Cross-Platform Video Chat

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03-06-14, 04:26 PM
rickster21

Cross-Platform Video Chat

Hey everyone!
So I dusted off my Playbook today and after months of staying away from the forums, I'm curious if a cross-platform video chat solution was ever released or if anyone figured out how to do it.
Thanks
03-06-14, 04:38 PM
eldricho

I've seen it mentioned around that you can initiate video calls between the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10-smartphone
Don't know how tho, as I never owned a PlayBook myself

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03-06-14, 04:46 PM
FrankIAm

If you add your Z10's BBID to the playbook's contact list you should see it in the playbook's video chat app.

BlackBerry 101 - Help Channel
03-06-14, 05:02 PM
rphillipchuk

VideoChat works perfect with the Z10, but if you have the Z30, It is not as fluent.

I truly hope that Blackberry addresses this problem...You would think that if you had the "Flag ship Model (Z30) " , that you should have at least the functionality of the Z10 plus extras....

Ron
03-06-14, 10:08 PM
46Nico40

Originally Posted by FrankIAm

If you add your Z10's BBID to the playbook's contact list you should see it in the playbook's video chat app.

BlackBerry 101 - Help Channel

so your saying that if i add the BBID on my playbook i can chat with BB10 users?
03-08-14, 12:01 AM
anon(1852343)

Your contacts BBID yes
03-08-14, 09:33 PM
theoleblanc

iI own a Z30 and i call ofthen my wife with her PlayBook at home. I works very nice.
03-08-14, 10:31 PM
jpash549

Originally Posted by theoleblanc

iI own a Z30 and i call ofthen my wife with her PlayBook at home. I works very nice.

Are you using different BBID's?
03-08-14, 10:42 PM
FrankIAm

Originally Posted by jpash549

Are you using different BBID's?

In case he does, I use the same one with no problems.

64gb PB, latest OS; Z30STA100-5/10.2.1.2141

BlackBerry 101 - Help Channel
03-09-14, 10:30 AM
rphillipchuk

Originally Posted by theoleblanc

iI own a Z30 and i call ofthen my wife with her PlayBook at home. I works very nice.

How do you call your wife ? Is it via the Hub ? If not, please explain how you did this....

Appreciate the help..

Ron
03-10-14, 04:42 AM
Asdic Ping

I have used Gruveo (www.gruveo.com) with the Playbook to connect to a laptop running Win 7. Presumably it will work with other platforms as long as they support flash, which might rule out Apple products. As others have mentioned, I have also used the built in Playbook video app to connect to BB10 users.
03-10-14, 06:31 AM
dna47

Originally Posted by rphillipchuk

How do you call your wife ? Is it via the Hub ? If not, please explain how you did this....

Appreciate the help..

Ron

Go to the 'video chat' app on your playbook, enter the blackberry ID of the person you're trying to call in the tab at the top left of the screen(only works with bb10 phones, and playbooks obviously) then hit call.

But to call a playbook from a bb10 phones is more tricky, since you'll have to call that person first and then whenever that person wants to call you, he'll need to go in the hub then find the last call that was done between you two and then hit open and that'll call the your playbook.

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03-10-14, 05:56 PM
rphillipchuk

Originally Posted by dna47

But to call a playbook from a bb10 phones is more tricky, since you'll have to call that person first and then whenever that person wants to call you, he'll need to go in the hub then find the last call that was done between you two and then hit open and that'll call the your playbook.

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yes !!!! That is exactly what I have to do too !!!!! I was hoping for a more fluent way to do this..

Ron
03-11-14, 01:36 PM
Pistooli

Just called my gf from my Playbook on her Q10. Worked excellent...

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