Ask HN: Messenger for Grandparents?

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Hi,

I want to somehow add my grandmother (88) to our family group chat on Facebook Messenger. She is living alone and needs contact with people. She is really smart for her age but has never used a computer.

I'm looking for some wrapper for Messenger to make it dead simple for her to use (big font, no accidental clicks, no closing, always on).

Do you have any recommendations?

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I'd think "best" might be a tablet (an Amazon Fire'd be your cheapest option), with "just" the one app installed and signed-in

Set the device font to "large" (or whatever it's called thereon), and set the screen timeout to the longest it can be (but autoshutoff is still a Good Idea™)

Maybe enable parental controls on the device to only allow that app and/or not allow the app to be swapped-away from?

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