Remote viewing support

I live in NY. My elderly parents (91 and 99) live in CT. We use Facetime all the time but sometimes I need to “see” what they see so I can help them navigate. Is there an app I can use for remote viewing only? I don’t need take control of their iPad. My parents have an iPad AiR. I generally use my iPhone 8. Both currently running on OS 11.

iPad 2, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 3:50 AM

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