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Empathy vs FaceTime

A side-by-side look at Empathy and FaceTime. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Empathy

Empathy

Social & Communications

Empathy is an open source instant messaging client that supports text, voice and video chat. It uses the Telepathy framework and integrates with the GNOME desktop environment. Empathy supports popular protocols like XMPP, IRC, Facebook Messenger, and more.

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FaceTime

FaceTime

Social & Communications

FaceTime is a video calling app developed by Apple. It allows users to make video calls between Apple devices like iPhones, iPads and Macs over WiFi or cellular networks.

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