Andrew O'Hara
FaceTime is receiving its first major update in years — on both iOS devices and Macs — with long overdue support for group video calls and even fun effects.
Users can now join calls with up to 32 participants, a feature competitors have had for years. A carousel along the bottom shows all participants, while those talking are brought into the majority of the screen. Individual windows can be brought full-screen as well.
Effects such as stickers and the just-announced Memoji can be applied in real time during the call for a more fun experience.
It will work not only on iOS 12, but macOS as well. Calls can be answered right on the Apple Watch, before jumping over to the video FaceTime call on your iPhone or iPad.
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23 Comments
The ultimate video calling app...has been waiting for so long!!!
Intriguing. This could be great for remote teams needing to chat. Currently using other apps for this but this could be more useful.
Thirty-two people??
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Is this for riot-planning?
I wonder if they will have an API so our Meeting Owl can work with FaceTime...
I heard for the longest time the the reason why FaceTime was never updated was because of patents and how many companies had some patent that they would used against Apple. I wonder what changed, I’m pretty sure no matter what Apple does someone one will sue them for FaceTime. I can’t wait to see how many people I can get to FaceTime with me at once now.