“Messages” was best application of 2020
February 3, 2021
Messages was the best application to stay in touch with family and friends of last year for Morton East students.
According to mLive “Use these apps to stay connected to family, friends during coronavirus pandemic,” by author Justine Lofton. Earlier the year of 2020 coronavirus because a worldwide pandemic which had families and friends be distant, video calls and virtual meetings because a daily thing. FaceTime on iPhone and only iPhone users were able to video chat up to 32 people. Zoom calls up to 100 people are free and if you wanted more people, a monthly fee of $14.99 is needed. In a random survey of 117 Morton East Students, said 50% said “Messages” was the best application.
“I mainly use messages because I have most of my family there, and I find it quicker to contact them through there,” Senior Ivett Meraz said.
While people found themselves better with “Messages,” others found themselves better with FaceTime
“What I used the most during the pandemic to stay in touch with family I would normally use FaceTime because it was a great way to see the person and talk at the same time. We can be doing our own things but it always felt like we were together the whole time,” Cicero resident Alan Lopez said.
Technology has become a great use for people who have family living outside the country or state. Which also find a great use of using FaceTime.
“Technology has changed dramatically throughout the year and it is a great use to communicate with people around the world. For example, I have family members in Mexico and through these hard moments technology has helped me stay in touch with them and also see them through FaceTime call which is awesome!” Senior Itzel Buendia said.
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Rodrigo Reynaga • Mar 25, 2021 at 7:41 am
Frankfother 0: Where it says “Earlier the year of 2020 coronavirus because a worldwide pandemic which had families and friends be distant, video calls and virtual meetings because a daily thing” I would change the word “because” to “became” since that would make more since and would make the article a bit more clear.
Jesus Salgado (BELMARES) • Feb 12, 2021 at 8:27 am
Belmares
I feel like that messages is a good app because all of the features it has but I wouldn’t say it’s the best app of 2020 they’re are many apps more the “Messages” such as Messenger or Instagram. But it also has some benefits you can play little games with friends when your bored or send stickers or maybe a memoji just for the fun of it.
Vianny Morocho-Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:06 pm
Belmares- Messages and facetime is a very useful way to communicate with family and friends. I myself used Facetime a lot to contact friends but I used other apps to contact family from Europe and South America. Although messages is very useful I wouldn’t say is was the best app of 2020 and personally didn’t use it that much.
Ariana Delgado • Feb 9, 2021 at 3:09 pm
DALY- I definitly agree that messages is the easiest way to communicate especially with family members. I believe that many people find it easier to use messages because it tells you the notification right away and it doesnt take such long to get to you. Although facetime is also very good i believe sometimes it can get kinda bad because it uses more connection and if it isnt that good on both sides it may be bad. While messages is something quick and easy.
Sandra Santoyo • Feb 9, 2021 at 3:08 pm
Daly- I agree with this article because I do think messages was and is the best app to communicate with family or friends during this pandemic. Texting through messages is so much easier than texting through any social media app, as messages is already on the phone and don’t need to necessarily download it, as far as how the article was constructed I think it was well done.
Yareli Ortega (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:23 pm
BELMARES
I honestly agree with the article, the app messenger has become more part of my daily life due to the various restrictions that are in place to keep people safe and I think the article does a good job at conveying this by using statistics and quotes from people who have adjusted to communicating through the app messenger.
Melody Vivas • Feb 9, 2021 at 2:06 pm
[BELMARES] I agree! I’ve used ” messages” almost everyday because it’s a fast way to communicate with your loved ones. Especially if they are far away. Communication is key!!
Yareli Ortega (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:58 pm
BELMARES
I honestly agree with the article, the app messenger has become more part of my daily life in 2020 since most of my family and friends have the app it makes it easier to communicate with them in a time when we cant see each other.
Diego Rios • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:56 pm
Belmares
I wouldn’t consider messages really as an app but instead i would say TikTok because of its social effects caused by its popularity. Messages is just built into your phone automatically.
Rebecca Sosa (Belmares) • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:26 pm
YES! I love using messages because once in a while I like to take a break from social media. I delete all social media and messages is a great way to keep in touch with friends and family.
Isabel Trujillo Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:17 pm
Belmares
Technology was a big part of maintaining communication during the pandemic.
Personally I may not have used messages as my main app for communication but I was using other apps to facetime, text, and call with my friends. Facetime was my favorite because like said in the article you can talk and see the person at the same time. The year really made us use more technology than we already do.
Isabel Trujillo Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:16 pm
Belmares
Technology was a big part of maintaining communication during the pandemic.
Personally I may not have used messages as my main app for communication but I was using other apps to facetime, text, and call with my friends. Facetime was my favorite because like said in the article you can talk and see the person at the same time.
