From there, you simply load the Google Duo app from the Google Play store, and voila, you’ll now be able to make TV-based video calls with any other Google Duo user. You can buy a USB hub and use it to connect a USB webcam to the streaming dongle. Google’s latest streaming media player, the $50 Chromecast with Google TV, is a superb and affordable media machine, but it also has an unadvertised (and unofficially supported) feature. Some are elegant, some are awkward, and none are perfect solutions.Ĭaleb Denison/Digital Trends How to make a video call on Google Chromecast with Google TV There are, however, several ways to get these calls onto a TV. And when I say ridiculous, I’m talking about how virtually none of the tech companies that make smart TVs, game consoles, or streaming media devices (yes, Microsoft, Apple, and Google, I’m looking at you) have stepped up to make video calling on a TV a task that’s as easy (and versatile) as doing it from a computer or smartphone. Smart TV, game console, or other streaming media deviceīut despite the prominence that video calling has gained, it’s remarkable that so few of us do this activity on the largest screens in the house: Our TVs. While it makes financial and strategic sense to end Skype for TV support, it seems the second screen experience envisioned by smart TV manufacturers is continually losing ground to the readily available smartphone. According to Samsung, they will alert their customers to the change when applied.Īs for the reason behind the removal, it seems as though Skype has telemetry indicating the most users are accessing the service from their smartphones while in the living room rather than on the big screen.
Upon hearing the news, Samsung has announced that it will remove the service (and presumably) the apps from their smart TV’s beginning June 2, 2016. Understandably, most manufacturers will seek to remove the app, but smart TV manufacturers have been slow at times to offer software updates to their devices. If you have questions, please contact your TV manufacturer for information on the availability of Skype for TV on your TV model.” TV manufacturers may remove the Skype for TV application from some or all of their models.
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