video phones

Calls with faces

Video phones are telephones that transmit both audio and video, allowing callers to see each other during conversation.

Long imagined as futuristic technology, they became commonplace with smartphones and apps like FaceTime and Zoom: My grandmother finally learned to use her video phone.

Also written as one word: videophone.

Related
  • videocallLive visual remote conversation
  • SkypeOnline video calling platform
  • FaceTimeApple's audiovisual communication app
  • ZoomVideo call platform
  • webcamComputer-mounted video capture device

screen · camera · face to face · dial · ring · pixels · tech support · lag · connection · mute · unmute · talking · faces · grandma · long distance · distance · waving · wave goodbye

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communication modality

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Audio telephone communication

telephone calls · landline phones · radio communication · walkie-talkies · phone calls

technological sophistication

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Homemade acoustic communication device

rotary phones · telegraphs · party lines · smoke signals · telegraph

communication richness

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Short mobile communications

telegrams · Morse code · letters · written correspondence · snail mail

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G