FaceTime wasn't the first video-calling tool in the world, but it's
probably the most well known and widely used—and the one most people are
curious about. Android, Google's smartphone operating system, is famous
for being "open" (though that may not be quite accurate),
meaning that its users can do what they want to with their devices.
Android users get used to all kinds of workarounds, hacks, and tweaks to
enable a variety of features and apps that weren't available when they
started using their devices.
Android may allow for a lot of customization and expansion that Google hadn't planned, but in order to add these features and customizations, you sometimes need cooperation from third parties. In the case of FaceTime, Apple uses a proprietary technology for audio and video chats between its devices. For Android to be able to use FaceTime, someone would have to figure out how that technology works and then create an Android version of it. If that were to happen, you can be sure that Apple would step in with legal threats to prevent it.
It's possible that Apple could bring FaceTime to Android—Apple originally said that it planned to make FaceTime an open standard, but it's been years since it said that and nothing has happened—but I think it's safe to assume that won't happen any time soon (if ever, given the rivalry between the companies).
It's possible for Android and iPhone users to video chat with each other, assuming they're using the same apps. So, if you have an iPhone and your friend has Android, just make sure you're both using Skype or Tango or any number of the other video-chat apps that have both Android and iOS versions. If you each have the same app installed on your phones, it won't matter whether or not you both have FaceTime.
source:
http://ipod.about.com/od/UsingFindMyiPhone/fl/Can-You-Use-FaceTime-on-Android.htm
FaceTime may be made by Apple, but if Android is so customizable, does that mean you can use FaceTime on Android?
Sorry to say it, Android fans, but the answer is no: You cannot use FaceTime on Android.Android may allow for a lot of customization and expansion that Google hadn't planned, but in order to add these features and customizations, you sometimes need cooperation from third parties. In the case of FaceTime, Apple uses a proprietary technology for audio and video chats between its devices. For Android to be able to use FaceTime, someone would have to figure out how that technology works and then create an Android version of it. If that were to happen, you can be sure that Apple would step in with legal threats to prevent it.
It's possible that Apple could bring FaceTime to Android—Apple originally said that it planned to make FaceTime an open standard, but it's been years since it said that and nothing has happened—but I think it's safe to assume that won't happen any time soon (if ever, given the rivalry between the companies).
Can You FaceTime Android to iPhone?
There's a related question: Can you FaceTime from Android to iPhone? The simple answer is no. Since there's no FaceTime for Android, there's no way to use it to video chat with an iPhone (or iPod touch or Mac) user. However, if "FaceTime" in that question is used generically and means "video chat" more broadly, then the answer is yes.It's possible for Android and iPhone users to video chat with each other, assuming they're using the same apps. So, if you have an iPhone and your friend has Android, just make sure you're both using Skype or Tango or any number of the other video-chat apps that have both Android and iOS versions. If you each have the same app installed on your phones, it won't matter whether or not you both have FaceTime.
source:
http://ipod.about.com/od/UsingFindMyiPhone/fl/Can-You-Use-FaceTime-on-Android.htm
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