Best ap for text -- using wifi

[AnimalDoc]

Trust me -- these are to do nightly check ins --- I want to leave all this behind.
Just wondering what aps everyone might be using for texts ?
Does it work to to use facebook messager with video ?

 

[natefaith]

Hi AnimalDoc and welcome to the forum. We use WhatsApp with great success for texting and the occasional video chat. And are you already familiar with Facetime (Apple products) and Skype/ Skype credit?

Buen Camino!
Faith

 

[trecile]

Facebook messenger should work.

 

[Mike Savage]

WhatsApp for me too. It works great and messages are encrypted. It works well for Internet phone calls too I used it call my father from Santiago on his 80th birthday.

 

[notion900]

Any of them will work well if the WIFI is good. But it often isn't, so you can turn off the picture, or send a few snaps.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Whatsapp for me to , use it only to send messages and pictures to my wife when we not walking together.
Wish you well,Peter.

 

[Latecomer]

Viber worked very well for me to send simultaneous updates to my wife and parents (in a Group) each evening. Like most modern messaging platforms, it was very easy (takes about 4 seconds) to send your GPS location.

 

[FionaMcG]

WhatsApp gets my vote as well. Great for my daily dispatch of a couple of captioned photos to a group.

 

[Davie Blisters]

Trust me -- these are to do nightly check ins --- I want to leave all this behind.
Just wondering what aps everyone might be using for texts ?
Does it work to to use facebook messager with video ?

Will be walking north from Lisbon next week. I'll be using WhatsApp and Messenger, but not looking forward to the countless messages that will include 'look what I'm eating' followed by pics of tortilla, Cozido a Portuguesa, Caldo Verde, Caramel Custard etc. etc. (my mouth is watering already).
So, I am thinking of dispensing with social media and introducing Semaphore to the Camino.
This will remove the need to speak in native tongue and worry about grammar and punctuation.
Obviously, there will be downsides to this, distance, visibility etc. - but just think of the peace and quiet in your bunk without the bleeping, clicking and fancy tunes!
Just a thought - and look out for the guy waving flags at the top of the hill.
Bom Caminho