Facetime for Android

[MXRod]

As per title , is there a decent app ,to have facetime or similar on an Android phone which will communicate with facetime on an iPhone,
Looked at Google app store and nothing stands out

[anonymous-user]

Use Skype. It works across all platforms.

[schmunk]

WhatsApp

[C0ffin D0dger]

keirik said:

Use Skype. It works across all platforms.

I think he wants something that will connect to someone using Facetime.

There's loads of cross platform ones - Skype, Whatsapp, Google, etc.

[anonymous-user]

You have to make your friend use something other than Facetime. My brother reluctantly switched to Whatsapp when it became apparent none of of us here (UK) could install facetime on our Android tablets and phones :-)

[untakenname]

Just get them to use whatsapp, most people have it.

One annoying thing with apple is that if you switch phones then you don't get text messages anymore!
My dad was complaining I was ignoring his messages but when I looked into it they were being sent from his iphone as imessages instead of normal messages even though I switched to Android literally years ago.

[Murph7355]

keirik said:

Use Skype. It works across all platforms.

This. Never understood why "Facetime" became such a thing when Skype was there for donkeys and not platform tied. Still don't.

[br d]

Duo is cross platform.

[The_Jackal]

Murph7355 said:

This. Never understood why "Facetime" became such a thing when Skype was there for donkeys and not platform tied. Still don't.

Facetime was rammed down everyones throats as the new generic term for video call.
When will Apple people realise actual Facetime is a proprietary closed thing just for them. They stubbornly refuse to use Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp.

Yes, I remember the days when everyone used the word Skype for general video calling too.
A video call is a video call whatever branding you slap on the top.

[gregs656]

Murph7355 said:

This. Never understood why "Facetime" became such a thing when Skype was there for donkeys and not platform tied. Still don't.

Because a lot of people have iPhones, you don't have to install anything, create another account or use another interface. Seems obvious to me.

[ZesPak]

We used to use Skype a lot, but when one of my best friends went to asia for 18 months, we noticed it actually needed a lot more bandwith than Hangouts.

These days, over here, almost everyone is on Whatsapp.

As above, no such thing as Facetime on anything but apple gear, you'll have to pick something else.

gregs656 said:

Because a lot of people have iPhones, you don't have to install anything, create another account or use another interface. Seems obvious to me.

Don't get me started on pre-installed software...

As for the account, true, if you don't have a Facebook (Fb Messenger), Microsoft (Skype) or Google (Hangouts/Duo) account, you'll have to create a new one.

[gregs656]

ZesPak said:

Don't get me started on pre-installed software...

As for the account, true, if you don't have a Facebook (Fb Messenger), Microsoft (Skype) or Google (Hangouts/Duo) account, you'll have to create a new one.

You're missing my point.

It is like asking 'why is iMessage so popular when you can get whatsapp' - the answer is the same, because it is inbuilt functionality on a very popular platform.

[MXRod]

Well following the discussion , installed WhatsApp ,and just finished a conversation/video call from Grand Canaria to daughter in UK ( she using facetime)
Thanks chaps/chapesses

[The_Jackal]

So are you saying Whatsapp talks directly to Facetime?

[Saleen836]

The_Jackal said:

So are you saying Whatsapp talks directly to Facetime?

I don't see how as using whatsapp you just dial the number you have just like making a normal phone call or hit the video button to call

[MXRod]

My daughter dialed me , but the version I have installed uses my contact list and from it appears that I can video call ,so yes , WhatsApp talks to facetime.

[ZesPak]

... this is completely new to me and would surprise me.

[Road2Ruin]

gregs656 said:

You're missing my point.

It is like asking 'why is iMessage so popular when you can get whatsapp' - the answer is the same, because it is inbuilt functionality on a very popular platform.

So is good old fashioned text messaging...

I have probably 100+ people in my contacts list, maybe 20 of them have iphones...I guess, but I don't know. What if I wanted to send a message to several of them at once? Like I can with whatsapp or normal text messages. I can't with imessage, especially as i don't have an iphone...

Being locked in works fine, if everyone else is too.

[Dracoro]

Road2Ruin said:

What if I wanted to send a message to several of them at once? Like I can with whatsapp or normal text messages

Of course you can still send normal sms to iPhone, they accept these as well as iMessages.

Whilst it would be good to have a multi group messaging app (Signal perhaps?), I refuse to have anything Facebook (or Google for that matter) on my phone so that rules out WhatsApp.

[anonymous-user]

Dracoro said:

Road2Ruin said:

What if I wanted to send a message to several of them at once? Like I can with whatsapp or normal text messages

Of course you can still send normal sms to iPhone, they accept these as well as iMessages.

Whilst it would be good to have a multi group messaging app (Signal perhaps?), I refuse to have anything Facebook (or Google for that matter) on my phone so that rules out WhatsApp.

But you use an iPhone?

That's like shooting a dog because you don't like cats.