrue, didn't think about that.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoFaceTime only lets you connect to that small percentage of the world that uses FaceTime. FaceTime won't work on Windows (91% of PCs) nor will it work on Android (80% of shipped smartphones last quarter). So it's not really a viable solution unless you only talk to Apple users.
- micampe 13y agoYour sibling comment already pointed out my mistake with no unnecessary snark.
- JohnTHaller 13y agoNo snark intended. Just included some stats for context. I'm not sure where you are, but I have a few dev friends in the valley that have a habit of forgetting that context.