
If you are having an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad then I am sure you are enjoying the free video calling feature : that is Facetime. I have been using Facetime on my iPad and in my opinion its one of the best software in terms of quality for making video calls. The only disadvantage with Facetime is that very less of my friends have family have an iOS device and thus I am not able to use this app much. It would have been great if somehow my friends download Facetime on PC and then we can video chat for free!
But what if you also don't have an iPad/iPhone but your friend is using iPhone. Well what you require is a PC application of Facetime.
Facetime for Mac
Well FaceTime client for the Mac OS is available for download, allowing users to make video calls between any iOS devices or Macs running FaceTime. So, if you are having a Macbook then also you can use Facetime on Mac. You can easily download Facetime on your Mac from Mac store and start making video calls.
But what about most of people who have windows! But what if you are on your PC (Laptops/Desktop). What's with Facetime for Windows (Facetime for PC).
Facetime for PC | Facetime for Windows
As of today, there is no official way to use Facetime on Windows PC, that's bad news for windows users. Apple has this tendency to encapsulate every cool app and provide it to only Apple user's. No official Apple Facetime app is available for windows. In the past, Apple has discussed about making Facetime an open software and then it will work for windows as well. However till date this has not been the case. So for the time being, there's no way for someone using Windows to make a FaceTime call to someone using, for instance, an iOS device via the Facetime app. Is that all, No Facetime for PC ?
What we currently have is Facetime alternative for PC and Windows.
Facetime Alternatives for PC | Facetime Alternatives for Windows
The second best software which I feel for making video calls between PC and iPhone/iPad is OoVoo. But lets look at other options as well :
1.
Skype : Its a very well known, and widely used voip application. Skype works on Mac OS X, iOS, Windows, Android, Linux, and many other platforms. Skype has been popular for so long, its one application which everyone joins when trying voip!
2.
Oovoo : It is also very good application, slowly and steadily getting more and more customers. It is also very widely used for video calls and video conference calls. Apart from normal video calling (quality is also good), it has features
like Free Group Video Calling (which is just awesome, video chat with
multiple people at same time). I just love this cool application! It works great on PC, iPhone, Android, iPad!
3.
Yahoo Messenger : Yahoo application, works great on iPad/iPhone and PC users. I am sure many of you already might have used this app.
4.
Tango : Tango offer video calling facility on smartphones like Android, iPhone,
and on PC. People can use Tango on their Pc to make video call to your
friend using Tango on his mobile. Call quality is average.
5.
Qik : Another video calling application for PC, and smartphones. It can also be used for making PC to Mobile Video Calls.
6.
Voxox : Its again one of the best video calling application. It works pretty good for PC. One of good Facetime alternatives for PC. It offers Free Video Conferencing on PC.
The list of Facetime for PC alternatives is quite large, so many video calling applications are in the market. I have not listed every alternative, but if you want any particular video call provider then please post it in the comments. We will include that in this list!
Also, we will be keeping an eye on Facetime for PC (Facetime for Windows) official launch, so stay tuned for updates on it!