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The necessity to stay in touch with friends and family members who may be living away from you has always been there, but that need has never been exercised more than throughout 2020 and 2021 as the covid-19 pandemic flipped the world on its head and brought social interaction to a standstill. As people were forced to work from and stay at home, the ability to meet up with friends and family was taken away from us, and so everyone had to find their own ways to get through it. One of the most effective ways that people could keep some kind of grasp on normality as they were thrown into the abnormal was thanks to technology. Technology made it so that working was possible, shopping was possible, and, more importantly than anything else, social interaction was possible. 

How Did Technology Help Our Social Lives? 

Using a variety of different apps, people were able to stay more connected than ever. There were a huge number of platforms available to people that managed to meet a variety of different needs. These were also incredibly easy to use regardless of people’s age; for example, if someone was not able to see an elderly relative who was having to practice social distancing in an assisted living facility such as Brandywine Reflections, they were still able to maintain some level of connection with their loved ones while staying safe from the pandemic within their community. 

A lot of people across the world continue to be cautious when it comes to practicing social distancing, and even if it’s not a result of covid, there are still many reasons why people may not be able to see loved ones as much as they’d like. This could include work, physical distance, and a whole other variety of reasons. As such, just in case you didn’t come across them throughout the course of the pandemic, this article will look into more detail about the best apps available to you that will allow you to stay in touch with family from all over the world. 

Skype 

For many people, Skype is not a new thing as it has been around for a long period of time. That being said, a lot of users found themselves taking to the app for the first time throughout covid. Regardless of the reason for using it, Skype is one of the best apps out there when it comes to staying in touch with distant family and friends. It can be used for professional and personal reasons as it allows you to talk in real-time to others, either one-on-one or in a group, from both your phone and your computer. There is also a messaging facility as well as its voice and video communication, meaning everyone is able to talk in whichever way suits them. The groups can go all the way up to 50 people, and it’s also totally free to use. 

WhatsApp 

This is also an incredibly well-known app and is one of the most downloaded on the entire app store. It is also totally free to download and is very similar to text messaging but uses the internet as a means to do so rather than regular signal like the usual messaging app on your phone will do. It is also very easy to start group chats on, so families from all over the world have large chats with multiple people in which they can provide details of upcoming socials or general information when it comes to talking about what is happening in everyone’s lives. It can be used regardless of whether you have an android or an iPhone, and as well as text messages, it can also send audio messages, videos, and pictures. 

Zoom 

Despite initially being founded in 2011, Zoom really saw its rise throughout the pandemic and has now been used by people all over the world to communicate with their families and friends. It is used to keep in touch with family members but is also great when it comes to working remotely and running a business. Making conference calls is a breeze, and thanks to the user-friendly interface that it comes with, speaking to large groups is also incredibly straightforward. People are given a choice as to whether or not they want to have their video on as soon as they enter a chat, so everyone is very comfortable using it. 

Marco Polo 

Marco Polo is also an app that is used by people who want to stay in touch with others who are at a distance as it allows them to send videos easily. The app has a similar setup to Snapchat but the videos that are sent are not automatically deleted. Instead, they are kept for however long the person they were sent to would like, which means they are great if you want to effectively communicate with somebody but do not want the commitment of sitting down for a lengthy conversation with them over the likes of Skype or Zoom. It is great for sending information that is too long to sit down and type and is also a good way to take notes for yourself too. 

Conclusion 

People have always had trouble when it comes to staying in touch with distant family members, but there are effective ways in which an open line of communication can be put in place thanks to the increasingly impressive developments that have been made in technology. This tech has only improved in recent years as the pandemic made virtual communication a necessity for everybody, regardless of how close in the world they were to one another. 

These improvements in tech mean that the ability to communicate with people over a distance has never been more straightforward. It can be difficult knowing exactly which apps you should use in order to communicate effectively, but the above is a great place to start when it comes to getting recommendations. 

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