HOW TO MAKE A GROUP VIDEO CALL, FROM 4 TO 50 PEOPLE

These days of quarantine are leading people to find new ways to communicate. We are seeing it every day: even that little "technological" relative is learning to use video calls. On the other hand, our dear smartphone can be more useful than ever in the current situations, since it allows us to see how the people we love are doing while keeping our distance.  hollyhealthfitness

It is therefore no coincidences that there has recently been a boom in video calling in Italy . There are myriads of free applications that allow you to do this and it is good to understand how to use the various software and which applications are suitable for calling more people.

Whatsapp

The simplest application to use for making video calls is definitely WhatsApp. In fact, Facebook's proprietary instant messaging platform is used by a huge number of users and probably even your less tech-savvy contact has WhatsApp at their disposal. The limit in this case is set at 4 people per video call, so you can connect simultaneously with 3 other people .

The procedure is very convenient: you just need to open WhatsApp, select the contact you want to call and press the video camera icon at the top right. At this point, the video call will start and you just have to wait for the other person to answer.

Once the video call has started, it is possible to add up to 2 other people using the icon with the " + " sign at the top right. By pressing it, the list of your WhatsApp contacts will appear on the screen and you can invite other people to the video call by simply selecting them and, if required, pressing the " Add " item.

Another possibility is to initiate a call with members of a WhatsApp group. To do this, all you have to do is open the group chat, press the video camera icon locate at the top right and choose the participants.

Note that the camera icon may not appear in some groups. In this case, just press the handset icon with the " + " located at the top right, select the " New group call " item , choose the participants and press the video camera icon. For any doubts regarding the procedure, we advise you to consult the WhatsApp guidelines .

Skype

Another very popular application for making video calls is Skype. In this case, the limit is set at 50 people, so you can add as many as 49 friends . Once you have downloaded and configured the mobile application or the computer program, in both cases you will finds the download link on the official website , creating a video call with a large number of people is very simple.

From the " Calls " list (for example, on the PC it is located at the top left), just select the item " New call / Start a new call ", if necessary press on " New group call ", choose the participants and start the video call by pressing the ""or on the video camera icon.

In the case of video calls with less than 25 participants, the application will ask if you want to alert them with a ring or not, while when this limit is exceeded the video call will take place without ringing. case, the participants will be notified by a notification and, when they are ready, they will be able to participate by clicking on the item " Join the call ".

 

Alternatively, if you are already in a video call with another person, just press on the icon of the little man with the "+" at the top right, select the people you want to add and press the "Add ".

Recall that, to start a video call with a single person, just access the "Contacts" tab, select the person involved and press the video camera icon located at the top right. For any doubts related to Skype video calls, we advise you to refer to the official guidelines .

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