WhatsApp is taking on Apple FaceTime and Skype with free video calls for one billion users Facebook-owned messaging service adds free video for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone users to its service.

If you are primarily an Apple user, FaceTime is a decent Skype replacement for video calling. FaceTime has exceptional video and voice calling quality and is simple to initiate.

She has used FaceTime and Skype to communicate with her friends and family members, according to The Telegraph. Go here for the latest news, information and videos about the novel coronavirus.

The sound from Skype played, and all was good in the world. Now I try it on our iPad 4 mini with the Lightning adapter, and the sound just comes through the iPad.

Like FaceTime, Skype video works on Windows-based PCs -- but now also on iPhones whether they are connected via WiFi or 3G. We tried out Skype video on the iPhone and it, too, works just fine.

FaceTime’s product uses a Linux appliance, RTGuardian, to detect and block Skype sessions and block unsanctioned versions of the application. It also uses a server, the Greynet Enterprise ...

FaceTime’s software already can be used to manage instant messaging and peer-to-peer software, but the company has been working with eBay Inc.’s Skype subsidiary for the past few months to ...