Many of you have ever checked (if your iPhone is not CDMA) that If we press the Home button during a call, it is possible to navigate through the iPhone menu, write messages or consult any data on the network. Communication is kept in the background and just a touch on the top bar to return to the call menu.
With FaceTime, users can video chat between iOS devices and Mac. Macs have a status LED that accompanies the front camera and that indicates when it is being used, however, users of an iOS device do not enjoy this useful notification. Despite this, the operation is the same as on Mac.
Based on this, a video conference via FaceTime can be turned into a voice call with only press the Home Button. That will cause the system to exit FaceTime but keep communication in the background, disabling the use of the camera since the user is not aware of what could be recording.
This is another good way to make VoIP calls for free between iOS devices and without the need to use third-party applications.
If we want to return to the concept of video calling, just press the upper bar with green tonality so that the FaceTime application takes center stage again and the front camera is activated again, allowing the other interlocutor to see us again.
You may already know this trick, you may not. It never hurts to remember the ins and outs of iOS that although very intuitive, it always hides secrets that can go unnoticed.
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Source - iMore
Well look, I did not know it and I find it super useful
Thank you very much for the info!
If you lock the iPhone, the video is also interrupted and the voice continues ...
It is another option, yes. As long as the camera stops working, voice communication will be maintained.
Does the video call have an added cost compared to the voice call?
Since when is FaceTime paid?
Is the call charged differently from a facetime call?
Assuming FaceTime is free, I don't understand the question. In any case, data consumption will be reduced by not having to send video, so if we are on a 3G network, we will give our data rate a break.
The issue is that if you pay, I don't know 10 cts a minute to talk to another iPhone, the same call with facetime still costs 10 cts?
But it is that FaceTime is free! You don't pay anything, it goes through the data network (3G, LTE, Wi-Fi, CDMA)
Nobody pays 10 cents to talk to another iPhone, they will pay 10 cents to talk to anyone, whether they have an iPhone or an Alcatel One Touch Easy.
The question was if he charged differently, so he always used skype for that, but if so, he will call to consume the flat rate for calls that I have, which is the same.
Facetime does not charge you, facetime uses a data plan or wi-fi. What you pay when using it is your internet consumption (either wi-fi or data plan), not the use of the program or extras.
The downside is that the headset does not work and the voice is relayed only through the loudspeaker. There is no possibility to change it.
How do we do so that it does not stay on speaker?
I think Nacho will have to write another post explaining that Facetime is "free"
from the comments nobody knew how to use facetime, but thanks for the trick I had no idea
I have a problem with my iPhone 5. When I record a video. I play it but the audio of the video does not come out. But from ai everything works correctly. I record voice notes and if it is heard. It only happens to me when I record a video that when I play it I see the video but the audio does not come out
Hello. I know what FaceTime is free since I use it with an iPhone at a national level, if it goes via data it is sure a silly question, but… With an iPhone abroad? More specifically, iPhone with US numbers. Thanks.
PABLO, FaceTime is for data, (INTERNET) is not paid, it does not matter if you call the USA or China