Why does video calling suck so bad (not on the N5, just in general)?

[greydarrah]

This is not a Nexus 5 complaint...I LOVE my N5!

Video calling on the last 3 phones I've had (the GNex, the N4 and the N5) has consistently sucked...very choppy, poor video quality, poor audio quality. This is both over a solid wifi as well as a strong cell signal, even on different cell networks. I've always done it using Hangouts. Is there a better way, is it just me, or is it just the way it is?

 

[Zendroid1]

FaceTime works great!

 

[dkhmwilliams]

I have thought the opposite. Video chat over hangouts has been great to me. Just as good as FaceTime.

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[jsarino]

^^^Ditto. 3rd party apps don't seem to give decent video quality compared to Hangouts or FaceTime (on the Apple side). I use Tango alot to talk to my in-laws overseas (they refuse to use Hangouts), and the video quality isn't much different from video chatrooms from the early days of the internet.

 

[patruns]

When you use video chat, you are at the mercy of your phone, your connection speed, your software, the other person's connection speed and their device and software. Not really a lot that you can control.

 

[Umass021]

I have used Tango, Skype and Hangouts and they all work great for me.

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[scorpiodsu]

I guess it depends on all of the factors listed above. Facetime and Skype on the iPhone/iPad work very well. I haven't really done much video chatting with any of my Android phones.