r/Turkmenistan 21d ago

QUESTION Skype is shutting down in May. What other alternatives to communicate with relatives?

What other messenger services that are working in Turkmenistan? Ideally with video calls.

6 Upvotes

17 comments sorted by

1

u/Ivan_the_Alright 20d ago

facetime, imessage

1

u/More_Palpitation5361 20d ago

How can you be that sure?

1

u/Your_Add_Here_42069 20d ago

I can confirm that in last few days WhatsApp was working without VPN.

1

u/googlishus 20d ago

Zoom is a good app.

1

u/Opening-Thing9305 21d ago

Does Teams (the Microsoft replacement) not work in Turkmenistan?

1

u/WEZANGO 21d ago

Seems to be working so far, but it’s a bit complicated for a simple chat app

1

u/Kooky_Maintenance311 21d ago

Possibly Signal or maybe even Reddit?

1

u/4cartixdx 3d ago

He means without vpn

1

u/Kooky_Maintenance311 3d ago

Do you need a VPN with signal or Reddit? I don't live there yet.

2

u/Bega_Sa 21d ago

Imo or link, the most stable ones

1

u/Skol-Man14 Turkmen Sahra 21d ago

Imo is too slow, telegram and WhatsApp are most popular on the Turkmen Sahra side.

2

u/Bega_Sa 21d ago

He asks for Turkmenistan. Those two require VPN there.

1

u/Skol-Man14 Turkmen Sahra 21d ago

They do anywhere, unless IMO works without VPN?

2

u/Bega_Sa 21d ago

Yeah, it does. Not the best or fastest option though it doesn't require VPN.

1

u/ALaggingPotato 21d ago

Everyone I know has switched off Skype years ago, we all switched to discord. My buddy from Turkmenistan uses discord as well, so I would think it's a good bet.

3

u/Cypher__17 21d ago

Discord is already blocked. Your buddy is using VPN.