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are you an Android user in which you could FaceTime with all your friends that have iPhones I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and these are some video calling apps that you can use on your Android smartphone video calling isn't particularly new in fact it's been around for decades and other video calling applications exist at before Apple broke into the space but FaceTime is what truly put it on the map for mobile devices the problem is Apple's video calling service much like iMessages is proprietary and only available from other Apple devices ipods iphones ipads and Macs this has created a barrier between iOS and non ILS users who want a video call each other but it's more of a speed bump than anything else now practically every smartphone comes with the ability to video call to some degree which has led to its push into a mainstream form of communication if you're on android there are several third-party applications that allow you to video chat with others quite easily of those Skype is easily among the best but we use that term quite loosely it's the best due to how openly available the service is it's available on most operating systems desktop and mobile and a lot of people are to use Skype like most video chat applications you can chat using text voice or video and if you pay for a premium account you can do video conferencing over all Skype is one of the better offerings around especially if your friends and family use other mobile platforms tango is a similar concept but unlike Skype tango is packed with all sorts of goodies once you log in and import some friends you can jump straight into a text chat where you can share all sorts of animated emoticons most of which are unlocked through in-app purchases you can also play games with the people you're chatting with but the video calling features are pretty basic front and rear facing camera toggle video on or off audio mute switch and end call tango is available across multiple platforms but unlike Skype it's not available on Mac or blackberry and despite having between 50 and 100 million installs on android alone there seem to be far fewer of my personal or work friends on and actively using tango who is yet another cross-platform video calling option and at least based on my Facebook friends there are even fewer people using ubu of nearly a thousand of my Facebook friends only five are using ubu but it's still relatively popular with between 10 and 15 million installs from Google Play what Ovoo brings to the table is videoconferencing up to 12 people can join the video chat for free whereas Skype requires a premium account outside that and syncing up with Facebook friends lewis features are pretty bare and it's also ad supported lastly google has offered native video calling for some time although it's been largely overlooked and underused the old Google Talk application offered video and voice calling in-app and after Google Plus launched you could join ongoing hangouts from mobile at Google i/o this year Google unveiled the hangouts app which replaces Talk it will come pre-installed on every Android phone and it's available as a free download for iOS devices and it works in Chrome from almost any desktop OS you can do one on one video calling or full-fledged hangout with up to 10 people on call these of course are only some of the most popular video calling applications there are certainly no shortage of options but picking an app that is widely used and openly available to as many users as possible is key when choosing something like a video calling service thanks for watching if you found this video helpful and enjoyed it be sure to click the thumbs up button below and click the subscribe button if you'd like to see more videos like this one in the future you can find us on twitter google+ and facebook at pocket now you can find me on twitter at casper tech i'm taylor martin and i'll see you next time do all your friends have iPhones and you would do wish that you could FaceTime with all your iPhone friends are you an Android user and wish you could FaceTime with all your iPhone friends