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The moment all Apple users have been waiting for! You will now be able to Facetime with mulitple people. You can take your daily groupchat to the Facetime.
According to Apple, with the most recent update- users will now be able to facetime up to 32 people at one time! Do you have 32 friends??
It gets better, the new update will allow you to bring who’s talking to the front of your screen, while the rest of the group will appear at the bottom of the screen. You can also join users at anytime during the call. This also includes facetime audio! You will be able to access this new feature from your text groupchat itself.
Apple has really outdone themselves with this one! Are you here for it? Check out what the update includes below from Apple:
“Group FaceTime
With iOS 12.1, FaceTime is more fun and flexible, with simple ways to add another person, join an active FaceTime call, or use the same camera effects available in Messages to add stickers, filters or appear to friends and family as an Animoji or Memoji. When an invitation is received, people can choose to join using audio or video from iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Additional features coming to FaceTime:
Automatic detection of active speakers: FaceTime uses on-device intelligence to display the most prominent speakers on the call, automatically highlighting the current speaker by bringing them to the forefront. It automatically sizes each person’s image depending upon how active they are in the conversation, based on duration of speech, volume and even motion. Participants who are not active will appear at the bottom of the screen until they speak. A simple tap also brings a participant front and center.
Ringless notification: When calling more than one person, FaceTime displays a notification that lets you instantly join a call without being disruptive.
Messages integration: Group FaceTime is integrated into the Messages app, making it easy to start a Group FaceTime right from a group iMessage chat. If people in a conversation have already started a FaceTime session, Messages shows the active call in the conversation list and inside your conversations.
Private: All FaceTime conversations, both one-to-one and multi-person, are encrypted end to end so they remain private and viewable only by the participants. “