I’m sure most of us love to stay in touch with friends and family. We all love using Facebook, Twitter and other social networking apps to communicate with each other but with the creation of so many more apps, there’s now lots of different ways of keeping in touch. Oh how far we have come since the good old days of just calling and texting! Take a look at our recommended best communication apps for staying in touch with friends.
Skype
is a definite favourite communication app amongst thousands of smartphone users. The fantastic Skype Mobile app lets you have free and unlimited Skype to Skype calls and instant messaging straight from your mobile. This makes communicating with friends all over the world much easier, as Skype is always on and ready to receive calls anytime. You also don’t have to worry about switching on your computer as it’s a great portable way of staying in touch. With the use of your camera on your phone, the Skype app is great for video calling from anywhere – whether you’re on the train or even on the comfort of your own sofa.
The GroupMe app lets you start a group conversation and add people to it. Once you’ve created a group of people you get a free phone number for it. It’s a great communication app because you can talk to lots of friends at one time or even just text one person. The app is free and works via push or SMS, so it’s just like unlimited texting!It’s good for those long conversations when you don’t want to worry about how many texts you’ve got left!
Another great app for unlimited messaging to your friends is WhatsApp. This is a mobile messaging app that allows you to send messages for free! What’s more, as well as basic messaging WhatsApp lets you send your friends images, video and audio media messages – all for free! It’s a great communication app for sharing holiday photos and messaging people from wherever you are.
The great eBuddy Messenger app gives you the flexibility to chat on multiple accounts including MSN, Facebook, Yahoo and more. This helps you to stay connected with friends and family via instant messaging on the go. So whether you’re on holiday or even at work, you’ll be able to keep messaging your friends with what you’re up to.
As well as messaging and texting, there’s other ways of communicating with your friends, such as through photo sharing. Be the envy of your friends when they receive a photo of you lounging by the pool in an exotic location somewhere! With the Flickr app you can take photos, tag people and quickly upload your photos for free. So get sharing and communicating through new means with photo sharing apps like Flickr. What better way to tell people what you’re doing than by showing them a picture of it with a great photo sharing communication app!
Try out new ways of keeping in touch with our recommended communication apps. Be sure to let us know your favourites too!
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