While Apple's FaceTime popularized video calls on smartphones, there are plenty of other apps that now offer a top-notch experience. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services team.

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The Skype video-calling app is ubiquitous, and this fact alone gives it enormous usefulness: a lot of people and companies are on it. The beauty of Skype is that it can be used to make video calls, ...

With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought into focus. Aside from Skype, which is the uncontested king of the ...

Facebook has announced that its Messenger app now has a video calling feature so that you can have face-to-face conversations with your family and friends. You can quickly start a video call from ...

Honestly, if I call Teams the best free Call app on the market, many might disagree. While the giant has its own set of followers, the Microsoft Store has a lot more to offer, some options being way ...

Coronavirus has many people working and keeping in touch with friends and co-workers from home. Here are two popular video chat options for connecting. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for ...

Skype is a free video-calling platform that Microsoft acquired for $8.5 billion over a decade ago. Skype was once the go-to video-calling app and telecommunications industry disruptor. But now, Skype ...