We live exceptional times now, during the pandemic, and we just feel the need to be closer to our family and friends more than ever. Could you imagine this coronavirus lockdown 18 years ago, when you’d be stuck to your not-so-smart old phone, with only 300 texts, 100 mins call limit and dial up internet? Just remember this:
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Fortunately now, we all have the chance to see our family and friends and keep ourselves safe, when most of us self-isolate at home during the coronavirus outbreak. Thanks to technology, only with a smartphone and some decent internet connection, we can all see our grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, cousins and nephews, friends and colleagues so easily, without even leaving our home.
Do you know anyone who doesn’t use and benefit from video chat apps yet? Here are the three most popular applications that you could recommend to your friends and relatives, along with a step-by-step guide on how to use these apps easily. You can quickly check here the most popular video chatting application in every country around the world.
Here, at Opal Transfer, we prefer to video chat with our family and friends from home — Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and more — using the most popular apps in our countries: WhatsApp, Messenger or Viber. You may be a pro, but it's worth sharing this information with your less techy relatives or friends.
WhatsApp is one of the favourite applications around the world for chatting and video chatting, with 2 billion active users in 180 countries. In order to video chat with your family and friends on WhatsApp, you will need to download and install the application on your mobile phone or computer:
Here’s how you can place a video call in 3 easy steps:
Here’s a simple and illustrative video explanation from BBC. And here’s a step-by-step guide from WhatsApp, available in: English, Romanian, Polish, Russian and other languages.
Image: Some of us, at Opal Transfer, really love keeping in touch with their mother
You can use Messenger to stay connected with your friends — especially with your Facebook friends, as this app is highly popular among Facebook users.
First, you will need to install the Messenger app. This is really easy:
Here’s how you can video chat with one person in 3 easy steps:
Here’s how you can video chat using the desktop app:
To end a video call, you just tap the red phone icon.
You can check out more info and step-by-step guidance in different languages on the Facebook Messenger source: English, Romanian, Russian, Polish.
Image: We always recommend Opal Transfer to our good friends.
First, you will need to install Viber app on your iPhone, Android mobile or PC Widows or Mac from here.
Among Opal Transfer community, Viber Messenger is very popular in countries such as Ukraine or Bulgaria.
Here’s how you can start a video call from your Viber in 3 easy steps:
You can find out more details about how to use Viber in: English, Russian.
Need help to stay in touch with your family and friends? Opal Transfer team is happy to help you in your language with useful tips on how to reach your loved ones easily and quickly, using your mobile phone.
Do you have a nice memory or a story about your experience with Opal Transfer? You cam always share it with us: contact us, find out more stories and tips on our blog and folloe our Facebook pages.
2025-06-06
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