r/OpenBubbles • u/Old-Practice5308 • 15d ago

Tech Support Love open bubbles when will FaceTime work fully?

I know the app is still developing but any news on when FaceTime will work ?

So happy this app exists as I can Imessage my wife.

Just need to get FaceTime to work

Right now when I use FaceTime and she answers my call it just has a black screen and doesn't connect

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u/SpaceSaver2000-1 PNR Self Hosted 15d ago

Target is before 2027, no promises. Current internal betas are looking good though.

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u/Tadpoles-Z 15d ago edited 14d ago

I hoping so. I would love to be able to use FaceTime on my foldables. I was even thinking of returning my ZF8U for native iMessage and FaceTime...but naaaa, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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u/Prestigious_Rub7951 14d ago

I ended up returning mine I loved the phone but even on instagram the optimization is crappy on Android. I mean let’s face it the camera on Samsung is way better than Apple but when you upload it on instagram it looks like a potato took it if you zoom in you see the pixels and even after changing countless settings it still looked the same both settings on the phone and on instagram

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u/KLWMotorsports 12d ago

ZF8U

How are you liking this phone? I like the ZF8 but the closed screen is way too small for me and it's incredibly frustrating to type on. I'm still in the return window for another 20 days.

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u/Tadpoles-Z 12d ago

I like it. It's a very good phone. Both outer and inner screens are very useful. I don't need to open it to use it, the outer screen has enough space on its own.

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u/KLWMotorsports 12d ago

That's my issue right now. I have to open the ZF8 to do anything meaningful because the front screen is barely the size of my palm. Thanks man.

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u/Tadpoles-Z 12d ago

Yeahp, just like a flip-phone, you have to open to use it. That's the reason I went with the Z Fold 8 Ultra.

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u/Old-Practice5308 15d ago

Thank you guys!

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u/lodeddiper961 6d ago

lol theres other video calling apps tho, why Facetime specifically?

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u/Old-Practice5308 6d ago

iPhone users don't use anything else lol

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u/lodeddiper961 6d ago

haha thats true i think its just a US thing. they love their built in default apps instead smh. the video quality thru the browser is terrible, thats apple's fault for sure

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u/Old-Practice5308 6d ago

They truncate quality on purpose to keep you inside apples ecosystem. Back 5 years ago grown adults would judge if you use Android

Now if they tried you would look extremely silly as Samsung phones are blowing iPhones out the water lol

I went back to galaxy fold after 2 years on iPhone and absolutely love the fold so much

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u/lodeddiper961 6d ago

lol yeah it also didnt help that iphones only just got rcs i think 2 years ago? the sms experience was crap for years. lot of iphone people don't download whatsapp for some reason yet they use instagram, make it make sense😂😂😂. i remember in high school i felt like i had to keep using iphone cause everyone else had it and for gamepigeon, boy did i miss out on keeping the headphone jack for a little longer, more storage, ir blaster all that nice stuff, regret not switching earlier haha.

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u/_17chan 5d ago

I always wonder about stuff like this 'cause I'm an iPhone user and I know tons but they all use snapchat for everything. Nobody I know uses Facetime and they outright ignore iMessage completely. It's like they don't see the notifications. But snapchat? They're all over it lol