Best Video Calling Apps

Which app is better skype or facetime, for video calling

In reply to a post by jamesmary8130130:

Which app is better skype or facetime, for video calling

Facetime is limited to Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac).

Skype works on multiple devices but is quite old now.

I've used both to the US successfully.

Zoom is a newer, and more popular app.

WhatsApp can make video calls.

Signal can make video calls.

Google has a few various products as well.

In reply to a post by jamesmary8130130:

Which app is better skype or facetime, for video calling

I have a neighbour who spends the winter months in Gran Canaria and we use Skype on a regular basis. Despite all my computers be Apple devices I have not tried FaceTime.

Remember Both must be 'Apple' devices to do FaceTime.

We regular FaceTime our daughter from her iPhone 8 to our iPad even though we only have >3Mbps ADSL connection.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Skype works on multiple devices but is quite old now.

You say "old" that like it's a bad thing. The technology has evolved over the years and is more than capable.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

You say "old" that like it's a bad thing. The technology has evolved over the years and is more than capable.

Agreed it has evolved, and is no longer the original peer to peer, however I get more breakup on the long distance (UK to US) connection than I do with Facetime, or the corporate Zoom / Webex tools.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Agreed it has evolved, and is no longer the original peer to peer, however I get more breakup on the long distance (UK to US) connection than I do with Facetime, or the corporate Zoom / Webex tools.

Ah I see.

Another thing of note, aside from Skype no longer being peer-to-peer, it's also end-to-end encrypted now.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

Another thing of note, aside from Skype no longer being peer-to-peer, it's also end-to-end encrypted now.

Some good changes

I find Google Meet fast and reliable