FaceTime on Android or any other good Alternative?

[Slash787]

I use FaceTime to video call my mom from my iPhone to her iPhone

I recently bought an android tablet and I am looking for some app to call on her iPhone from my android tablet.

Which apps would you recommend where I just install it once on my tablet and her iPhone and not keep on logging again and again?

I thought of Whatsapp but I don't want to log in with my number on my tablet.

I just want something in which she could just call me easily when she opens the app and not by sending a link or code as a message to join the "meeting"

 

[JM91Six]

I believe google duo would work well and isn’t difficult to use on mobile

 

[ozaz]

I thought of Whatsapp but I don't want to log in with my number on my tablet.

I don't have Whatsapp on my tablet (I only have it on my phone), but what do you see as the issue with doing this? I believe Whatsapp does have multi device support.

 

[ozaz]

I believe google duo would work well and isn’t difficult to use on mobile

They seem to have transitioned Google Duo into Google Meet

Duo, meet Meet: One upgraded app for video calling and meetings

Google Duo will be upgraded to Google Meet for video calling and meetings.

blog.google

 

[aggie99]

Facebook Messenger, Google Meet, Snapchat, or creating a link and initiating a facetime call from apple to android is pretty simple.

 

[Slash787]

Facebook Messenger, Google Meet, Snapchat, or creating a link and initiating a facetime call from apple to android is pretty simple.

Well my mom does not even knows how to copy and paste, so for her creating a link would be difficult, she does not uses Facebook and Snapchat, I haven't looked much into google meet, but she does not have a gmail account.

 

[Slash787]

I don't have Whatsapp on my tablet (I only have it on my phone), but what do you see as the issue with doing this? I believe Whatsapp does have multi device support.

Yes Whatsapp would support multidevice, but I don't want all my messages and other things to come on my tablet. I only use Whatsapp on my phone and that's where I only want it.

Any other app you would recommend?

 

[ozaz]

Yes Whatsapp would support multidevice, but I don't want all my messages and other things to come on my tablet. I only use Whatsapp on my phone and that's where I only want it.

Any other app you would recommend?

Aside from Whatsapp, I only use Zoom and Teams for video calls. But they're probably not optimal for simplicity.

Perhaps try one of the others mentioned in this thread (I haven't tried them myself).

she does not uses Facebook and Snapchat, I haven't looked much into google meet, but she does not have a gmail account

If all she has is an Apple account, she's going to need to create another account for something if you can't use Facetime.

Skype might be worth a look if you have any reason not to want to create a Google or Facebook account, but find Microsoft acceptable. I haven't used Skype in years (I thought it had been been replaced by Teams), but it seems to be still going. From what I remember, it was pretty simple to use once setup. However, my guess would be that Google Meet or Facebook Messenger would be even simpler.

 

[sunking101]

Will you not have your phone with you at all times whilst you're using your tablet? Just answer the phone when your mother calls.

 

[sadish]

You can get a base model iPad and give it to her. It is much easier in my opinion.

 

[Slash787]

Will you not have your phone with you at all times whilst you're using your tablet? Just answer the phone when your mother calls.

Yeah I do have my phone most of the times, it's for when I am basically out of town or on a trip and most of the day I am out, when I reach the hotel I am tired and my battery is almost out and many times the charging socket is not near the bed.

So I just want to use my tablet to make the call and let my phone charge.

 

[Slash787]

You can get a base model iPad and give it to her. It is much easier in my opinion.

Why should I get her an iPad when she already has an iPhone?

 

[Flynnstone]

Perhaps Signal.

 

[Slash787]

Perhaps Signal.

Thank you, I will try it out when I travel.