FaceTime Gains Cool New Features in Apple’s Latest Operating Systems

It’s no exaggeration to say that videoconferencing went mainstream during the pandemic. However, Apple’s FaceTime didn’t stack up well against Zoom and others due to its emulation of the telephone call experience, questionable interface decisions, and lack of cross-platform compatibility. However, with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 Monterey, Apple has nearly brought [...]

By |2021-12-02T17:31:00-04:00December 17th, 2021|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on FaceTime Gains Cool New Features in Apple’s Latest Operating Systems

Stop Group FaceTime Video Tiles from Bouncing with Recent Apple OS Updates

Since iOS 12 and macOS 10.14 Mojave, Apple has supported Group FaceTime, which lets you have a video call with up to 32 people. However, as has become painfully obvious in today’s era of non-stop videoconferencing, Group FaceTime has a feature that some find obnoxious: automatic speaking prominence that causes the video tile for [...]

By |2020-06-16T12:14:40-04:00June 23rd, 2020|iOS Tips, Mac Tips|Comments Off on Stop Group FaceTime Video Tiles from Bouncing with Recent Apple OS Updates

Apple Has Disabled Group FaceTime to Prevent Pre-call Eavesdropping

A serious bug has been discovered in Apple’s Group FaceTime multi-person video chat technology. It allows someone to call you via FaceTime and then, with just a few simple steps, listen in on audio from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac while the call is ringing, before you have accepted or rejected it. To prevent [...]

By |2019-01-29T17:56:22-04:00January 30th, 2019|iOS Tips|Comments Off on Apple Has Disabled Group FaceTime to Prevent Pre-call Eavesdropping
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