Technology’s a wonderful thing, isn’t it? For generations now we’ve been promised wonders like video telephones by shows such as The Jetsons. Well, that probably doesn’t seem so far fetched right now, since that’s a fact of daily life for so many of us geeks! But that’s the problem, isn’t it? Even though it doesn’t seem so outlandish to US, trying to get less geeky members of our families to use video chat software can be worse than pulling teeth.
There are any number of things that can go wrong when you’re having that conversation with a less savvy relative. Maybe they’re distrustful of the whole social media movement that’s taken over the world lately. I can’t help you there, that’s a fight you’ll have to win on your own! Other times, the person is willing, but stumbles over technical hurdles that are so small to you and I that we’d never even dream in a million years that it could be a problem. An example from my own life; my father’s uncle is having a hard time signing up for a Skype account. He doesn’t live in the world of computers, so for him it’s a completely baffling process. Smart phones can make it even worse, having so many possible different interfaces.
So let’s take a look at the major examples of how you might get your family (or friends, or anyone) set up for video chatting on their phone. Our major contenders are FaceTime if everyone’s on iOS, or Google Hangouts or Skype if you’re dealing with a less Appley group of people. These aren’t the only options, but they are the most commonly used, and are the ones your family has the best chance of having heard of, or maybe even used on a computer.
Technology’s a wonderful thing, isn’t it? For generations now we’ve been promised wonders like video telephones by shows such as The Jetsons. Well, that probably doesn’t seem so far fetched right now, since that’s a fact of daily life for so many of us geeks! But that’s the problem, isn’t it? Even though it doesn’t seem so outlandish to US, trying to get less geeky members of our families to use video chat software can be worse than pulling teeth.There are any number of things that can go wrong when you’re having that conversation with a less savvy relative. Maybe they’re distrustful of the whole social media movement that’s taken over the world lately. I can’t help you there, that’s a fight you’ll have to win on your own! Other times, the person is willing, but stumbles over technical hurdles that are so small to you and I that we’d never even dream in a million years that it could be a problem. An example from my own life; my father’s uncle is having a hard time signing up for a Skype account. He doesn’t live in the world of computers, so for him it’s a completely baffling process. Smart phones can make it even worse, having so many possible different interfaces.So let’s take a look at the major examples of how you might get your family (or friends, or anyone) set up for video chatting on their phone. Our major contenders are FaceTime if everyone’s on iOS, or Google Hangouts or Skype if you’re dealing with a less Appley group of people. These aren’t the only options, but they are the most commonly used, and are the ones your family has the best chance of having heard of, or maybe even used on a computer.
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