9to5Mac - Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 2:22 PM How to use Group FaceTime on iPhone and iPad
Group FaceTime has been a long-awaited feature, and now with iOS 12.1, Apple has rolled it out to all users. Follow along for how to use Group FaceTime on iPhone and iPad and which iOS devices are compatible with the new feature. Whoosh! Screen Cleaner Group FaceTime is a handy feature that lets users video chat (or just use audio) with up to 32 people. However, as we discovered earlier this week, not all devices running iOS 12 will get full Group FaceTime support. Apple notes that some older devices will only support audio for Group calls. To use Group FaceTime video calls, you need an iPhone 6s or later, iPad Pro or later, iPad Air 2, or iPad Mini 4 with iOS 12.1. Earlier models of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that support iOS 12.1 can join Group FaceTime calls as audio participants. To use Group FaceTime you’ll need to make sure FaceTime is turned on under Settings → FaceTime and look for the toggle at the top. How to use Group FaceTime on iPhone and iPad 1. Open FaceTime and tap the + icon in the top right corner 2. Add multiple people 3. Tap Audio or Video to start the call Here’s how the process looks: Once you’ve started the call, you can tap the star icon for effects, while tapping the three dots will expand full FaceTime options like adding more people, flipping or turning your camera off, muting your microphone, and more. How to start a Group FaceTime call from within an iMessage 1. Open the message you’d like to start a Group FaceTime call from 2. Tap the contacts at the top 3. Tap FaceTime Visual walkthrough on this option: To get more details on Group FaceTime, check out Apple’s support page here. For more help getting the most out of your Apple devices, check out our how to guide. Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news: Original Article at: https://9to5mac.com/2018/10/30/group-facetime-on-iphone-ipad/ -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
