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Get started with FaceTime on iPhone

Learn how to use the FaceTime app to visit face-to-face with friends and family—over Wi-Fi or cellular. In a FaceTime call, you can also watch TV shows and movies, listen to music, and even work out together.

The FaceTime Settings screen, showing the Default Calling App option, the control to turn FaceTime on or off, and the Apple Account that is being used for FaceTime.

Set up FaceTime

Go to the Settings app , tap Apps, then tap FaceTime. Make sure FaceTime is turned on, and sign in to your Apple Account if you want to use it with FaceTime (so you can move the call between your devices, for example). You can choose a default calling option for audio calls below Default Calling App. If more than one contact method appears below “You can be reached by FaceTime at,” tap to select or deselect it.

The screen for initiating a FaceTime call, showing the Create Link button and the New Call buttons for starting a FaceTime video call or audio call.

Make a FaceTime call

Open the FaceTime app, tap New Call, then enter the name, number, or email of the person (or people) you want to call. Tap FaceTime to make a video call or the Call button to make an audio call. In a Group FaceTime call, you can talk with up to 32 people.

If you want to call someone who doesn’t have an Apple device, you can create and send a link to the call in Messages or Mail. Open FaceTime, tap New Call, then tap the Call button.

The FaceTime screen showing a call in progress. At the top of the screen is the name of the participant shown in the larger image. The other participant’s image appears in a small rectangle in the lower left, along with the Flip Camera button. The images of the other participants appear in tiles above it. Additional FaceTime controls are at the bottom right of the screen: Camera, Microphone, More, and End Call buttons.

Use the FaceTime controls

While on a FaceTime call, use the FaceTime controls to turn your camera or mic on or off, take a Live Photo, and more. If you don’t see the controls, tap your screen.

The iPhone Home Screen showing a FaceTime video call notification from an iPad at the top. Tap the Switch button to the right of the notification to move the call to your iPhone

Switch a FaceTime call to another device

When you’re signed in to your Apple Account on multiple devices, you can start a FaceTime call on one of them, then move it to your iPhone. You can also move your call from your iPhone to another device. On the device you want to switch to, tap the FaceTime video call button or the FaceTime audio call button at the top of the screen or the suggestion “Move call to this [device],” then tap Switch.

The screen for sending a recorded video message to the person who missed your call. At the top left is the Cancel button. At the top right is the Save button, which saves your video message to Photos. In the middle of the screen is the Play button, which allows you to preview the video message before sending. At the bottom is the Send button and the Retake button.

Leave a video message

If someone doesn’t answer your FaceTime video call, you can leave a video message. Tap Record Video, then record your message. When you’re finished recording, tap the Stop button. Tap the Send button to send the video.

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