Using video calls as a way to communicate on the personal and professional level is new normal and the credit goes to COVID-19. There are numerous social media platforms where you can do video and audio calls and that too without paying a fortune; in fact, most of them are free-of-cost.
Video and audio calls today are used as a way of more professional communication, there is a big market of work-from-home and freelancers and all of them use it as nothing less than a blessing.
If you are also someone who frequently uses a computer or phone on both professional and personal levels, you must have faced the issue of both mediums not working; sometimes it can be really irritating and risky too if it’s meant to be an important meeting or interview call.
Whether you are an android user or an iPhone user, the problem just does not go away. If you have ever faced this issue, you can read this article further to get some help for general issues and their solutions.
Steps to Fix Video Call Unavailable Use Voice Call
The main reason for video calls not working on your android device or iPhone is a network issue, viruses/bugs, pending software updates, or connectivity issue. There are a few ways, which you can try to get rid of the troubleshooting at your device.
#1: Check for the connectivity:
The very first step is to go to your phone screen and check if there are signal bars on the top right corner of your Samsung Galaxy device. Check for the data connection too, to make a video call, a good internet or data connection is essential. While you are checking these aspects, make sure your battery is not low. An average battery percentage is required to make a video call.
#2: Reboot your device:
There can be bugs or viruses that you are unaware of and they can create a problem while making video calls, try to reset your system by rebooting it. Press your toggle button on the left side of the phone for a few seconds and click on the restart icon to complete rebooting of your device.
#3: Remove the app
If video calling is unavailable, try using voice call to check where the issue is lying. All apps on your device – be it Facebook account, WhatsApp, Instagram account, Or Skype. Try to remove them by forcefully stopping them, clearing data, clearing cache, and then try reinstalling the same app to see if it is working again or not.
#4: Permissions in settings:
You need to make sure that the camera and microphone on the device are not switched off in phone settings. Check your settings, go to audio and video settings, if they are turned off, use the toggle button to turn them on.
Steps to Fix Video Call Not Working on Computer:
If you are using video call apps on your computer, you need to make sure that:
#1: Check for the connectivity:
The very first thing, which you need to check, is the connectivity of the network on whatever device you are using. You need to make sure it has a stable internet connection with good speed to make a video call.
#2: Permissions in settings:
We usually use different microphones on our laptop or computer and we do not even notice it until we are stuck somewhere. Different devices require permissions each time you plug in a new device. In order to access the permission, you need to go to settings, go-to sources, now click on the menu to choose your desired sources. Once you have selected them click on the done option to save these settings – you can also test your video and speaker, click on ‘play-test sound’ – and done.
#3: Restart your app or device:
If video calling is still unavailable, try using voice call. You can restart the duo app. Go to your device settings, select Google Play Store, tap on manage Android Preferences, Select Apps, select Duo and choose to force stop it. Once it is done re-start the app. If the problem is still there try restarting your device.
You need to repeat the same steps mentioned in the android/phone settings, they work for computers and mac too.
At last:
All devices have very similar settings and their problems are identical. What works for one device might also work for the other. The very crucial step is finding what the problem is in actuality. Once figured out its solution lies nearby close. You can try finding a solution for every device by going into its setting and following the steps mentioned by the device itself, most of the time, you do not even need to try to look for a solution somewhere else. For windows too, go to the browser and settings, you will find most of your answers there.
