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Using facetime on android device?

  • 30-12-2013 12:39pm
    #1
    Nhscmars
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 19 ✭


    Is there a way to use facetime on android?

    I don't have any iProducts and I'm not even sure if I can get a facetime account without an iProduct. But a lot of my friends are one it so I'd like to join up using my android phone. Is that possible?


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  • #2
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Theres no way with an android device since its tied to apples devices & servers.
    There was a hacked version of iMessage for android but it routed all traffic through chinese servers to trick the apple ones :/


  • #3
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Gtalk will work for them too. It might be worth a try.


  • #4
    Nhscmars
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 19 ✭Nhscmars


    But how do I sign up for an apple account?


  • #5
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Nhscmars wrote: »
    But how do I sign up for an apple account?
    iTunes if you don't have any apple products. But why are you signing up for an apple account when you have nothing to use it with?


  • #6
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,261 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Nhscmars wrote: »
    Is there a way to use facetime on android?

    I don't have any iProducts and I'm not even sure if I can get a facetime account without an iProduct. But a lot of my friends are one it so I'd like to join up using my android phone. Is that possible?

    You do know that Facetime is nothing more than a glorified video chat? Just use Skype or similar instead.


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  • #7
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    Sonics2k wrote: »
    You do know that Facetime is nothing more than a glorified video chat? Just use Skype or similar instead.

    Hangouts is actually brilliant for it


  • #8
    srsly78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    OP tell your contacts to STOP using facetime - it is limited to apple only. Thus it has the huge limitation of simply not working for most people, which makes it utterly useless.

    As suggested above there are many platform agnostic video chat programs that will work for everyone, skype and google hangouts being the obvious ones.


  • #9
    tfromkerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭tfromkerry


    Professey Chin wrote: »
    iTunes if you don't have any apple products. But why are you signing up for an apple account when you have nothing to use it with?

    Why would you need an apple account :D , I see you have another thread looking to buy an tablet for £100 lol that wont be an apple product either :D id say save your pennies lad and buy a apple product so you can be like your buddies and stop been the odddd one out :D:D:D:D:D


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