Mariela Reynaga - Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:10 pm
Belmares : I find it interesting how many people rely on messaging and face time to communicate with their friends and family. Though it isn’t much of a surprise, since both apps are made for communication purposes and are generally straight forward, it makes me wonder what other apps were also used by students.
Nayeli Villagomez BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:05 pm
This is really true before the virus I would go out and hangout with my friends but now to stay safe we only text or facetime.
Angel De La Cruz (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:04 pm
BELMARES: Overall I do agree with this article. Messages was a crucial app during the pandemic. It assisted me in terms of keeping in touch with my family and friends. However, you can argue that snapchat and Instagram was as popular. Both have the ability to communicate with other people, but they are also sociable which is more features than messages. Therefore, I would choose snapchat and Instagram over messages.
Anahi Fausto, Ms. Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 1:00 pm
Belmares- First, I wanted to say that that I really like the article and the way it was structured ! In addition, I really like how there was a survey conducted to make it more statistical and accurate. Overall, I can agree that messages was a very used app in my daily life in 2020 but there were also some other ones I used like Tiktok and Netflix 🙂
Jose Delgado • Feb 9, 2021 at 12:59 pm
BELMARES
I agree with this 100% because during the pandemic I also used messages to communicate with family and friends thru texting, FaceTime calls, and group calls. It is also way easier to use then any other social media all though you need a iPhone to make FaceTime calls.
melodie Gomez • Feb 9, 2021 at 10:24 am
Daly- i disagree with this article because tiktok in my opinion was the best app of 2020. Since we were in quarantine due to the corona virus, tik tok was where i spent most of my free time. i learned so much in this app like what’s going on in the world or i got to try out new foods and style of clothes with this app.
Maia Solis - BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:33 am
I can also agree that messaging is so much easier then using social media platforms just cause they are built into the phone. – BELMARES
Jose Martinez-BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:27 am
BELMARES- I found myself using Messages to stay in touch with family but I used Discord more to stay in touch with friends from school. SInce Covid closed school I wasn’t able to see my friends as much but we ended up talking with eachother in groupchats on discord which allowed us to keep in touch.
Vanessa Gutierrez/BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:25 am
BELMARES/ I feel like messages is a great way of communicating and it is also a really easy way of doing it. Other apps are also useful but they are more complicated to understand. I also feel like messages is better because most of my family also has messages as the app they use the most to communicate which is really good and it makes things easier to use. At the same time I would say that FaceTime is also one of the apps I would use to communicate with family because you are able to see them thru camera and have a better experience. In FaceTime you can call for free with people that have iPhones and there’s a really good quality call. FaceTime for iPhones is also free which some apps charge instead. Overall both apps are good but if I had to choose it would be Messages!
kiara torres BELMARES • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:16 am
BELMARES- I love messages! messages for me are way better than texting someone through snapchat or other social media and it makes it really easy to get in contact with family members. I want to try using messages more than social media !
Steve Arroyo - Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 9:11 am
Belmares – I agree with the opinion in this article that messages was the best application for messaging in 2020, but I also think that there are more application that can be as good or better to communicate for example like the apps snapchat and messenger.
Karla Padilla- Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:16 am
I love how much information this article gives, and how they give evidence to back up what they are saying
Anasofia Martinez (BELMARES) • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:11 am
Throughout this whole pandemic i think i used messages more than anything as well, or just a simple facetime as the author of this report stated how some people have familes outside the country i have most of my family in different parts of mexico so i simple facetime call helped us know that they were okay in these hard times.
Belmares, Iker Pina • Feb 9, 2021 at 8:02 am
You did an awesome job stating quotes from other people, they were very easy to understand and so was all of your article.
David Garcia • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:42 am
Belmares, I am a part of the majority that used messages as a way to keep up with family and firneds through phone as well as sometimes on calls. It was very convinient because we were still able to keep in touch while still mainting a social distance and taking our own precautions to not get sick.
Julio Mercado • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:42 am
Belmares. I agree that these apps have helped us all stay connected during this pandemic and have also made this pandemic feel a little bit shorter.
Kinberly Reyes- Belmares • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:37 am
Yes, I think messages are most used with Iphone users but there’s more websites that people used more for example whatsapp, but I agree with you that the Message app being the most used. It is very true that “Technology has changed dramatically throughout the year and it is a great use to communicate with people around the world” Technology has help us stay in contact with out family members during this time pandemic.
Jazmin V. Rojas • Feb 9, 2021 at 7:26 am
Teacher: Ms.Belmares
I totally agree that “Messages” was the best app to stay in touch with family in 2020. Many students/families had a drastic change in the year 2020 which people reacted the same way since they weren’t able to see their family in person. Having quality time with your family might be one the most important things in your life since it’s a way for you to share your love towards someone. It might be frightful to not have that. But things like technology and apps have improved and communicating is way much easier. So yes, I do believe the “Messages” was the best app in 2020 since it was a quick way to communicate with others.