Tens of thousands of civil hearings have been heard by Zoom, WebEx, FaceTime, Skype, Court-call, and other remote hearing platforms. Cases have also been live-streamed on Facebook and YouTube channels. This has become the Texas judiciary, 2020 style. The ability of judges to conduct hearings remotely has been a lifesaver for the courts. If not for that ability, Texas courts would have almost completely shut down. There are some real advantages to conducting remote civil hearings, but also some real disadvantages.
