FaceTime App: The Ultimate Guide
How do you use FaceTime to make audio and video calls to anyone with an iPhone or iPad? Easily!
FaceTime is Apple's video and audio calling service. Think of it as a phone that uses your Wi-Fi or cellular data connection instead of traditional phone lines. You can use it from any iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac, to call anyone else using any one of those devices. That's what makes FaceTime perfect for seeing and hearing family during the holidays, when you're on the road, keeping grandparents connected to grandkids, making international calls when you have no long-distance plan, getting a second opinion on that jacket while you're out shopping, sharing a show, making a meeting, and much, much more.
How to make a FaceTime call from your iPhone or iPad
Placing FaceTime video or audio calls is ridiculously easy to do. There's a built-in FaceTime app on every iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac, and FaceTime is also integrated into the Phone app on iPhone, As long as you're on Wi-Fi or cellular data, you can stay in touch with family and friends, even while traveling, connect with anyone in the world, even without a long distance plan, and not only hear but see the people you're talking to.
- How to make a FaceTime Audio call on your iPhone
- How to make a FaceTime Video call from your iPhone or iPad
- How to switch from a regular call to FaceTime on your iPhone
How to manage numbers, addresses, and caller ID on FaceTime for iPhone and iPad
FaceTime starts off using your iPhone phone number and Apple ID email address as the way for other people to reach you. You can add new addresses — for example, a work or school address —and remove them at any time, though, and set any active number or address as your Caller ID. That way, no matter which Apple device you're using to make a FaceTime call, no one will ever be confused about who's calling them.
- How to register additional email addresses for FaceTime
- How to enable or disable phone numbers and email address for FaceTime
How to block contacts on FaceTime for iPhone and iPad
You can block a contact from trying to FaceTime you — and phone you and iMessage you — at any time. Whether it's a former significant other, friend, relative, or associate you've fallen out with, or a spammer or prank caller harshening your mellow, block them once and they're silenced forever. (Or at least until you decide to unblock them.)
- How to block contacts in the FaceTime app
- How to block contacts in the Phone app
- How to block contacts in the Settings app
- How to ublock contacts in the Settings app
How to turn on, off, and restrict FaceTime on iPhone or iPad
FaceTime is automatically activated as part of the overall setup process you go through the first time you turn on a new iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Mac. If, for some reason, it isn't activated, or if you want to restrict access for your children, or even turn it off entirely, you can do that too.
Any FaceTime questions?
Got any questions on FaceTime? Drop them in the comments below!
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