Submitted 1 year ago by gelberhut@lemdro.id to askandroid@lemdro.id
Looking for a family chat/call solution for windows and android which does not require a phone number and is children friendly.
Currently I use synology chat (since I have a sinology NAS) but it is not very good and does not support voice/vide calls.
The only acceptable alternative which I can think of is Matrix. Are there any other options?
Does Simplex do calls? That’s so cool!
Not reliably
Yeah audio and video not sure how the desktop client is like though
The calls don’t really work
weve used discord since google chat shut down, but that doesnt sound like it would be restrictive enough for your situation.
Jitsi meet
Jitsi now requires an account with Google or Microsoft to use it afaik.
Only if you use the instance hosted by 8x8
There would be a lot of overhead but there’s nextcloud chat
Sounds like really a lot of overhead starting from hosting. What are the benefits over public matrix server?
I have a matrix instance in my garage we’re using as family chat. My 7 year old gets along well with schildichat.
I consider a public matrix server, do yo see any issues with this?
Depends on what you mean by “child friendly”. On my instance I control discoverability of channels as well as the bridges to other protocols. If that is fine for you I don’t see a problem with a public instance - just make sure to set up encryption and save the recovery keys somewhere (at least for older children where they can control access).
WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Session
gelberhut@lemdro.id 1 year ago
Never heard about it, and with such a generic naming it is not that searchable.
Intestine app, but looks like an overkill for my needs and it does not support calls.