Skype has a built-in feature that’s mainly designed for audio testing. And it’s called the Echo/Sound Test Service, also known as echo123. If you’re wondering how to activate and use this tool on your ...

A big part of video conferencing etiquette is making sure your equipment works before your meeting starts. And that includes your webcam. There’s no reason to run into unexpected and disruptive video ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a former senior video producer at The Verge. She worked at Vox Media from 2016 to 2024, producing more than ...

Springer is a freelance writer based in Sisters, Ore. An IT director in a former life, he now writes about the technologies that he used to manage. Jittery video, bad lighting and bandwidth challenges ...

Last week a Vodafone engineer, Rowan Chesmer, somewhere in the middle of Wales and very much in a dead zone for cellular connectivity, used an AST SpaceMobile satellite to send a video call to ...

The Google Phone app appears to be testing out support for showing calls from WhatsApp, as well as making it easier to start a video call with someone. For some users, the Google Phone app used as the ...

Ookla's SpeedTest app can now measure your internet's video streaming quality via a dedicated video test that actually runs video at different resolutions. The test is available on iPhone and iPad ...