To kick off a call in Messenger, tap on the name of a friend, then tap on the video call icon to connect. Messenger started life as a texting app but now supports video calls. If not, download it from Apple’s App Store or Google Play. If you’re one of the 2 billion people who use Facebook, you should have the Facebook Messenger app. The bonus here is that you can make or receive a call on your mobile device as well as on a Mac or Windows computer using the Skype software. Just fire up the program, find the person you want to call, and tap on the video call button. Skype-to-Skype calls are free, as is the software itself. iPhone and iPad users can snag the Skype app from Apple’s App Store, while Android users can grab it from Google Play. If you and the person on the other end both have Skype (one of the industry’s longest running messaging apps, currently owned by Microsoft), presto, you can call each other for a video chat. What should you do if you want to cross the signals, say video calling Apple to Android, Mac to Windows or mobile to computer? Let’s check out some of the best apps that work no matter what device you own.
