Alternative To Portal Tv?

If you have a reasonable new tv, check if it’s got screen mirroring. If it does you can use your phone as the camera by connecting it via blue tooth and sticking the phone at the bottom of the tv... use WhatsApp for upto 4 connected at one time... my old tv doesn’t have screen mirroring, but I’ve got Apple TV on it, so I use that.

 

You can attach a laptop to your tv through an hdmi cable and use something like zoom, which seems to be popular. One problem you’ll have is sound if you’re wandering around,in your pinny and hoovering, as the puddly mic isn’t going to be of much quality

 

Yup but I suppose that’s what you got to accept on free stuff. Any device has the potential to be hacked. Early days of zoom you’d have strangers crashing into chats because no one bothered to password them.
If you have a camera on your device then someone could be watching you!

 

I totally feel you on the whole "stay on the sofa and chat" vibe – convenience is key, right? And yes, the Facebook data concerns are a valid worry.