

Multiple effects can be applied at once, which are displayed to all chat participants. While in a FaceTime call, tap on the star-shaped icon to the left of the end call button to access options that include Animoji and Memoji, filters, stickers, shapes, and text. In addition to multi-person FaceTime calls, iOS 12 adds a new FaceTime effects camera that you can use while chatting. Tap again to go back to the standard tiled view.

You can double tap on any person’s tile to make it the focal point in your FaceTime view, enlarging the tile to its biggest possible size. If you have a call with multiple people, you’ll see tiles of various sizes focusing on main participants, with those who haven’t spoken recently minimized in small tiles.
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When you’re in a group chat in the Messages app and someone initiates a Group FaceTime conversation, any person in the chat can join the call at anytime. When a Group FaceTime chat is initiated either via FaceTime or through the Messages app, you will get a notification letting you know that a FaceTime call is initiating, which you can tap to join. The Messages FaceTime interface works with just one person or with a group of people, and it’s perhaps the easiest way to initiate a multi-person FaceTime call. Choose the “FaceTime” option to transition from a text-based conversation to a video or audio call.At the top, where the names of the chat participants are listed, tap to bring up a menu bar.Open up an existing multi-person conversation or create a new iMessage chat thread.When ready to place the call, tap on either the audio or the video option and participants will receive a popup letting them know that you want to FaceTime with them.Continue typing in all of the names of the participants who you want to chat with.In the “To” field, type a name and tap it.Tap on the “+” button in the upper right hand corner.There are two ways to initiate a Group FaceTime call, using the FaceTime app or the Messages app. To use Group FaceTime, all participants must have iOS 12.1.4 or later installed. Group FaceTime, which lets you chat with up to 32 people at one time, is relatively easy to use, but it may not be immediately obvious how a call is initiated nor how all of the group chat options work, which is why we’ve taken an in-depth look at the new feature.
