However if one of these devices makes it easier for a loved one to participate in video calls, it could bring an entire family or group to that particular messaging service. You might call your Mum on WhatsApp, then chat with a friend on Duo (okay, to be honest I don’t know anybody who uses Duo.). That said many of us have multiple accounts and use different services with different people. So in one sense comparing these devices is somewhat pointless because regardless of the innovative features offered many people will choose one of these devices based on the messaging services supported.
You can’t call your WhatsApp contacts on your Echo Show, or Drop in on your friend who used a Nest Hub. Facebook, Amazon and Google all follow similar strategies with these devices, unlike a standard tablet, home hubs tend to be locked into particular services. If that is going to be the primary function, rather than video calls, your choice of device might well be different.īelow we will look at the FaceBook Portal, Echo Show, Nest Hub and Acorn. Although beyond the scope of this post, Home Hubs main role is as the control centre of a Smart Home. This usually means it is plugged in and permanently on, has a decent speaker, usually a better quality camera and microphone (or microphones). A Home Hub is pretty much a tablet except is it meant to stay in your home rather than being a mobile device.
Of the four suggestions below all but one are different versions of the relatively new technology category referred to as Home Hubs. In this post I’m going to look technologies to make Video Calling a little easier for people not comfortable with technology.
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