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. :)

Zoomed ,yesterday, great !

We had a bingo day with many family members on zoom. Someone had an online game set up and it did the calling. It was nice to see my kids, grandkids, nieces nephews, sisters etc.
You can also use Facebook messenger as a group chat. Up to six people will be seen, but up to 50 can participate but not be seen.

zoom is working great with our grandkids, somehow our 9 year old grandson is the leader

The beauty of Zoom is that you can see all your kids (or other family) at one time and there is interaction between and among all. Of course the good old phone call is still a wonderful connection with a single person and Zoom won't replace that. Zoom is another way to stay in visual touch. I find it a great benefit .

Suggest Words With Friends. Stimulates your mind and fun the same time.
Have fun, B safe!!

Playok for interactive games

We are thinking of buying each family an Echoshow for Christmas so we can stay in touch while we are in Florida. Thanks for your input. We are not very hi tech. Hopefully, we can work this out.

Zoom is a great app that is easily downloaded. It has to be if I can do it. :smiley:

I get to see almost all of my family at once and I trust my nephew to set it up properly as he is technically gifted. Last time, we had about ten people of the call.

I've never been much of a phone talker. Much prefer texting and email. I use my cell phone mostly for games, reading, calendar app, and shopping/to do list. LOL :)

We use Zoom and we all can talk back and forth

If there is an upside to the pandemic, it would be that it is a handy excuse to NOT see toxic dysfunctional family members. LOL! :duck:

The 5 is too small get the 8. Prime Day(usually 7/16, but will be different this year) had them half off, plus added items. We have echo,s in every room, at both house’s

It is NOT owned by China. It was founded by Chinese American Eric Yuan, who emigrated to America after first working in Japan for four years. It has had some security issues, which they have worked to fix. To say that it is China owned is seriously incorrect. Don’t know where you got your information.

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Zoom Video Communications, Inc. is an American communications technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. It provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social relations.
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Thanks for that heads up. I am doing my best to avoid anything that in the least bit supports China. It is really hard and jacks the price up if you really want it bad enough. Thing is that I don’t really want it bad enough to buy it from China. If that sounds prejudiced against their people it is not. These people are being abused by the Chinese Communist Party. It would be great to cause them a major market crash but they own too much of USA already. We be slicing out own throats.