Skype. Facetime. Google Hang-out. What do these three things
have in common? Well, they are all collaborative and distance communication
platforms.
In my experience using these platforms, Facetime is my go
to. I’ve tried using Skype. Skype is literally my worst nightmare. The
buffering and the account set up and the glitches makes me want to stab my eyes
out with my fingernails. Dramatic, but true. And not to mention that you have
to pay for services that Facetime already lets you do. Bleh. As I was researching though, I realized that
this communication tool has a lot more than just video calls. You can text,
send images, and send video messages all within the app. Which is cool I guess…
but not cool enough for me to want to use it over using Facetime.
Another option other than Skype is Google Hang-Out. I have
only ever tried this once… back in the day when I was a senior in high school.
I’m not going to lie, it was pretty cool. I could chat with my friends that
lived an hour away and we could see every single one of our faces! At the same
time. That was monumental. There still were a few glitches though. The main
thing that turned me off to Google Hang-Out was how confusing the setup and maintenance
was of the site. If I were to get on today and try and figure out how to
navigate that now, I would have zero idea… and I feel like it would be hard to
find resources to help me.
And then came Facetime. What a glorious sentence that is. I
don’t want to say that I’m an apple snob but like… I probably am. Facetime
might not have the same capabilities as Skype and Google Hang-Out does when it
comes to group communication, but it is SO much more user friendly. And simple.
And accessible. That is what I think trumps every other communication platform
in the tech world these days; accessibility and quality of service.
You posted about a couple of platforms I am familiar with, but I have never tried or even know anything about Google Hangout. I have only used Skype a couple of times, but it was successful and served its purpose for my needs. I do like facetime as do you, and because it is a newer program, it may have fewer issues than older programs. Thanks for comparing the three--it made for a good read.
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