iPad For Seniors For Dummies, 11th Edition

Chapter 9

Getting Social with Your iPad

IN THIS CHAPTER

Make, accept, and end FaceTime calls

Set up an iMessage account

Create, send, and read messages

Send emojis and special effects

Send audio, photos, videos, maps, and group messages

Find and install popular social media apps

FaceTime is an excellent video-calling app that lets you call people who have FaceTime on their devices using either a phone number or an email address. You and your friend, colleague, or family member can see each other as you talk, which makes for a much more personal calling experience.

iMessage is a feature available through the preinstalled Messages app for instant messaging (IM). IM involves sending a text message to somebody’s iPad, iPod touch, Mac running macOS 10.8 or later, or iPhone (using the person’s phone number or email address to carry on an instant conversation). You can even send audio and ...