COVID: Need to entertain my kid using the TV camera. Is an upgrade necessary?

[carpediem]

Hi there,

We are finding it increasingly challenging to entertain my 2-year-old while we are stuck at home during COVID. We thought it would be good to have regular check-ins through video calls with our family and some remote babysitting on a larger screen (our TV) as our phones are required for work calls.

We have a 2013 LG TV and Skype is no longer supported on that model. It's a 60LA8600 1080P 240Hz LED TV

We have a Roku and Chromecast but can't activate the camera functionality. What are the ways to get video calls working? Would an upgrade to WebOS work?

Thank you all. Stay safe.

 

[hg42]

you could simply cast your smartphone screen, e.g. using a mirror app or a plain camera app. May be there are also apps that can cast their camera image directly