​Facetime for Windows and Androids! Kind of.

A few years ago I switched from an Android phone to an iPhone. It wasn’t because I thought the iPhone was better, it was because I wanted to do FaceTime on my phone. There are plenty of reasons to prefer an Android phone over an Apple phone, and vice versa.

Something that Apple does really well is tying together their products. Since they make them all, that’s a bit easier, I’m sure. Windows and Google and Android should all play together better, and perhaps they could put Apple out of business. Neither of those things is likely, and including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, it’s really a race to take over the world. Personally, I’m voting for SpiffyCo to do that, but that’s just me.
I FaceTime my mom every day. It’s a great way to stay in touch, especially with the pandemic, and FT is by far the easiest way to do a video call. You can even add more people to the call, which I just stumbled onto, so that adds some more fun to it.
Apple is about to provide a way to send a link to non-Apple devices that will allow the person to join in a Facetime session. You can read about it HERE. 

It works using a browser, so pretty much any OS should be able to do it. The Apple device needs to initiate the request to Facetime, but that’s a start.
Still no non-Apple app yet, but maybe someday.