Initiating a FaceTime Call
Group FaceTime Chat
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To initiate a FaceTime call, open the app. In the
sidebar is a list of recent people with whom you’ve
FaceTimed, whether as a video or audio-only chat. Tap a
name for the same type of chat you had before or the ‘i’
icon to choose between video and audio chat.1
Since iOS 12.1, you can FaceTime chat with up to 32
people at once. During a FaceTime video call, tap
the screen to bring up the controls and swipe them up from
the top to expand the control box as shown. Tap Add
Person, then enter their details in the field provided.2
You can also initiate a FaceTime by tapping the +
icon atop the sidebar and entering the name, email
address or phone number of the person you wish to talk to.
They must have registered those numbers and emails with
FaceTime, of course, or the service is unavailable.2
Tap Add Person to FaceTime and they’re added to your
video chat. The size of each video feed continually
changes to emphasise the person speaking at the time.
Group chats are preserved in the sidebar discussed earlier,
so you can call everyone together next time.Portrait/Landscape
You can make and receive FaceTime calls in either
portrait or landscape mode, but if you’re not holding
your iPad in the same way the other caller is holding
their device, you get ugly black borders like the ones
you can see here.A Few Settings
Go to Settings > FaceTime. To turn off FaceTime, so you
can’t be called this way, flick the FaceTime switch. To stop
people taking live photos of you during a chat, turn off
FaceTime Live Photos. There are other things you can
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