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 .