#How to do group facetime how to

Leif Johnson/IDG HereвЂ™s what youвЂ™ll see when you swipe up on the four-button FaceTime menu panel. Once the call has started, you can add another person to the call at any point by swiping up on the FaceTime menu options along the bottom of the display and pressing Add Person.

Press Audio or Video to start the call.

If they arenвЂ™t, the names and numbers will be in gray and you wonвЂ™t be able to interact with them. YouвЂ™ll know if theyвЂ™re on iOS (and can participate in the call) if the numbers or names show up in blue text. If theyвЂ™re not, you can enter their phone number.

If the person is in your Contacts, you can just enter their name.

Press the + button in the upper right-hand corner.

These instructions are for iOS and iPadOS, but weвЂ™ve also included instructions for macOS afterward. WeвЂ™ll start here since this is the easiest way to start a FaceTime chat with a lot of people, especially if youвЂ™ve never called or chatted with them through Messages before.

#How to do group facetime how to

How to make a Group FaceTime call through the FaceTime app ItвЂ™s free, itвЂ™s really easy to set up, and Apple even allows a whopping 32 people to take part in a single FaceTime call.

If youвЂ™ve been put off by all the iffy privacy decisions being made by popular alternatives like Zoom, this should come as an especially welcome alternative. Video conferencing is bigger than itвЂ™s even been now that weвЂ™re all keeping our distance from one another, and with Group FaceTime, Apple has an appealing option of its own-provided everyone on the call has either an iPhone, iPad, and Mac.