Android on the Mac

[jwolf6589]

There are plenty of platform agnostic video chat apps.
Whatsapp, Skype, Line, Wechat, Viber, Facebook messenger, Google Hangout, Google Duo, and many more. And they are all available on iOS as well.

don’t these require third party software we’re as FaceTime comes out of the box.

 

[Stevie jobz 2.0]

don’t these require third party software we’re as FaceTime comes out of the box.

So the app store full of 3rd party software is lorded as a major positive for apple, but android using 3rd party software is now a negative?

Taking 30 seconds out of your life once to install an app is too much hassle?

 

[SteveJUAE]

don’t these require third party software we’re as FaceTime comes out of the box.

Facetime does not come out of the box in some countries and of course the elephant in the room is it will only talk to another Apple device. Outside of US, AUS and a few other countries its hardly used, even between Iphone owners

To a lessor degree than Android but Iphones do vary between some countries

 

[jwolf6589]

Facetime does not come out of the box in some countries and of course the elephant in the room is it will only talk to another Apple device. Outside of US, AUS and a few other countries its hardly used, even between Iphone owners

To a lessor degree than Android but Iphones do vary between some countries

I live in the USA and only communicate with my family via FaceTime.

 

[Shanghaichica]

don’t these require third party software we’re as FaceTime comes out of the box.

The google apps come preinstalled on a lot a of android phones now. So no downloading required. Also FaceTime only works between iPhones. These third party video calling apps will work on both android and apple phones.

 

[SteveJUAE]

I live in the USA and only communicate with my family via FaceTime.

Well that's good for you

But typifies the insular nature of the app

 

[ian87w]

don’t these require third party software we’re as FaceTime comes out of the box.

If I'm not mistaken, Google Duo is (Hangouts was) preinstalled in some phones, Skype might be pre-installed on Samsung phones, and WeChat sometimes are pre-installed on Chinese phones like Xiaomi/Oppo/Vivo. Personally, it's second nature for me to just install Whatsapp whenever I bought a new Android phone. Some OEMs even have it as pre-pre-installed, meaning they list it on the setup screen as a "recommended" app.

Of course, there's no consistency, as it depends on the OEM.

 

[Shanghaichica]

Well that's good for you

But typifies the insular nature of the app

I live in the UK, even though Apple have just over 50% market share here, what's app is the predominant app here even between iPhone users.
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If I'm not mistaken, Google Duo is (Hangouts was) preinstalled in some phones, Skype might be pre-installed on Samsung phones, and WeChat sometimes are pre-installed on Chinese phones like Xiaomi/Oppo/Vivo. Personally, it's second nature for me to just install Whatsapp whenever I bought a new Android phone. Some OEMs even have it as pre-pre-installed, meaning they list it on the setup screen as a "recommended" app.

Of course, there's no consistency, as it depends on the OEM.

I've been using what's app since 2010 as my main app for messages so whether I have an iPhone or an android phone it gets installed.
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If I'm not mistaken, Google Duo is (Hangouts was) preinstalled in some phones, Skype might be pre-installed on Samsung phones, and WeChat sometimes are pre-installed on Chinese phones like Xiaomi/Oppo/Vivo. Personally, it's second nature for me to just install Whatsapp whenever I bought a new Android phone. Some OEMs even have it as pre-pre-installed, meaning they list it on the setup screen as a "recommended" app.

Of course, there's no consistency, as it depends on the OEM.

I've been using what's app since 2010 as my main app for messages so whether I have an iPhone or an android phone it gets installed.