We have amazon Echo show and it sits on the kitchen counter, when we are preparing a meal I can just ask it to call and boom we are video chatting usually with the grandkids and sometimes their parents but we can sit and have a meal together and just family chat. We also can video chat on our phones or tablets if we are away from home (not often) Tech is wonderful- its like living in the jetsons! Now if only we could fly the car.