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Comment by shawabawa3 | Hacker News Reader

funny, because I don't know anyone who likes skype over G+

Skype's Linux clients are always wonky. G+ has more ItJustWorks, and the contacts list is already built for me from years of using Google stuff.

I prefer Skype over Google Video in that I can pick my call on my PC, laptop, phone or Xbox One.

Imagine having a group call on Xbox One - TV, that would be a sweet conversation and I for one really appreciate this new feature.

Google Hangouts work on PCs, laptops, and phones. When I get a hangout call, it rings on all devices where I'm currently logged into hangouts.

TV is the only place Xbox wins today. Though google does have some TV toys right now (Google TV and Chromecast). They could probably look into adding a webcam to that with hangouts.

They have a TV solution for conference rooms, but it's "enterprisey" in that it's not cheap and comes with an annual fee.

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/solutions/for...

hail corporate

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I prefer G+, but the onboarding - actually getting disparate folks easily invited and notified has been inscrutably hard. Part of the prob is that I have multiple gmail accts and address books as do the folks I'm inviting, but another prob seems to be the less than ideal invite workflow. When Goog gets calendars, gmail, docs and hangouts well integrated, Skype will have a serious threat on its hands.

My invite workflow is "Skype everybody the G+ URL"... If they could make a better workflow that'd be great. Maybe they could stop tripping over their feet trying to make everything social and just make this workflow make more sense!

Funny, because I dont know anyone who use G+ at all. Except these who was forced to make G+ profile while was registering just for e-mail.

And same time I know hundreds who use skype on daily basic on literally every device they own. Including TV. Only device in my house lacking skype it's refrigerator.

You dont need to use G+ to use Hangouts. If you have a gmail account you're a one step install away from using video chat. Doesn't matter if you have multiple gmail accounts or not, you just need a link, which hangouts gives you in the invite modal.

Everyone else in the podcasting network I'm on uses G+, but I like Skype because it's easier to record it with one computer.

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